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CORPORATE MEMBERS
• PARTNERS •
The Aerospace Corporation
Analytical Graphics,
Inc.
Arianespace,
Inc.
ATK Thiokol
BAE Systems
Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
The Boeing
Company
Booz Allen Hamilton
Computer
Sciences
Corporation
Eastman
Kodak Company
Florida Space Authority
GE
Johnson Construction
Company
General
Dynamics
Harris
Corporation
Holland
& Hart LLP
Integral
Systems, Inc.
Lockheed
Martin Corporation
Network
Appliance, Inc.
Northrop
Grumman
Orbital Sciences
Corporation
Raytheon
Company
SPACE.com
Space
News
Spectrum
Astro, Inc.
Swales
Aerospace
United
Space Alliance
• PATRONS •
Aerojet
Analex
AT&T
Government Markets
AXA Space
CMC Electronics
Cincinnati
CSP Associates, Inc.
Honeywell
Space Systems
Infinite
Links
Inmarsat
ITT Industries
ManTech
International Corporation
MicroSat
Systems
Pratt
& Whitney Space Propulsion
SpaceVest
Stellar
Solutions
Titan Corporation
Valador,
Inc.
SPACE FOUNDATION BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
William B. Tutt,
Tutco LLC,
CHAIRMAN
John Higginbotham, SpaceVest,
VICE CHAIRMAN
Donovan B. Hicks,
Cygnus Enterprise Development, LLC,
SECRETARY
Dr. Jaleh Daie,
Aurora Equity LLC, TREASURER
Dr. William F. Ballhaus, Jr.,
The Aerospace
Corporation
Dr. Guion S. Bluford, Jr.,
Aerospace Technology Group
Wes Bush, Northrop
Grumman Space Technology
Lou Dobbs,
CNN,
Lou Dobbs Moneyline
Gen. Howell Estes III, USAF (Retired),
Howell Estes & Associates, Inc.
William MacDonald 'Mac' Evans, Former President,
Canadian
Space Agency
Paul Graziani,
Analytical Graphics,
Inc.
Richard P. MacLeod,
President Emeritus,
Space
Foundation
Joanne Maguire, Lockheed
Martin Space & Strategic Missiles
Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., USAF (Retired),
Booz Allen Hamilton
Michael I. Mott,
The Boeing
Company – NASA Systems
Gen. John 'Pete' L. Piotrowski USAF (Retired),
Science Applications
International Corp.
VADM Richard H. Truly, USN (Retired),
National Renewable
Energy Lab
Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson,
Rose Center for Earth and Science
The Honorable Robert S. Walker,
Wexler
& Walker Public Policy Associates
DIRECTORS EMERITUS
Robert Anderson,
Rockwell
The Honorable Kenneth Kramer,
U.S. Court
of Veterans Appeals
The Honorable Jaime Oaxaca, Coronado Communications Group
Dr. Simon Ramo,
Northrop
Grumman
HONORARY BOARD
MEMBERS
Norman R. Augustine
CAPT James A. Lovell, Jr., USN (Retired)
LIFE DIRECTORS
The Honorable E.C. "Pete" Aldridge
James M. Beggs
CAPT Eugene A. Cernan, USN (Retired)
The Honorable Don Fuqua
The Honorable Jake Garn
James B. Hayes
Bill Hudson
Sam F. Iacobellis
W. Bruce Kopper
The Honorable Bill Nelson
Richard D. O'Connor
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International Space Pavilion at Farnborough 2004
Elizabeth Wagner
Vice President, Strategic Partnership Development & Corporate Sales
Acknowledging the growing importance of space programs and
systems to civil, commercial and military capabilities on
the air, land and sea, the Society
of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC), organizers of FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL 2004 has
announced the creation of the first INTERNATIONAL
SPACE PAVILION at this prestigious business event.
SBAC and UKISC (United Kingdom Industrial Space Committee)
have teamed with the Space Foundation (Colorado Springs)
and Kallman Worldwide,
Inc. (New Jersey) to present the International
Space Pavilion.
The International Space Pavilion will be located in Hall
5 at Farnborough International from July 19-25, 2004. It
will be a space-themed pavilion where 290,000 expected attendees
can quickly and easily access information and decision makers
from the companies, agencies and organizations driving today’s
space systems and tomorrow’s space capabilities.
The pavilion will have more than 1,000 square meters of
exhibition space, supported by a presentation and briefing
area. A team from the National Space Centre, Leicester UK,
will be delivering a variety of interactive activities including
workshops and demonstrations; the Space Foundation will assist
in the development of informational presentations at the
International Space Pavilion Theater.
