Opinion

Space Frontier Foundation Announces 2013 NewSpace Business Plan Competition

March 26, 2013

Nyack, NY March 26, 2013 — The Space Frontier Foundation today opened applications and announced the schedule for 2013 NewSpace Business Plan Competition. Applications and Executive Summaries can be submitted from now through May 29th.   On June 15th we will be notifying the finalists and they will have until July 12th to submit their full [...]

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Dragon and SpaceX – Cargo delivery you can count on

October 10, 2012

Today, SpaceX showed that private companies can go where only government once dared to go.  With Dragon successfully berthing to ISS, even after an engine shutdown during the ascent of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, private industry has shown it can overcome flight incidents and still complete the mission successfully and safely. During the launch [...]

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RT.com Interview with our Executive Director, Jonathan Card

September 13, 2012

RT.com recently interviewed our Executive Director, Jonathan Card. They discuss the upcoming changes in commercial space and what it means for humanity and for business. http://bit.ly/PeANvI

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Note to Congress – Answer “Why Space?” Before You Open Our Pocket Book

February 17, 2012

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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Mitt Romney would have fired Mike Griffin

January 27, 2012

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

January 26, 2012

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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Hoping for a Holiday in Space!

December 21, 2011

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

December 17, 2011

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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Donate Now for the Future of the Space Frontier Foundation!

December 13, 2011

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

December 7, 2011

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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