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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.
Gottfried
International, 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.
Veridian
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
Dr. Diana Natalicio, University
of Texas at El Paso
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 Active In Capitol Hill Forums
Steve Eisenhart
Vice President, Policy and Public Affairs
The Space Foundation has been named as one of two industry representatives and support organizations to the recently established Space Power Caucus. The first meeting of the Caucus was held July 16th under the leadership of Caucus Co-chairs Senator Wayne Allard, R-CO and Rep. Jane Harman, D-CA. The meeting featured Under Secretary of the Air Force/Director NRO Peter Teets as the kick-off guest speaker. President and CEO Elliot Pulham and board member General Tom Moorman represented the Foundation at the breakfast in Washington.
The bi-partisan, bi-cameral caucus was formed in Congress to focus attention on key national security space interests. The caucus will sponsor briefings, base visits, and meetings with military, government and industry leaders throughout the year. Issues to be addressed include assured access to space, national intelligence and military space priorities, integration of national space capabilities into war fighting requirements, space science and technology programs as well as other issues.
The Foundation also recently joined the National Space Society and Women in Aerospace in co-sponsoring a special House Aerospace Caucus breakfast briefing “The Orbital Space Plane: How Did We Get Here & Where Are We Going?” Board member The Honorable Robert Walker, former astronaut Dr. Samuel T. Durrance, and Futron Corporation’s Phil McAlister were panelists at the well attended session which also drew significant media coverage.
Space Foundation Places the International Space Symposium “on Hiatus”
Elizabeth Eisenstat
Vice President, Service to Industry
The Space Foundation has put its International Space Symposium “on hiatus” for two years (or until the commercial and international markets rebound).
According to Space Foundation President & CEO Elliot Pulham: "We made the hard decision to place this event on hold for the foreseeable future. The commercial and international markets served by this symposium can eventually be expected to return. In the near term, however, the sector is being driven by the collapse of the commercial satellite manufacturing and launching sector, lingering transatlantic tensions, economic difficulties and upheaval or reorganization among major international players. Most of our customers are unable to justify investing in this sector at this time.”
The Space Foundation remains committed to promoting and supporting space in all sectors -- civil, commercial, and national security -- both at home and abroad, and continues to move forward aggressively with its many other programs and initiatives:
Strategic Space 2003, in Omaha 2-4 September is ramping up to be a great new event supporting the burgeoning national security space community. Corporate sponsorships have sold out, the program features a very senior roster of speakers, and registrations are well ahead of projection. In addition, our customers have filled our room block at the Embassy Suites and we are now utilizing its nearby sister property, the Hilton Garden Inn, to accommodate the overflow. We hope to see YOU at Strategic Space 2003!
The 20th Anniversary National Space Symposium, March 29 through April 1st at the Broadmoor, remains our customers’ top conference priority for 2004 – having already sold out virtually every corporate sponsorship and 90 percent of the Northrop Grumman Exhibit Center – eight months in advance of the event! If you plan on being represented at the world’s premier space policy event, please make your plans now.
The Space Career Fair at the 20th National Space Symposium will be held on Thursday, April 1, 2004 from 8:30 – 4:30. Based on this year’s strong turnout of top caliber students from across the country, many companies are already making arrangements for next year, when the Career Fair is sure to be even bigger and better. The Space Foundation is making numerous improvements to the event, based on lessons learned and customer feedback from 2003. For information on the Space Career Fair contact Elizabeth@spacefoundation.org or Patty@spacefoundation.org.
A Pro-active Approach to Workforce Potential
Patricia Arnold, Ph.D.
Vice President, Education
For the first time in modern history, the retirement age population will outnumber the younger working age population. As baby boomers retire, a shift in demographics results with below replacements birthrates and longer life expectancies. This impacts economic prosperity across many careers in our country, particularly careers that require expertise in science, math and technology.
Industry, government, and education have come to realize that the serious shortfall of professionals and trained specialists require immediate and long-range strategic intervention. Currently, a band-aid approach is treating a wound needing extreme surgery.
A major shift must take place in education. Society has changed drastically over the last 20 years and teacher’s jobs have expanded to encompass feats outside reality. This is why active partnerships between industry and education are critical to success of the U.S. Workforce.