The International Space Pavilion will provide space companies
with a first-time opportunity to join with others in the
industry to demonstrate America’s leadership in Space.
While there is room for larger stand-alone exhibits, the
showcase also provides a way for smaller companies to participate
without having the same massive budget of an industry giant.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available.
The Space Foundation is working hand in hand with Kallman
to ensure that all of our customers get what they need and
are positioned in suitable locations. Please direct inquiries
to
Elizabeth Wagner @ elizabeth@spacefoundation.org
or
Chuck Zimkas at
chuck@spacefoundation.org.
Policy and Public Affairs
Steve Eisenhart
Vice President, Policy & Public Affairs
Focus On Near Earth Objects
Citing the need to protect our home planet from potentially
devastating cosmic events, the Space Foundation
is urging the U.S. government, other space
faring nations and appropriate international organizations
to begin
making serious efforts to address the impact
threat to Earth from Near Earth Objects
(NEOs). (Near
Earth
Objects include asteroids, comets and other
space bodies that might pose a threat to
the earth.)
The Space Foundation Board of Directors
Oct. 27 passed a resolution concerning
NEOs, which
states "for the first time in human history we
have the potential to protect ourselves from a catastrophe
of cosmic proportions. We cannot rely on statistics
alone to protect us from catastrophe; nor can we await
a modern occurrence of a devastating NEO impact before
taking steps to adequately address this threat. Our
nation, our families, and others around the globe deserve
our best efforts to protect against the NEO impact
threat. "
In July 2003, a distinguished group of
leading American scientists and space explorers
called global attention to this issue via
a widely distributed "Open
Letter to Congress on Near Earth Objects," recommending
the following steps:
- NEO Detection: Expand
and enhance this nation's capability
to detect and to determine
the orbits and physical characteristics
of NEOs.
- NEO Exploration: Expand robotic exploration
of asteroids and Earth-approaching
comets and direct that U.S. astronauts
again leave low-Earth orbit to
further explore certain NEOs in deep
space.
- NEO Contingency Planning: Initiate comprehensive
contingency planning for deflecting
any NEO found to pose a potential threat
to Earth.
The Space Foundation endorses
these recommendations and is encouraging
the U.S. government
and others to act upon them.
Education Reaches New Heights
Patricia Arnold, Ph.D.
Vice President, Education & Workforce Development
Teachers Earn Space Foundation Masters Degrees
Less than a year ago, the Space Foundation announced the creation
of a unique new Masters Degree program for teachers. The Space
Foundation Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction-Space
Specialist was launched in partnership with the University
of Colorado and Regis University. We're delighted to be able to
report that, less than a year after launch seven teachers have
already earned their Masters Degree through the Space Foundation!
Tackling a Masters Degree program and
completing the degree in less than a year
while still teaching school full time is
an awesome accomplishment and demonstrates
the commitment of teachers and the strong
interest that space themes evoke in the
classroom. Many candidates for the Space
Foundation degree program are already enrolled
for our Summer 2004 graduate education
programs. Teachers interested in the Masters
Degree, our Summer Graduate programs, or
other professional development opportunities
are encouraged to call us at (719) 576-8000
for more information, or to visit the education
pages of our Web site at www.spacefoundation.org
Ascent Program Gains Support
Also less than a year ago, the Space Foundation
announced the creation of the Ascent
Program with Lockheed Martin as our lead
corporate partner. Through Ascent, the
Space Foundation identifies outstanding
college students with high potential
for space careers, and designs custom
learning and mentoring programs for them.
Ascent selectees gain high-value exposure
to the industry and hands-on experience
at companies like Lockheed Martin. We
recently completed the selection process
for our first class of Ascent scholars,
all for Lockheed Martin.
Based on an outstanding first class of "work
force of the future" Ascent Scholars,
we're pleased to have earned Lockheed Martin's
support for additional classes of Ascent
Scholars for the 2004-2005 school year,
and the 2005-2006 school year. We are grateful
to Lockheed Martin for its piloting of
this program, and we look forward to the
opportunity to partner with other corporate
member companies to grow the program in
the future as one important means of addressing
the work force crisis in aerospace.
Space Career Fair set for
National Space
Symposium
Once again, the Space Foundation is pleased
to team with our corporate member companies
to invite promising college students from
across the country to the Space Career
Fair at our National
Space Symposium. Based
on great success in 2003, an even larger
number of companies and students are expected
to participate in 2004. College/University
students or faculty wishing to participate
in the Space Career Fair should contact
Dr. Patricia Arnold, Vice President Education
and Work Force Development, at patty@spacefoundation.org.
