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May 24, 2021

STEM's Future Uptick

May 24, 2021/ Steve Sandford
STEM's Future Uptick

If I were king, I would set our nation’s space program on a trajectory that would inspire not just the international community but our own youth. 

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December 14, 2020

The Swedish Engineer Who Works with Horses

December 14, 2020/ Steve Sandford
The Swedish Engineer Who Works with Horses

Another important reason to fund, and share, the adventure of human space flight is similar to what we offered Russian technologists in the Nineties: an opportunity for employment. A trained engineer or chemist without hope is ripe for work producing technology in the cause of terrorism. 

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STEM, Space policy
STEM, Space policy
June 11, 2018

Saving the World Is Educational

June 11, 2018/ Jay Heinrichs
Saving the World Is Educational

The Apollo program inspired students to go into science, technology, engineering and math. Today, most STEM Ph.D.'s in America get awarded to foreign students.

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What's Weather Prediction Worth?
What's Weather Prediction Worth?
about 3 years ago

One aspect of the space economy tends to get overlooked: weather. Without space, we'd be in trouble.

Orbital Rush Hour
Orbital Rush Hour
about 3 years ago

It really wasn’t that long ago when the two greatest superpowers were vying to put satellites into space. Now, 50 nations have their own satellites in low Earth orbit. If you’re a Thailand, say, you can call Space Systems/Loral, a Canadian-owned company based in Palo Alto, California, and tell them you want to put a satellite into geostationary orbit for television broadcasting or military communications. You can have the thing in orbit 25,000 miles above Earth within two years. 

Missing: Audacity
Missing: Audacity
about 3 years ago

The good news: current leadership is working on renewing NASA.

The bad news: they’re working without the audacious national mission we need. It’s as if NASA is a boxer training without any fight scheduled.

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