The View From Here
Clarity is a Critical Component of Excellence
It has been six months since I took the helm of the Space Foundation, and I’ve spent a good part of that time assessing how best to lead this exceptional organization to master future challenges. Just as the world’s spacefaring nations need to work together to achieve success in space, at the Space Foundation we…
Rising to Success
If you told me nine years ago, that after graduating from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, I would be working for the Space Foundation and organizing New Generation programs for young professionals in the space industry, I would have told you to keep dreaming! As a young graduate, it was hard to imagine…
Great to Be the New Guy
Throughout my career, I have always loved taking over a new organization. New situations, people and issues to deal with energize and motivate me to inspire an organization to achieve goals and objectives they never dreamed possible. In addition, when change and uncertainty have dominated the landscape of that organization, one has a rare opportunity…
Dedication to a Cause
It’s remarkable what a small group of dedicated people can accomplish. Hundreds of thousands of people work in the global space industry. Without a doubt, this group includes an impressive line-up of scientists, physicists, engineers, mathematicians and myriad specialists. Still, this represents no more than a tiny fraction of humanity. Yet the scale and number of…
STEAM Education in the 21st Century
So, what is STEAM Education? I know what you’re thinking. “I just got used to using and saying STEM. That is the education buzz-word, now, right? Why do we need to add another letter?” Yes, you are right. STEM is the latest education buzz word. This is just a new, and important, variation to Science,…
A Matter of Pride
As we prepare to launch the 33rd Space Symposium, I’d like to share with you how proud I am of your Space Foundation team, and how hard they have worked together over the past months to guarantee the success of this Symposium. Because of their personal and untiring efforts, this Symposium will offer participants more…
The New "Magic Bullet" That Will Fix Education in America
In my 24 years in education, I have seen many trends and fads come and go, each claiming to be the “magic bullet” to educate students and fix education in America. Whether it be a new reading program, a new way to do multiplication or a realignment of classes and schedules, all have failed to…
What is the Future of Space?
What is the future of space? I have to confess up front that I don’t have the answer. I do have lots of questions. Of most immediate concern is the new administration’s ideas about space policy. What’s the plan? What’s the budget? Are we going to jettison all things Obama, or make more gradual course…
Inspiration
It is hard not to be continually inspired in our work at the Space Foundation. I have been particularly blessed to have had a very good run of this lately. It starts with the terrific team I get to work with every day. I was reminded of this most strikingly when I escorted a visitor…
Sail We Must: Embracing Change
Dear friends and colleagues, Thanks to all of you, it has been another tremendously successful year for our Space Foundation and the global space community it serves. Major milestones have been reached, records have been set and the critical role of space and space-related capabilities has never been more widely recognized. We have also seen…