Space Foundation News & Media
Super Committee Failure Could be Tough on Space
In last month’s Space Watch The View From Here column, Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham predicted that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (aka the Super Committee) would fail to produce a plan to reduce the U.S. budget deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. Turns out, as usual, he was right. Commenting on…
Successful GMLRS+ Rocket Flight Test Demonstrates New Aerojet Scalable Effects Warhead
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 30, 2011) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that its new scalable effects warhead was successfully demonstrated on Lockheed Martin’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+) rocket today during a flight test at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This new warhead provides the user the ability to…
Thuraya Displays Telecom Solutions that Enable Digital Oil-Field at World Petroleum Congress
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Nov. 30, 2011) – The global energy business represents trillions of dollars per annum. The industry involves hundreds of huge exploration, production, refinery and storage facilities around the globe. The majority of oil and gas sites are located in remote on-shore areas or at sea. Hence, for efficient operations and communications…
Expert Expeditionist Adrian Hayes Deploys Thuraya Solutions for 1,500 Kilometer Journey
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Nov. 29, 2011) – The innovative solutions of Thuraya, the leading international mobile satellite services operator, have been selected as the main telecom service to be deployed by the Footsteps of Thesiger team member, Adrian Hayes and a support film crew during a challenging 1,500 kilometer expedition from Salalah in Oman…
Aerojet and FTT Announce Major Next Generation Engine Milestone
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 28, 2011) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it has successfully completed a major milestone in the development of a ground demonstrator for the Next Generation Engine (NGE) program. Aerojet, along with its partner Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (FTT), recently completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the…
Space Foundation Recognizes Sputnik's Child as a Certified Space Imagination Product
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 28, 2011) — The Space Foundation has recognized Fred Ledley’s first novel, Sputnik’s Child, as a Certified Space Imagination Product (TM), and Ledley has pledged to donate profits from the sale of the book to support Space Foundation education programs. The novel, which was released this month, recalls the events that…
Aerojet Propulsion Boosts Next Generation Mars Science Laboratory Mission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 26, 2011) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, helped launch a new era of planetary exploration by providing propulsion for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission that lifted off today on a scientific endeavor to the red planet. Four Aerojet AJ60 Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) igniting at lift-off increased the launch…
Watch for Space Foundation on "Matchwits"
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 23, 2011) — Colorado public television viewers can see the Space Foundation in action on Rocky Mountain PBS in two locally produced educational programs for students – “Matchwits” and “Homework Hotline.” “Matchwits” Now in its 27th season, “Matchwits” is a weekly high school academic quiz program produced by Rocky Mountain PBS…
Republicans Recommend NASA Cuts
Republicans on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee recently sent a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction recommending “over $1.5 billion in savings in FY 2012,” including cutting $177 million from the NASA budget by taking the following actions: • Cancel the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2 missions • Reduce the Other…
Commercial Acquisition Clarified
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report last month on the proposed Department of Defense (DoD) block buy acquisition strategy for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELVs), recommending that the DoD “assess engine costs and mission assurance activities, reassess the length of the proposed block buy and consider how to address broader launch acquisition and…