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Venue Change for NewSpace 2012 Conference

by Space Frontier Press May 3, 2012 Featured

The NewSpace 2012 Conference Has Grown by Leaps and Bounds Forcing a Move to the Hyatt Regency Hotel! Silicon Valley, CA - The NewSpace 2012 Conference and events have moved from the NASA Ames Research Center to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Santa Clara, a short distance from NASA Ames. The conference organizers were working with the NASA Ames staff [...]

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Agenda Released for NewSpace 2012 Conference

by Space Frontier Press March 27, 2012 Featured

The Conference Theme New Products, New Profits, NewSpace Gets Down to the Business of Building Out the Frontier Silicon Valley, CA - The NewSpace 2012 Conference agenda is now available at newspace.spacefrontier.org. The panels cover a wide range of topics pertinent to the current state of space industry from “Space Meets Cyberspace” and “Moving Forward with What We’ve Got” to [...]

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Teachers in Space and NASA Bring Space into Classrooms

by Space Frontier Press March 9, 2012 Featured

The Space Frontier Foundation’s Teachers in Space program and NASA are teaming up this summer for a second round of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workshops that focus on Suborbital Astronautics, Space Medicine and Human Factors, and Suborbital Flight Experiments. The goal of the workshops is to give teachers the curriculum and experiences necessary to boost STEM instruction, including the opportunity to fly an experiment on a Masten Space suborbital vehicle. The workshop instructors will include a former Space Shuttle Commander as well as leading scientists from NASA, FAA, NewSpace and leading aerospace universities. Secondary teachers currently teaching STEM subjects should apply at tis.spacefrontier.org/workshops by April 5, 2012.

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NASA Deputy Administrator Garver to Give NewSpace 2012 Keynote

by Space Frontier Press February 29, 2012 Featured

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver has graciously accepted the invitation to give keynote address at the NewSpace 2012 Conference. Her speech at NewSpace 2011 was a conference highlight and all involved are excited to hear what she has to share this year. NewSpace 2012 will be held on July 26-28 at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. Conference details registration are now available at newspace.spacefrontier.org.

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Friendship 7’s legacy is safe with Commercial Crew

by Space Frontier Foundation February 20, 2012 Advocacy

While celebrating the anniversary of John Glenn’s Friendship 7 flight, the Space Frontier Foundation also looks towards the future of human spaceflight, and sees a bright future.

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Note to Congress – Answer “Why Space?” before you open our pocket book

by Space Frontier Foundation February 17, 2012 Advocacy

With a budget increase in the Senate Launch System of $28.2 million, the various congressional reactions to the proposed NASA budget have provided a teachable moment for all of us

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Space Frontier Foundation and NASA Announce $110,000 in NewSpace Business Plan Competition Prizes

by Space Frontier Press February 2, 2012 Enablers

The Space Frontier Foundation will host the annual NewSpace Business Plan Competition during its NewSpace 2012 Conference at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley on July 26-28. The competition helps entrepreneurs creating startups and firms developing supporting, problem-solving and game-changing technologies in support of the NewSpace space industry. As many as 10 finalists will present their plans to a distinguished panel of judges, featuring venture capitalists, angel investors and business development leaders. They’ll receive professional feedback and exposure to the public, press and investor community. The winner will awarded a $100,000 Grand Prize funded by a grant from NASA Ames. This grant also funds a $10,000 Second Prize.

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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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Commercial Crew Development Defies Death by Sticking to Space Act Agreements.

by Space Frontier Press December 17, 2011 Cheap Access to Space

The Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) congratulates NASA on the smart decision to continue to utilize Space Act Agreements (SAA) over the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). Many feared that the pressure to use the restrictive FAR contracts would be the death of the Commercial Crew Development program (CCDev). With this victory the program, and America’s ability to reach the ISS, gets a second chance. This positive evolution of how NASA works with vehicle contractors will boost the competitive development of multiple launch providers and the NewSpace economy. The goal of achieving low cost, reliable access to space is simply better for it.

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