Second View
America's Space Coast – a Study in Resilience and Creativity
By Space Foundation Vice President – Washington Operations Brendan Curry On Jan. 14, the Space Foundation conducted its annual board of directors meeting in Cocoa Beach, Fla. The Space Foundation hosts its annual board meeting each year in a different city known for space activity. This year’s location was selected because of its proximity to…
Spirituality and Space Technology
By Kevin Cook, Space Foundation Vice President – Marketing & Communication Building awareness of the benefits of space exploration is always interesting work. Our Space Certification program does a great job of recognizing an amazing variety of products and services that use space technology and promote interest in space exploration. One recent addition is of…
Expanding the Space Economy Beyond Earth Orbit: The Need for Deep Space Exploration
This month’s Second View is by Space Foundation Director – Research & Analysis Micah Walter-Range. This article is based on a presentation delivered at the Economy and Exploration Leadership Forum in Chicago on Oct. 7, 2014. Since the Space Foundation started tracking the size of the global space economy in 2005, we have seen growth…
Innovation is the Key to Inspiring Tomorrow's Explorers
By Bryan DeBates, Space Foundation Director – Education Last month, I was extremely honored to be the recipient of the prestigious Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal. This international award, given out each year by the International Astronautical Federation, is presented to outstanding educators who have demonstrated excellence in promoting the study of astronautics and related…
Guest Editorial: by Dennis Stone, President, World Space Week Association
Each year, the global space community celebrates World Space Week, declared by the United Nations as Oct. 4-10 annually. Through simultaneous events, industry voices combine to reach a larger audience through media coverage. This worked well for diverse environmental groups that joined forces on Earth Day, and World Space Week follows a similar approach. World…
Space Inspired: by Steve Eisenhart, Space Foundation Senior Vice President – Strategic & International Affairs
I think it was the kid in the orange flight suit with his helmet on and face mask down. Standing in line ahead of me at the entrance to the Atlantis exhibit at Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center, he epitomized why we all love our business and what is so cool about it. It was…
Somebody Needs to Tell Steve Miller There is a New Space Cowboy
By Space Foundation Vice President – Washington Operations Brendan Curry Putting the allusion to the iconic classic rock tune “The Joker” aside, quick — tell me if you remember what you were doing in March 2004. What kind of mobile phone did you have? Did you have a flat screen HDTV yet? Did you have…
Good Things From Space
By Kevin Cook, Space Foundation Vice President – Marketing & Communication Space technology touches and enhances practically every aspect of life on Earth. Much of what improves our lives – think healthcare, communications, travel, recreation, entertainment – benefits directly from technology originally developed for, or improved for, space exploration. Technologies developed to get us “out…
A Job Well Done
This month’s Second View pays honor to a quiet leader and diplomat. Dr. Yasushi Horikawa passed the gavel on June 11, ending his two year term as the Chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). The chairmanship of UNCOPUOS is rotated on a regional basis. Dr. Horikawa was…
Pick your Space Industry Sitcom Approach
This month’s Second View is by Space Foundation Director – Research & Analysis Micah Walter-Range. This is going to be a difficult article to write. After years of telling computers not to autocorrect “satcom,” to my eyes the word “sitcom” looks like an error. Such is the hazard of working in a jargon-heavy industry… While…