Companies wishing to participate may contact
Elizabeth Wagner, Vice President Strategic
Partnership Development, at elizabeth@spacefoundation.org.
Teacher Liaison Program in Development
Stay tuned for news on our new Teacher
Liaison program, through which a select
group of educators will receive special
training and professional development experiences
as part of their experience representing
the Space Foundation in schools across
the country. We are working to stand up
our first "Flight" of Teacher
Liaisons in 2004. Highly motivated teachers
are wanted, and, of course, corporate support
for our education programs is always welcomed.
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2003: The Year in Space
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The vast majority of space-related news coverage in 2003
has been riveted on the woes at NASA following the loss
of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mass media’s portrayal
of space activity at a standstill couldn’t be more
wrong – once again proving Garrison Keillor’s
theorem that “if you watch television news, you
know less about the world than if you sat at home and
drank gin from a bottle."
In fact, 2003 has been a hectic, landmark year in
space. The successful Dec. 17 launch of an Atlas III
rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was the
51st space mission launched this year. In launching
these 51 missions (that’s a blistering pace of
one space mission per week every week of the year),
the world’s space agencies and companies have
further opened the “final frontier” in
many important respects.
At this writing (Dec. 18, 2003), in addition to the
51 space missions already flown several more missions
are on launch pads and poised to fly before 2004 rolls
around. These include two commercial launches set to
launch from the Baikonur launch complex in Kazakhstan
and a satellite launch from China.
The 51 space missions flown thus far in 2003 have
launched 64 satellites and deep space probes, and five
missions have gone to the International Space Station.
A staggering total of 69 spacecraft were launched in
2003, including three deep space probes now in route
to Mars, two Japanese military satellites lost and,
of course, the tragic loss of Columbia.
Despite what superficially seems like a “stand
down” at NASA, science and research accounted
for the largest amount of space activity in 2003, with
28 satellites or payloads dedicated to science, research
or exploration. Military space operations ranked second
with 18 satellites launched and the rebounding commercial
space market was hot on the heels of the military,
with 16 commercial satellites launched. Seven satellites
were placed in orbit for satellite navigation systems,
including both the American GPS and Russian GLONASS;
these systems are operated by the military but have
much broader civil and commercial use, providing both
military and commercial benefits.
The 16 new commercial satellites launched in 2003
will bring new or improved telecommunications, broadcast
television, satellite television and other everyday
space-based services to millions of people on virtually
every part of the globe.
The United States, Russia, China and Japan all flew
military missions and payloads into space – ranging
from defense research experiments to military communications
satellites to satellite navigation systems and surveillance
satellites. 2003 marked Japan’s entry into full-scale
military space operations. The liberation of Iraq entered
the history books as the first “space war,” with
coalition forces depending upon space systems for navigation,
positioning, communications, targeting, surveillance,
reconnaissance and more; paradoxically, 80 percent
of the satellite bandwidth into Iraq was provided by
commercial satellite companies.
Of great historical significance, 2003 was the year
the four-decades-old duopoly held by the U.S. and Russia
was finally broken when China became the third nation
capable of launching human beings into space.
And while the shape of NASA’s human space flight
program is changing post- Columbia, the government’s
exclusive control of space travel is being challenged.
Some two-dozen commercial companies are competing to
win the X-Prize, which demands they successfully launch
people into suborbital flight twice within two weeks.
Important test flights took place in 2003 – including
the rocket-powered, Mach 1.2 flight to the edge of
space by Burt Rutan’s Space Ship 1 on Dec. 17 – the
100th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers first powered
flight. It is widely expected that the X-Prize will
be claimed in 2004.
Taken collectively, the space enterprise is becoming
a juggernaut. Weekly missions. Multiple nations. Commercial,
civil, scientific and military purposes. Notwithstanding
the temporary stand-down in U.S. human space flight
activities, the juggernaut will move inexorably forward – onward,
upward, outward into limitless space.
It is precisely because humanity’s evolution
starward cannot be stopped that it is so important
that the United States get over Columbia and get on
with the human exploration and development of space.
Our nation has reaped huge benefits from our four decades
of leadership in space, but our continued leadership
is not assured. It depends upon our willingness to
put our losses in perspective and to continue to take
risks that propel us forward.
In so many ways, 2003 has been a seminal year in the
exploration and development of space. If we can emerge
from the shadow of Columbia with a strong vision and
renewed commitment to the human exploration and development
of space, 2003 could well be remembered as the year
that launched the space millennium.
Elliot G. Pulham
President &
Chief
Executive Officer
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