Video from yesterday’s Golden Spike press conference.
AUTHOR
Doug Messier
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2012 (Golden Spike PR) -– On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 17, the last human exploration of the Moon, Former Apollo Flight Director and NASA Johnson Space Center Director, Gerry Griffin, and planetary scientist and former NASA science chief, Dr. Alan Stern, today unveiled “The Golden Spike Company” – the first company planning to offer routine exploration expeditions to the surface of the Moon.
The Golden Spike Company has an experienced and eclectic group of people involved in its operations. This group ranges from former Apollo Flight Director Gerry Griffin and former space shuttle program chief Wayne Hale to best-selling author Andy Chaikin and Star Trek set designer Mike Okuda.
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Esther Dyson sits on the Board of Directors with NewSpace veterans Taber MacCallum and Max Vozoff. The company’s advisors include astronaut Pete Conrad’s widow Nancy, former Congressmen Newt Gingrich and Bob Walker, and former New Mexico Governor and Spaceport America champion Bill Richardson.
Partner companies include Moon Express, Paragon Space Development Corporation, Masten Space Systems and others.
Complete lists of the company’s team members and partners follows after the break.
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And we are underway in Washington…..they’re showing a promotional video
No live webcast on this one — listening in via phone from Mojave….
Cindy Conrad speaking…
Various people in audience….Doug Griffith, Andrew Chaiken, Paragon SDC CEO Taber MacCallum, CSF’s Michael Lopez Allegria, Nancy Conrad of Conrad Foundation
The Golden Spike Company’s public unveiling takes place in about 90 minutes. I don’t believe it is being webcast. In the meantime, take a look at the op-ed piece that Alan Stern and Gerry Griffin penned for Space News. Here’s an excerpt: We therefore urge an approach that obtains near-term results — i.e., human exploration beyond LEO — as quickly and as pragmatically as possible. In an era when budgets […]
DLR Chairman Johann Dietrich Wörner
DLR Chairman Johann-Dietrich Wörner has dismissed the idea that European Space Agency (ESA) needs to be brought under the wing of the European Union (EU) in order to improve cooperation between the two organizations.
The European Commission, the EU’s top body, has recommended several options that would bring the independent space agency under the control of the union.
In the following excerpt from his blog, Wörner rejects the idea, saying that the coordination problems between ESA and the EU can be handled without making such major changes, and that the entire debate is a distraction from far more important issues.
Ottawa (Ontario), December 5, 2012 (AIAC PR) – A federally mandated report released last week proposing urgent and strong action required for Canada’s aerospace industry to maintain its global leadership position is spurring action at a national aerospace summit now taking place in Ottawa.
Led by former Cabinet Minister David Emerson, the comprehensive, arm’s length Aerospace Review – released on November 29 – proposes bold steps, including a number of fiscally neutral solutions and improvements to Canadian aerospace policies and programs, to protect Canadian economic interests amid the sector’s increasingly competitive and complex global realities.
WASHINGTON (NRC PR) — Without a national consensus on strategic goals and objectives for NASA, the agency cannot be expected to establish or work toward achieving long-term priorities, says a new report from the National Research Council.
In addition, there is a mismatch between the portfolio of programs and activities assigned to the agency and the budget allocated by Congress, and legislative restrictions inhibit NASA from more efficiently managing its personnel and infrastructure. The White House should take the lead in forging a new consensus on NASA’s future in order to more closely align the agency’s budget and objectives and remove restrictions impeding NASA’s efficient operations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Coalition for Space Exploration (Coalition) today announced veteran aerospace communicators George Torres of ATK and Mary Engola of Ball Aerospace will lead the Coalition in 2013. Torres will serve as the new chair and Engola will continue her role as the deputy chair. Each will serve a one-year term, effective January through December 2013.
Torres works as the vice president of communications for ATK’s Aerospace Group. He has broad experience in communications across the aerospace industry, and previously led communications organizations at Rockwell International, Boeing, Hughes Space and Communications Company, and The Aerospace Corporation. A published author, Torres has written two books on the space program and was the recipient of the Journalism Award of Excellence from the Aviation/Space Writers Association for these efforts.