Space Foundation News
Don’t Miss Out; Register By March 15 and Save on Standard Industry Registration
The Space Foundation is offering one last discount through March 15 for its 29th National Space Symposium, to be held April 8-11 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Register now and save up to $200 on standard industry registration, at www.NationalSpaceSymposium.org/register. Lockheed Martin Exhibit Center is SOLD OUT One of the main reasons…
Bill Nye Honored for Educating, Inspiring Public about Science
Bill Nye, who came to fame as popular television personality Bill Nye the Science Guy® and now leads The Planetary Society, has been selected to receive the Space Foundation’s 2013 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award. He is being honored for his ability to successfully convey scientific concepts and make science, especially space science, compelling for…
Weather Forecasting Nets NOAA 2013 Space Achievement Award
The Space Foundation will present its 2013 Space Achievement Award to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for its use of space-based systems in making life-saving predictions and issuing early warnings of calamitous weather conditions. “While most people recognize the value of weather predictions, many don’t realize how NOAA uses space assets to determine…
Life-Saving Innovations to be Inducted into Space Technology Hall of Fame
Two potentially life-saving innovations will be the 2013 inductees into the Space Foundation’s Space Technology Hall of Fame®, which recognizes technologies originally developed for space applications that now improve life on Earth. The induction will be next month during the 29th National Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. The inductees are: GATR…
Pulham Underscores Need for NASA Purpose in Subcommittee on Space Testimony
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham heavily cited the Space Foundation’s recent publication, PIONEERING: Sustaining U.S. Leadership in Space, when he testified before the Subcommittee on Space today in Washington, D.C. The Subcommittee, which is part of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, held the hearing to review The Space Leadership…
Forum Addresses Space, Free Enterprise
Elliot Pulham, Space Foundation chief executive officer, was keynote speaker for Business Horizon Series: Free Enterprise and the Final Frontier, a program sponsored by the Space Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and held Feb. 11 at the Anheuser-Busch Briefing Center in Washington, D.C. About 120 people attended the program, which examined the companies, investors…
New Horizons Program Kicks Off in Fairbanks, Alaska
The Space Foundation’s New Horizons education program kicked off today in Fairbanks, Alaska, with visits to Two Rivers Elementary School and Weller Elementary School and a news feature on local televevision station KTVF Channel 11. The program, which is being presented by Space Foundation team members Special Advisor – Human Spaceflight and former NASA Astronaut Dr.…
Brookings Institution Report Addresses Colorado Space Industry
The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program has issued a report Launch! Taking Colorado’s Space Economy to the Next Level. The report reflects six months of analysis by the Brookings Institution, in consultation with Colorado stakeholders orchestrated by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, and takes a look at Colorado’s space industry and new strategies for…
Colorado Springs Business Journal Writes on Pioneering
Colorado Springs Business Journal reporter Amy Gillentine spoke with Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham last month about PIONEERING: Sustaining U.S. Leadership in Space. The resulting article, published Jan. 31, quotes both supporters and detractors of the report. In the interview, Pulham talked about the process of socializing the report and the reaction from the space community: “For…
NASA Mars Science Laboratory Mission Team to Receive Swigert Award
Each year, the Space Foundation presents the John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration to the person or organization that has made the most significant accomplishments in advancing the exploration of space during the previous year. For 2013, the award will go to the mission that had the nation holding its breath as…