Applications: Websites
Space Flight Laboratory | Univ. of Toronto Instit. for Aerospace Studies
This university-based organization that's "building Canada's future in space" developes small satellites and flight payloads for a wide range of space research applications. They also utilize graduate students in their endeavors, help arrange university-developed payload launches, and provide hands-on training.
"Meet the Entrepreneurs" of the Commercial Human Spaceflight Industry | CSF
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is the industry association site for the commercial human spaceflight industry which now includes about 20 companies. Each of the CEOs of these companies are profiled on this section of their site.
Space Portal Consortium - About Us
“The Space Portal Consortium is poised to promote the new space economy. Building collaborative business ventures, the Space Portal is considered the “friendly front door” to NASA. In pursuit of its mission the Space Portal will champion business ventures, pull together business initiatives to leverage talent, and lead the creation of collaboratives that perpetuate innovation."
Remote Sensing/Image Analysis Lab | Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory | Columbia University
This Remote Sensing Image Analysis Laboratory, within the new award-winning Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory building at Columbia University, provides research and education facilities for studying our planet. It is sponsored by both NASA and Intel and demonstrates the important linkage between academia, industry and government in addressing our global environment challenges.
"The Space Show" hosted by: Dr. David Livingston
Dr. David Livingston is a business consultant, financial advisor, and strategic planner as well as interview host and creator of the pioneering space commerce-focused online production, “The Space Show”. Livingston is an accomplished personal speaker, writer and consultant in the area of future space exploration. He has lectured extensively on the topics of: business ethics and corporate responsibility for off-Earth business ventures and New Space Industries, and has written a Code of Ethics for Off-Earth Commerce. He frequently lectures on venture capital financing for new space businesses, RLVs and space tourism, effective business planning, and developing solutions to the barriers to space enterprise.
Livingston has also served as an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Business at Golden Gate University teaching Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. He earned his BA from the University of Arizona, an MBA in International Business Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, and his doctorate in business administration (DBA) at Golden Gate. His doctoral dissertation was titled “Outer Space Commerce: Its History and Prospects”.
HobbySpace - Home
This pioneering site links space endeavors to broad public interests. Increasingly, its profiling of “alt-space” goals and progress is blazing a trail in that area too. Lindsey’s “Tenants” below provide the best window into his motivations.
“HobbySpace Tenants: * The development of space will only be successful when the general public becomes directly involved. * Incremental, step-by-small-step development can achieve permanent human settlement. * Private, commercial entrepreneurial enterprises can make most of these steps. * Small, niche markets can be sufficient to support those companies.”
Space Energy Inc., a space-based solar power company
Profile of a new global company dedicated to the development of space-based solar power. The site contains a “QuickReport” area that holds many background papers and reports on this topic. Also note their TEDx presentation by Peter Sage, their communications and marketing lead on the home page.
NASA - Greenspace
“Our Greenspace Initiative aligns NASA’s research and development programs with green activities by providing strategy, integration, and implementation support for a diverse portfolio of alternative energy and environmental projects in four focus areas: Green Aviation; Global Prediction/Monitoring & Response; Clean Energy; and Sustainable Systems. We are joining leaders in Silicon Valley and around the globe to put NASA’s data and assets to work mitigating climate change through innovative partnering and intensive collaboration. We invite you to explore the issues, examine the opportunities, and, most importantly, work with us to take on this challenge.”
CHASE: Center for Humanity and Space Exploration
“CHASE is being planned as a highly visible, global collaborative center for the study, development, and communications of space-related activities of benefit to humanity. It will enable sustainable long-term exploration and assistance with major human challenges. CHASE will also provide an interactive public forum to enhance public and industry engagement and education about space exploration and related public benefits and issues.”
UNESCAP - Disaster Management with Space Applications
This is a web site for the United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) focused on "Disaster Management with Space Applications. It contains content from two conferences on the topic and a downloadable report titled, “Policy Framework on Space Information Products and Services for Disaster Management”.
http://www.unescap.org/publications/detail.asp?id=1241