Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center
At Charlie Crist’s space summit, Florida space backers told to get with Obama’s program, let go of the past
Orlando Sentinel
A statewide space symposium convened by Gov. Charlie Crist in Orlando on Thursday heard repeatedly from industry executives, academics and experts that Florida had to adapt to a new U.S. national space policy that favored commercial rocket companies or give up its ambitions to be a world-class launch center.
LaserMotive Press Release
Feb. 18, 2010
LaserMotive, an independent R&D company specializing in laser power beaming technology, has announced the appointment of company co-founder Tom Nugent as President and technology industry veteran David Bashford as Vice President of Operations.
Masten's Xoie lunar lander after a test flight.
Masten Space Systems hopes to begin suborbital space flights by the middle of next year, a company official said today.
Virgin Galactic is looking to begin commercial operations by the end of 2011.
CSF PRESS RELEASE
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation enthusiastically welcomes NASA’s announcement today that NASA will fund dozens of science and education payloads to fly on commercial suborbital vehicles built by companies including Armadillo Aerospace, Blue Origin, Masten Space Systems, Virgin Galactic, and XCOR Aerospace. At the first annual Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference, NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced in her keynote speech today that President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for NASA commits $75 million in funding over five years for the new Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research program (CRuSR).
CSF NEWS RELEASE
At the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference today, Commercial Spaceflight Federation chairman Mark Sirangelo announced the creation of a new affiliates program for universities and other research and educational institutions.
Notes from the Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference press conference: Mark Sirangelo, Chairman of Commercial Spaceflight Federation: We will be announcing an expansion of the federation to include a number of academic affiliates later today. Michael Mealling, Masten Space Systems: Masten will fly the winner of today’s student experiment contest on a flight for free. Jeff Greason, XCOR CEO: NASA’s embrace of the commercial suborbital field will be “transformative” for […]
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SEA PRESS RELEASE
The Space Exploration Alliance, the nation’s largest coalition of non-profit space advocacy groups, is poised for its annual visit to Capitol Hill where members will embody the broad public support for human space exploration.
SEA members will be meeting with over 100 Congressional members and staff between February 21 – 23, one of the most ambitious campaigns since the inception of the annual SEA events in 2004.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist
PRESS RELEASE
February 17, 2010
The Charlie Crist for U.S. Senate campaign today released the following statement from Gov. Crist in light of today’s announcement that President Obama will be making phone calls to NASA astronauts working on the International Space Station:
“When it comes to NASA and our nation’s space exploration programs, President Obama needs to provide more than just a photo-op to ensure that America remains a leader in space innovation.
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced today that the agency’s Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program (CRuSR) will receive $15 million in its budget for 2011. This is an increase from the $2.5 million in the 2010 budget.
Garver said that over time, much of what NASA will spend on this will be spent on universities and students. The work that students are doing on microgravity aircraft flights have been inspiring and “life changing” for many students, she added.
A video of the keynote addresses at the Next Generation Suborbital Researcher’s Conference, which is taking place in Boulder. Featured speakers include Alan Stern, Lori Garver, Pete Worden and George Nield.
