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SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI): Employment
SpaceWorks Engineering has several openings in Atlanta and Washington, DC.
Elon Musk - The 2010 TIME 100 | TIME
"Elon Musk makes no sense — and that's the reason I know him (says Jon Favreau, Director of Iron Man). When I was trying to bring the character of genius billionaire Tony Stark to the big screen in Iron Man, I had no idea how to make him seem real. Robert Downey Jr. (who plays Stark in the film) said, "We need to sit down with Elon Musk." He was right."
2nd Annual NASA STEM Educators Workshop Series - AESP
"Calling all teachers in the Charlotte area. NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are inviting educators to take part in free workshops Feb. 23-25. The second annual NASA STEM Educator Workshop Series will showcase science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education resources relating to studying the NASA mission to return to the moon."
This announcement is from a NASA-sponsored Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP) located at Penn State. STEM education for teachers flows into our classrooms and helps stimulate creation of our future workforce, that includes commercial space enterprises.
Northrop Grumman Foundation Now Accepting Teacher Applications for 2010 Weightless Flights of Discovery Program - Yahoo! Finance
"The Northrup Gumman Foundation is accepting teacher applications for the 2010 Weightless Flights of Discovery program, a unique initiative that places teachers on micro-gravity flights to test Newton's Laws of Motion and energize students in the formative middle-school years. Middle-school math and science teachers in public schools are welcome to apply for the program."
Veteran astronauts find new roles in commercial sector | Spaceflight Now
"Two former space shuttle and space station commanders are now competitors in the nascent world of commercial human spaceflight, a start-up industry still in its infancy but likely close to receiving a major boost from the White House.
Ken Bowersox and Frank Culbertson are vice presidents at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and Orbital Sciences Corp., two U.S. companies at the forefront of the private space industry."
Astronauts get to vote for commercial space with their feet which indicates they feel this industry has a great opportunity to grow.
Department of Commerce Secretary, Gary Locke's "States of Entrepreneurism" Address
"The United States has not adjusted to a new global marketplace where foreign countries and foreign companies have the ability to outpace their American counterparts. It’s not tenable for...[us] to continue with the status quo. In a world where innovation is critical to U.S. competitiveness, we must do everything in our power to optimize commercialization that stems from our nation’s vast research investments. This is an issue where the Commerce Department is working hard to find solutions.
Last fall, we launched the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, whose mandate is to drive policies and programs that help entrepreneurs translate new ideas, products, and services into economic growth, and to accelerate technology commercialization of federal R&D.
And today, I want to announce that on February 24 [2010], this Office will host a forum with university leaders and key stakeholders on the roles of universities in innovation, economic development, job creation, and commercialization of federally funded research."
Locke's analysis is dead on and includes references to NASA, aerospace and public-private collaboration in commercialization. The emerging suborbital space vehicle industry is a classic example of what he and the Obama administration are strongly promoting and they surely support STEM education as a critical lifeline essential to feed such entrepreneurial innovations.
The End of Magical Climate Thinking | Foreign Policy
"The Obama administration succumbed, like many others, to a sort of magical climate thinking that promised a painless and even prosperous transition to a low-carbon future with the tools already at hand. The only official within his administration to accurately grasp the technology challenges faced, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, was sidelined at crucial moments. Here is the back story of how the Obama administration dramatically raised and then dashed America's -- and the world's -- hopes that 2009 would be a pivotal year for remaking our collective energy future." This article places blame on both government and green energy advocates for "magical thinking" about what will surely at minimum be a tough, expensive, decades-long slog. The importance of space infrastructure advancements, especially by the private sector, to developing innovative lower-cost solar power and biospheric and climate monitoring systems will be major. Earth and its environment are increasingly understood as one evolving macro-ecosystem traveling through space over eons.
New leader takes on Space Florida challenges | OrlandoSentinel.com
"Frank DiBello, the head of Space Florida, "is trying to buck the trend" of making promises but not delivering them. "Since taking over the troubled state aerospace-development agency in September, DiBello has been scrambling to get money and plans in place to soften the double blow of 7,000 shuttle-related layoffs and a minimum five-year gap before NASA resumes human spaceflight." DiBello "canceled or phased out nearly $3 million worth of projects and contracts he considered either wasteful or impractical" while also trying to draw business to the region. Furthermore, DiBello "sees opportunity" with commercial space companies, although he is working to diversify the local industry. According to the article, "Although he has yet to score any deals, his efforts have won widespread praise," including from Rep. Suzanne Kosmas and Mark Nappi, head of the United Space Alliance." Thanks to AIAA Daily Launch.
New leader takes on Space Florida challenges | OrlandoSentinel.com
"Frank DiBello, the head of Space Florida, "is trying to buck the trend" of making promises but not delivering them. "Since taking over the troubled state aerospace-development agency in September, DiBello has been scrambling to get money and plans in place to soften the double blow of 7,000 shuttle-related layoffs and a minimum five-year gap before NASA resumes human spaceflight." DiBello "canceled or phased out nearly $3 million worth of projects and contracts he considered either wasteful or impractical" while also trying to draw business to the region. Furthermore, DiBello "sees opportunity" with commercial space companies, although he is working to diversify the local industry. According to the article, "Although he has yet to score any deals, his efforts have won widespread praise," including from Rep. Suzanne Kosmas and Mark Nappi, head of the United Space Alliance." Thanks to AIAA Daily Launch.