Report from Headquarters

Two panels of international space leaders, both moderated by Air Commodore Mark Roberts, Royal Air Force, United Kingdom, spoke at the Strategic Space Symposium of the need for collaboration and cooperation. “Space is multi-year, multi-agency, and multi-national,” said Maj. Gen. Stuart Beare, chief of force development, National Defence, Canada. “This means collaboration, cooperation, coordination, and, ultimately,…

Featured Strategic Space Symposium speaker Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, said that many levels of collaboration – interagency, commercial/government, and international – have improved his agency’s ability to support operational needs. He credited much of the advancement to arrangements with both commercial and international space providers that increase capacity…

Moderated by The Aerospace Corporation President and CEO Wanda Austin, Ph.D., the Strategic Space Symposium’s industry panel suggested ideas that they felt could improve their responsiveness to military operations needs. Lt. Gen. Brian Arnold, USAF (Retired), vice president, Space Strategy Space and Airborne Systems, Raytheon Company, cited speed as the most critical factor. David DiCarlo,…

Speaking at the Nov. 4 Strategic Space Symposium luncheon sponsored by Raytheon, both Lt. Gen. Larry D. James, USAF, commander, JFCC – Space, and Lt. Gen. Kevin T. Campbell, USA, commander, JFCC – Integrated Missile Defense, emphasized that the end objective for their commands is to ensure that warfighters on the ground have the information…

The Space Foundation sponsored an evening of space-themed music Oct. 17, highlighting the talents of southern Colorado’s premier professional symphony orchestra. The Colorado Springs Philharmonic, under the direction of Thomas Wilson, performed music from popular space motion pictures, ranging from “Armageddon” to “Alien” to “Predator.” The Final Frontier concert grew out of a partnership forged during…

Students at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs, Colo., got an overview of future space travel and an update on the international space community from Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham, in a presentation that was part of a series of All Pikes Peak Reads space events this fall. The students traveled vicariously…

What does it feel like to travel in space? That’s what students at the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., wanted to know when astronaut James F. Reilly, II, Ph.D., visited the school in October. Reilly, a Colorado Springs resident and former NASA astronaut, spoke about his three Space Shuttle missions and answered…

The Space Foundation headed north to Denver last month, taking some favorite educational activities for children in kindergarten through 12th grade to STEMapalooza. The two-day event, free and open to the public, Oct. 16 and 17, at the Colorado Convention Center, featured more than 100 exhibitors from around the state of Colorado, supporting science, technology,…

Space Foundation Vice President for Government Affairs Brendan Curry was a featured speaker at the Piccowaxen Middle School Career Day in Charles County, Md., in October. He described his job to about 300 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students, and shared basic information about a wide variety of career fields in the space industry. He…

The deadline is approaching to nominate an outstanding technology educator for the 2010 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. The award, which recognizes outstanding contributions by K-12 educators and district-level personnel in the field of educational technology, is presented annually by The Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF) in partnership with the Space Foundation and NASA. The…