SFF News

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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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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Hoping for a Holiday in Space!

by Space Frontier Foundation December 21, 2011 SFF News

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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