Spotlight
Pulham Shares Space Report with International Media
Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham shared his perspective on the state of the global space industry during a media briefing at ILA 2010 last month in Berlin, Germany, where the Space Foundation sponsored a booth and the North American Pavilion lounge in the Space Hall. Titled Space Report 2010: The State of the Global Space…
Japanese Mission Comes Home
After a three-year re-entry delay, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa mission has returned to Earth and, in spite of numerous problems, is being lauded as a great success. The Hayabusa mission launched in 2003 to gather samples from the asteroid Itokawa. The spaceship reached the asteroid more than two years later, after traveling 1.25 billion miles. However a series of technical…
Certified Space Products Cleaning Gulf Oil Spill
Space Foundation Space Certification partner Universal Remediation, Inc. (UniRem), of Pittsburgh, Pa., is playing a critical role in cleaning up oil in the Gulf of Mexico with its oil remediation products, BIO-BOOM® and Petroleum Remediation Product (PRP®). BIO-BOOM® is a fabric sleeve three inches in diameter by up to 10 feet in length filled with PRP®…
Space Foundation a Big Presence at UNCOPUOS
Space Foundation Vice President – Washington Operations Brendan Curry participated in last month’s meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) June 8-13 in Vienna, Austria. Established in 1959, UNCOPUOS is one of the largest committees in the United Nations. Members include 69 nations (member states). In addition, many…
Farnborough International Airshow Activities Set
Later this month the Space Foundation will further expand its international outreach with a series of events held in conjunction with the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) July 19-25 in Hampshire, England: A small dinner in London, co-sponsored by the Space Foundation and SM&A, that will introduce representatives of the newly formed UK Space Agency to U.S. government officials and…
Symposium Gets High Marks
In a recent survey, more than 90 percent of repeat attendees rated the 26th National Space Symposium as good as or better than previous National Space Symposia they had attended, with the majority rating it better. And, 82 percent of those who had attended other conferences in the past year rated the Space Foundation’s 26th National Space…
Speed Mentoring for the Next Generation
A Leadership Exchange kicked off the New Generation Initiatives for the 26th National Space Symposium April 12 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. During this exercise, up-and-coming space professional met with senior industry and military space leaders to gather insight and get career tips. Speed Mentoring The “speed mentoring” format had groups of participants…
Solutions to Government Needs
Perhaps the most significant item in President Obama’s NASA budget proposal is the increasing role commercial space will play in the future of space exploration and the space economy. This was the topic of the 26th National Space Symposium panel discussion “Solutions to Government Needs – A Paradigm Shift?” The panel was moderated by Josh…
Dinner Honors Corporate Partners
Secretary of the Air Force The Honorable Michael B. Donley was the featured speaker at this year’s Corporate Partnership Dinner, Tuesday, April 13, at the 26th National Space Symposium. The annual dinner is held at The Broadmoor Hotel and honors the companies that support the Space Foundation and the National Space Symposium. Donley’s comments were preceeded by a…
Story Tells the Army's Story
The last morning presentation at the 26th National Space Symposium featured Brigadier General Kurt S. Story, USA, Deputy Commanding General for Operations, U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and his presentation, “Talking Space – The Army’s Story.” “Americans want war to be well contained and well defined,” said Gen. Story. “But that…