Industry frequently supports programs for college student internships and with less frequency high school participation. This must be continued and expanded. However, to see long lasting and effective results towards workforce development, industry would benefit from collaborating with pre-k - 8 as well as high school and college students. Students and many teachers are not aware of the myriad of jobs available to young people as they enter the workforce. Industry partnering with the Space Foundation initiatives can create both an awareness and interest in today’s jobs and the fields of the future. It is critical to look toward and plan for the future rather than just the present. A pro-active position will net continuous results for pipeline needs, moving industry out of a crisis mode.
Multiple studies support the key to student’s success lies with the teacher. Hence, a window of opportunity! Industry can make a difference by partnering with organizations, such as the Space Foundation, that develop teacher skills sets and knowledge base leading to critical student outputs for career training and development.
The Space Foundation has programs that address the changing direction of our workforce. It provides options for industry to become involved in contributing toward developing the American workforce.
Teacher K-12 Programs
- Summer Institute
- Teacher Workshops
- Teacher In Services
- Teacher National Conferences
Industry Partnership Opportunities
- Teacher Scholarships
- Industry Involvement in actual training
Student Learning
College Level:
- Career Fair
- Ascent Student Scholarship
The Space Foundation challenges every reader to be actively involved in workforce development in the near and long term and invest in future generations and our country!
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Access to Space:
It is – and isn’t – rocket science
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Our nation’s military and civil space leaders all have the same thing on their minds these days – assured access to space. Among the recipients of this newsletter there’s no need for a laborious discussion of how we got here. What’s important is: how do we get unstuck?
In candid conversations with folks who’ve been around things that fly into space, it seems what we really need for assured access to space is a Boeing 737 jetliner.
Let me explain.
When Boeing developed the 737 (or the 757, 767 or 777, for that matter) it did not develop a point solution for a single customer. Instead, it developed a core vehicle with certain core systems that could perform a baseline mission – and then be grown to take on larger payloads, more propulsive power, longer-duration missions, multiple configurations. It is a proven successful approach to developing a family of transportation options from a single baseline flight vehicle.
Taking this approach, it is not hard to envision a phased development program (the term “spiral development” is currently in vogue) where the baseline vehicle solves NASA’s immediate OSP requirements. In doing so, the Phase 1 vehicle generates contracts to industry to provide the Phase 1 propulsion package (both for development and flight test, and operations) in the form of EELV rockets. The near term civil space requirement is filled and the extra EELV business stabilizes military space launch, easing near-term capacity concerns and preserving commercial options.
Just as jetliner capacity improves by stretching wings and fuselage and bringing aboard more powerful propulsion, in Phase 2 our baseline space flier could grow into the reusable upper stage of a two-stage-to-orbit vehicle. (Hypersonic capabilities emerging from the National Aerospace Initiative, or even high-altitude subsonic capabilities could provide the propulsion growth. Heck, there’s even an X-Prize team using a balloon to climb through the thick part of the atmosphere.) Anyway, this OSP-B sounds an awful lot like a space shuttle replacement or maybe a military space plane. And for Phase 3 who knows? Maybe a fully reusable, multi-mission vehicle.
The idea isn’t to design a point solution for any one problem immediately. The point is to line up the customers, understand all the requirements, and get the entire development on a single, synchronized development plan – just as Boeing did before launching the 777 and its derivatives. A plan that gives you new technologies, capabilities and options for the future.
The future. Isn’t that what the space business is supposed to be about? A three-person, ballistic re-entry capsule is a point solution for a problem we solved back in the 1960s. Unless it is part of a larger effort that leads somewhere, it is much ado about nothing.
Would “Son of Apollo” or “Soyuz Plus” be less risky? Of course, and accordingly less rewarding. If the point of the exercise is zero risk, then we have already ceded our national leadership in space.
And let’s hang this pistol on the wall: “back to Apollo” won’t be much fun. By “fun” I mean exciting, adventurous, daring and audacious – which is exactly the kind of swagger we need to put back in our stride . . . especially if we hope to inspire new generations of engineers and explorers.
Elliot G. Pulham
President & CEO
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