Articles by Space Frontier Foundation


Mitt Romney would have fired Mike Griffin

by Space Frontier Foundation January 27, 2012 Featured

Governor Romney’s space policy group includes someone he said he would have fired

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Former Speaker Newt Gingrich Proposes Space Settlement as National Goal

by Space Frontier Foundation January 26, 2012 Enablers

On January 25, at a campaign stop in Florida, speaker Gingrich laid out a vision of space settlement. Something that should excite all space supporters, and all Foundation advocates.

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Donate Now for the Future of the Space Frontier Foundation!

by Space Frontier Foundation December 13, 2011 Enablers

If the Foundation is making a difference, it should be measurable and visible for all to see. We have the plan in place to do more, but we need your help to keep moving these projects forward. Please donate today if you want your kid to be taught by an astronaut teacher, to support the creation of new entrepreneurial space businesses, or to see pro-settlement legislation. The SFF can make it happen — so click the “Donate Now” tab above!

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Mars Science Laboratory – Product vs. Process

by Space Frontier Foundation December 7, 2011 Mars

Dear Mars Science Laboratory team,
Thank you!

In the middle of a completely absurd debate about how much U.S. taxpayer money should be put into the pockets of congressional donors in the name of not building government rockets that will not support the opening of space in any way, you are going exploring.

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Communicate Change, Not Just Static: Donate Now!

by Space Frontier Foundation November 23, 2011 Enablers

As recently as last week a major figure in the publishing world said to me that we in the Foundation should take credit for leading the change of the largest space program on Earth, and that although most people don’t know it, we are the group that has set the stage and made it happen. If you want to help us do something grand and important, if you want to know that you are not just sharing static and actually do something to give this life meaning, then click on that donation button, write that check. And the next time you hear about the latest rocketship that will carry you and your kids into space, you can smile and know you aren’t just another consumer of constant communication, you’re helping give them something to talk about. Tax-deductible donations can be made by clicking the “Donate Now” tab above.

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Help Change the Conversation about Space, Even Here in Fantasyland-on-the-Potomac

by Space Frontier Foundation November 17, 2011 Advocacy

The Space Frontier Foundation’s effectiveness at fighting for our vision inside the Beltway will depend on the financial support we receive from Foundationers like you. I can’t promise that if you contribute generously we will win every battle. But I can say that with your help, we can fight the most important battles, and advance our cause of a freer and more prosperous life for our children and grandchildren… a hopeful future we will earn by opening the space frontier, together.

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If You Care About Creating an Open Space Frontier, Donate to Make it Happen!

by Space Frontier Foundation November 8, 2011 SFF News

The Space Frontier Foundation has succeeded in “changing the conversation about space” and the whole of human civilization will reap the benefits. Our work, however, is only just beginning. Now we need to spread the understanding that it is only by unleashing the power of free enterprise that we can have the benefits on offer in our Solar System. If you care about a free and open space frontier, giving generously to the Space Frontier Foundation is the logical thing to do.

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Newt Gingrich calls Space Launch System “disgraceful” pork

by Space Frontier Foundation October 21, 2011 Featured

While at a Town Hall in Dallas Texas, Speaker Newt Gingrich talked about pork and the Senate Launch System

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Space Frontier Foundation Backs Congressional Letter Calling Foul on Space Launch System Contracts

by Space Frontier Foundation September 27, 2011 Featured

The Foundation voiced its strong support for a U.S. Congressional letter sent last week asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate possible violations of the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) in NASA’s plans for buying a new super-heavy lift launch vehicle. The Foundation urged the GAO to issue a “stay” on the project to prevent implementation of any contact modifications, extensions, or other actions …..

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Hutchison and Shelby are Right!

by Space Frontier Foundation August 25, 2011 Advocacy

Study Endorses Senate Launch System as Affordable Near-Term Pork The Space Frontier Foundation today agreed with U.S. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and Richard Shelby in their claim that Booz Allen Hamilton’s “Independent Cost Assessment (ICA)” of the Space Launch System shows that SLS “can be initiated within our currently constrained fiscal limitations” and therefore “halt [...]

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