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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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Space Foundation
Washington Operations
Brian Chase
Vice President, Washington Operations
The President’s speech was well received today at
NASA Headquarters. A bold vision like this will require strong
support, not only from Congress, but also from the aerospace
industry, academia, and non-profit organizations. Since the
loss of Columbia, members of the House and Senate, on both
sides of the aisle, have been asking the President to provide
a vision for space exploration. We will be working to secure
the
necessary bi-partisan support.
With a new presence in Washington, D.C., the Space Foundation
looks forward to a leadership role in promoting the President’s
plan.
Policy and Public Affairs
Steve Eisenhart
Senior Vice President,
Policy & Public Affairs
The Space Foundation is moving rapidly to address
the new presidential space vision in its
upcoming events. Program modifications and additional speaker
and panel opportunities are currently being developed,
and preliminary
communications with senior administration
leadership is already underway. Confirmation announcements
regarding participation are anticipated shortly.
Space at the Crossroads, scheduled for February 18th
in Washington, D.C., already features a “Return
to Flight” panel with CAPT William Readdy, USN
(Retired), NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight;
Maj Gen John L. Barry, USAF (Retired), executive director,
Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB); and Col
Richard O. Covey, USAF (Retired), co-chairman, Stafford-Covey
Return to Flight Task Force. Dr. Charles Elachi, director
of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will be
highlighting current activities and the significance
of Mars in his special one-on-one interview with Space
News NASA Chief of Staff John Schumacher is also
slated to participate in the Crossroads
program.
We expect NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe to
address the space exploration vision in his featured
remarks on March 31st at the 20th
National Space Symposium,
March 29 - April 1 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs,
A panel “Mars & Beyond: Lessons From the
Red Planet” moderated by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson,
director of the Hayden Planetarium, will focus on the
future destination of our human exploration. The implications
of the President’s vision will be featured throughout
the symposium, with a panel of experts specifically
discussing the imperatives and political significance
of today’s announcement.
Visit www.spacesymposium.org for
the latest program updates to both of these events.
Education & Workforce Development
Patricia
Arnold, Ph.D.
Vice President, Education & Workforce Development
Over the last three decades, many teachers
have incorporated Space Studies into their school’s
science curriculum, because of their own interest and passion
about space. However,
now, with President Bush’s vision for space exploration,
teachers have enthusiastically embraced this new vision of “Back
to the Moon, On to Mars.” Early reportings regarding
the President's vision for space exploration has generated
much excitement in the education arena. Teachers actively
seek new
and current information
to use with their students for the re-awakening of space travel
and new launch vehicles.
The Space Foundation is already hearing from teachers across
the country letting us know that this revitalization of space
exploration is exactly what their students need to help focus
their energy and attention. Exploring the frontiers of space
gives students a reason, purpose, and desire to learn and
to develop and apply their skills in science, math, technology,
and engineering.
A major shift in NASA’s human space flight priorities
opens new opportunities for students of all ages. College
and university students will be able to step up to the challenges
of meeting space workforce needs in an entirely new and exhilarating
domain.
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Space Foundation Hails New
U.S. Space Policy
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
That was one small speech for a President, but one
Giant Leap for America’s space program!
I have just had the honor of being with the President
of the United States for the unveiling of a bold
new vision for America’s space program. Today’s
announcement by President Bush of the challenging new job he has given NASA is
the right stuff, at the right moment in history. This is what the American people
have been waiting to hear for more than three decades and the clearest Presidential
mandate for our space agency since President John F. Kennedy’s famous
speech at Rice University more than 40 years ago.
Back to the Moon, and On to Mars! Not just a rally
cry, but also a roadmap – a
roadmap that takes us back to the future. Back to the sands of Taurus-Littrow,
where on Dec. 14, 1972, Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt were the last astronauts
to wave farewell to their lunar science base. And on to the red landscape of
Mars, where NASA’s Spirit rover is already at work, paving the way
for the humans who will one day surely come.
Make no mistake -- America is ready to resume the
exploration of space in a big way. The outpouring of
public support we have seen since the loss of
shuttle
Columbia has underscored what surveys and focus groups have consistently
told us for years. Americans want a strong space program that builds upon
our past
leadership while taking us resolutely into the future.
The President has proposed just such a program. It
is now up to all Americans not to nitpick or politic
this plan to death but, instead, to rally behind
it
and take our space program boldly forward.
Our work on the Moon is not complete. It is time
to get on with it.
Our first steps toward Mars are now being taken. We
must do what it takes to complete the journey, and
not abandon Mars for 30 years as we did the Moon.
Americans know that this space exploration renaissance
won’t be cheap
and that the current federal budget situation stinks. That hardly matters.
The new space exploration policy calls for only modest increases in the NASA
budget. Even if the funding increase were dramatic, NASA programs would still
only account for the tiniest percentage of federal spending when viewed in
the vast landscape of the federal budget.
Let’s be clear. Denying NASA the support it
needs to succeed, and denying the American taxpayer
the vast benefits of a robust space exploration program
will not fix the federal budget situation. The answer to that challenge lays
elsewhere, and the invention and innovation that this new space age will
spark
is undoubtedly part of the solution.
Nor will this daring new space enterprise be without
risk. Leadership never is. But America is ready to
go. Americans are ready to go. We are the greatest
nation on the planet not just because of what we do today, but because
of the investments we made, and the risks we took,
decades ago. Our space program
has been a root cause of our technology superiority and a significant part
of our culture and spirit as well. It defines us as the nation with the “Right
Stuff.” America is no longer alone in space. Russia, Europe,
Japan, China, India, and others have credible space
programs. But America need not cede its leadership
in space. We can work in friendship with other nations in a way that ensures
our continued leadership. The bold vision
announced by the President today embraces this new paradigm.
There are
many reasons this new initiative is so important, and not the least
of them is the likely impact of the program on education. Throughout
history, there has been a direct correlation between bold NASA initiatives
and enrollment
in scientific and technical programs in America’s colleges and universities.
We at the Space Foundation see daily the impact NASA activities can have in
classrooms from kindergarten through graduate school. At a time when there
is so much concern about education in America, this is exactly the shot of
adrenaline our students and educators have been waiting for. We are ready to
be held in thrall once more, and for a new generation to be inspired to the
scientific and technical careers of the future that will support humanity’s
migration outward from the Home Planet -- even as they spawn new technologies
and industries as yet unimagined.
A constant refrain for the roughly 20 years that I’ve worked in or around
the space industry has been the plaintive cry for a clear vision for NASA,
articulated forcefully by the President and supported by the Congress. At last
we have it. President Bush, Vice President Cheney, NASA Administrator O’Keefe
and their teams have stepped up to the challenge. Members of Congress from
both sides of the aisle have shown the bi-partisan support that has always
been the hallmark of America’s civil space endeavor.
Now it is up to us. It is time to boldly go. Back to the Moon, and On to
Mars!
Elliot G. Pulham
President &
Chief
Executive Officer
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