Monster Rocket Will Eat America’s Space Program

by Ferris Valyn September 15, 2011 Advocacy

The Foundation is certain that much like Constellation before it, the Senate Launch System will never stay within its budget or schedule, and in the end will be cancelled. SLS will become the most cannibalistic program in NASA’s history, consuming innovative programs attempting to lower costs by using commercial firms to fly astronauts into space, new technologies that would make exploration more affordable, and of course the payloads the new rocket is supposed to carry.

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Civil Space Opinion Survey

by Bob Werb July 21, 2011 Uncategorized

Over the last two days of the Atlantis flight we had up a survey about the shuttle and the future of human spaceflight.  Summary results are up here. We will get up the detailed results with analysis in a few days.

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End of Shuttle is the Beginning of NewSpace Age

by Space Frontier Press July 18, 2011 Featured

The final flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis does not mean the end of manned spaceflight for America. It heralds the beginning of the NewSpace Age, an era of more access to space for many more people at much lower cost.

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The Role of Government in a New American Space Agenda

by Rick Tumlinson February 23, 2011 Advocacy

The time for the bold is now, not just on the launch pads of New Space but within the government space community as well. It’s time for a New American Space Agenda, and so I, Rick Tumlinson, humbly offer five points of purpose and possibility for change in our national approach to opening space…

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TEDxMidTownNY Event Slated for March 8th

by Space Frontier Press February 22, 2011 Advocacy

TEDxMidTownNY space speaker and discussion series has a new home at the Hotel Beacon NYC on Broadway at 75th St., New York, NY. On Tuesday, March 8, 2011, the headline speaker will be Tom Shelley, VP of Space Adventures, the only company providing human space missions to the world marketplace. The second speaker for this event will be Noah Zerkin, Research Engineer in the Neurology Department at the Human Aerospace Lab at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Register today!

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Futron Rates Isle of Man’s Space Industry

by Space Frontier Press February 7, 2011 Markets

US market research firm, the Futron Corporation of Bethesda, Maryland, today published a benchmarking assessment study on the Isle of Man space industry with surprising results. The report highlights the Isle of Man’s lead in cutting edge satellite financing coupled with the value brought by the Government’s unique Public Private Partnership in orbital filing with Manx company, ManSat.

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Space for the People

by Space Frontier Press September 27, 2010 Advocacy

The Space Frontier Foundation and NewSpace community voice their support for the 2011 NASA budget put forth by the current administration and denounce the HR-5781 bill. Share “Space for the People” and support the need for a budget focused on innovation and new enterprise, not wasting money on failed projects.

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Action Alert – Help Kill HR 5781 NOW

by William Watson September 23, 2010 Advocacy

The Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) urges every commercial space supporter to take action immediately. Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will bring to a vote the NASA re-authorization act. Unfortunately, they have decided to continue the failed policy that is Constellation.

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Defeating the Homers, Haters and Boomers

by Bob Werb August 23, 2010 Advocacy

A friend of ours in DC describes opposition to the proposed NASA budget as the “homers, haters and boomers.” The homers want as much federal spending as possible in their home state. The haters reflexively oppose anything from an Administration they despise. The boomers are nostalgic for the 60s.

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Real Socialism in America

by Bob Werb July 6, 2010 SpaceFront

There is a change being proposed by the Obama administration that deals with a government program where full control of the means of production is already in government hands. That’s right. In at least one instance, Barack Obama wants to put America on the road to capitalism. The program in question is called Constellation.

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