Report from Headquarters
MBA From Space!
A dozen participants from 10 different countries, including the Space Foundation’s Vice President – Education Iain Probert, have completed the first stage of the International Space University’s new Executive MBA program, which merges the specificities of a traditional MBA with space applications. The 18-month program includes both distance learning and four two-week residential “modules.” The…
The Space Report 2009 Can Be Yours!
Become a space expert: get your copy of The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity today! And, now, the Space Foundation’s new website, www.TheSpaceReport.org, makes previewing and ordering The Space Report easier than ever. A wide-ranging view of space activity throughout the world each year, The Space Report 2009 is packed…
Space Foundation Participates in United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Meeting
The Space Foundation participated as a Private Sector Advisor as part of the United States delegation to the 52d. Meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), held June 3-12 at the United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria. Established as a permanent committee in 1959 with just 24 members,…
Thank You to Space Business Forum: New York Supporters!
The Space Foundation sends a special THANK YOU to the sponsors that supported Space Business Forum: New York, presented by the Space Foundation in association with Toffler Associates, on June 4 in New York City: Toffler Associates AVIATION WEEK Braxton Technologies, LLC GMV Space Systems Inc. ISDR Consulting Lockheed Martin Near Earth, LLC “We…
Keep Up with Space News
If you want to know what’s happening in space, you can check the Space Foundation’s daily News Clips. Just go to www.SpaceFoundation.org and check out the left-hand column. Click on the article you want to read under the In the News banner. Or, you can click to subscribe to the RSS feeds from the posting. Whichever…
Report from Washington
On June 24, the Space Foundation, in partnership with the Secure World Foundation, hosted a discussion and briefing on space weapons for congressional staff. See related story in this issue of Space Watch. On June 17, the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, chartered to examine NASA’s human spaceflight plans and programs, held…
Space Foundation to Co-Sponsor Global Space Development Summit
Participants at this fall’s 2nd Global Space Development Summit, organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in partnership with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Space Foundation and the Chinese Society for Astronautics, will examine critical developments on issues of space exploration and Earth observations. Scheduled for Nov. 12-13 in Washington,…
Briefing Keeps Staffers Informed on Space Weapons
The Space Foundation and the Secure World Foundation co-hosted a standing-room-only policy briefing on space weapons June 24 in Washington, D.C. The audience comprised primarily congressional staff, representing the House and the Senate at both an office and a committee level. Other attendees included representatives from a number of major aerospace companies. Space Foundation Vice…
Space Discovery Institute Classes Continue in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 30, 2009) — Teachers in the Space Foundation’s Space Discovery Institute have been studying a variety of subjects this summer including extremophile organisms, those that thrive in extreme conditions. Their study included field trips to Cave of the Winds and Fountain Creek, both in Manitou Springs, Colo. At Fountain Creek the…
Space Foundation Participates in Space MBA Program
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jun. 29, 2009) — A dozen participants from 10 different countries, including the Space Foundation’s Vice President – Education Iain Probert, have completed the first stage of the International Space University’s new Executive MBA program, which merges the specificities of a traditional MBA with space applications. The 18-month program includes both distance…