Report from Headquarters
James Webb Space Telescope is Worthy Investment
The newly released Space Foundation white paper “The James Webb Space Telescope: A Worthy Investment in Space Science – July 2011” provides a concise and compelling argument for fully funding the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at the level requested in the President’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget. It provides four primary compelling reasons for continuing…
How to Contact the Space Foundation
The Space Foundation headquarters moved in July. We can still be reached at our main Colorado Springs phone number, (719) 576-8000, and individual email addresses remain the same. The new mailing and delivery address is: Space Foundation 4425 Arrowswest Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 The Space Foundation Discovery Institute, which serves as headquarters for the Space…
Space Acquisition Session Draws a Capacity Crowd
Last month, the Space Foundation and the Washington, D.C., consulting group GS3 hosted a lunch and discussion session on space acquisition. The keynote speaker was Under Secretary of the Air Force Erin Conaton, who spoke about administration efforts to address acquisition and industrial base efforts and conducted a lively Q&A session. Conaton was followed by two in-depth panels…
DoD Announces Cyberspace Strategy
The growing importance of cyberspace in our everyday lives was highlighted when the Department of Defense (DoD) unveiled its first strategy for operating in cyberspace. The opening phrase, “Cyberspace is a defining feature of modern life,” ties together the military, economic and social aspects of cyberspace in this new roadmap. During his announcement of this new…
Update from the White House
In July, the White House proposed comprehensive revisions to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The Department of Commerce (DOC) published in the Federal Register a new regulatory construct to deal with the transfer of items from the United States Munitions List (USML) that the President determines no longer warrant control under the Arms Export…
DoD Space Programs Budget Comparison Available
The House of Representatives has passed its FY 2012 defense appropriations bill, H.R. 2219, which includes $530 billion in spending – $9 billion less than the President requested for fiscal year 2012. Despite the decrease, the legislation increases funding for the Department of Defense (DoD) by $17 billion over the FY 2011 budget. The Senate Appropriations Committee…
SLS Design Hearing Hampered by Delayed Decision
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing on July 12 entitled “A Review of NASA’s Space Launch System.” The hearing was originally called to review NASA’s final selection of its Space Launch System (SLS) design, but NASA had not yet selected a final SLS design at the time of the hearing. Rep.…
NASA and NOAA Appropriations Bill Passes
On July 13, the House Committee on Appropriations passed its FY 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) bill, which includes funds for NASA and NOAA. The CJS bill would appropriate $16.8 billion in spending for NASA, which is $1.9 billion less than the President requested for FY 2012. In formulating the budget decrease, the…
Oil Spills Not Too Slippery for Space Technology
With Florida and Texas soaking in the disastrous BP oil spill, Space Certification Program partner and 2008 Space Technology Hall of Fame® Inductee UniRemInc offered to demonstrate how its unique Petroleum Remediation Product (PRP) could help clean up the despoiling oil. There were no takers. Now Montana is suffering with the Yellowstone River Exxon oil spill and UniRemInc President Ray Tarasi offered to…
Space Foundation Issues White Paper in Favor of Continued Funding of the James Webb Space Telescope
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jul. 27, 2011) — The newly released Space Foundation white paper “The James Webb Space Telescope: A Worthy Investment in Space Science – July 2011” provides a concise and compelling argument for fully funding the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at the level requested in the President’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget. It…