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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Hoping for a Holiday in Space!

by Space Frontier Press December 21, 2011 Featured

This holiday please give a gift to our volunteers and yourself by donating to the Space Frontier Foundation. You’ll be supporting a future where we have to figure out how to get a Christmas tree to the moon. A future where all science teachers are expected to have experienced spaceflight, picking a spaceline ticket is done on Orbitz, and ‘asteroid miner’ is a common job description. So after hanging up your geeky space ornaments (we admit to having several), visit spacefrontier.org/donate.

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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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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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Learn and Launch for Less at NewSpace 2012

by Space Frontier Press November 14, 2011 Featured

Registration for the Space Frontier Foundation’s NewSpace 2012 Conference is now open! Take advantage of the low early bird registration prices to learn about the commercial space industry and launch your venture for less. The conference will be held July 26-28 at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. Register today at newspace.spacefrontier.org.

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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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Compete in the Student NewSpace Business Plan Competition

by Space Frontier Press September 14, 2011 Featured

The Foundation and SEDS are proud to announce the Student NewSpace Business Plan Competition. Specifically designed to give students a chance to enter the world of space entrepreneurship, this competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate students with an idea for a frontier-enabling business. Competitors will pitch their space industry or space-scalable business proposal to a panel of investors and NewSpace leaders, and vie for the $1000 grand prize. To enter the competition, submit an Intent to Compete form by September 30, 2011.

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Invitation to MIT/Stanford Venture Lab Event

by Space Frontier Press September 8, 2011 SFF News

Silicon Valley, CA – Join the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) at the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB) event on Tuesday, September 20th at 6 PM. This chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum is one of the largest ongoing gatherings of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and thought leaders, and welcomes the members of the space community. The event is [...]

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NewSpace 2011 Conference Reaches New Heights

by Space Frontier Press August 18, 2011 Featured

The NewSpace 2011 Conference saw new levels of participation from around the space industry. New partnerships and plans to further the expanding NewSpace industry formed between NASA, commercial space leaders, advocates, and companies. Lively debate took place during panels, leading to new ideas to spark the commercial industry. With record smashing attendance numbers, exciting new speakers, and an overflowing exhibitor hall, this year’s conference was a true success.

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