Space Fact #24: Where We Get Our GPS
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Several dozen satellites are in medium Earth orbit, or MEO, providing our GPS.
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Space as a Tool
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Experts in international affairs need to find ways to use space; but they should use space in part as a way of thinking outside their own toolbox. In other words, we need to apply systems thinking, using space as a tool for improving our international standing in various parts of the world.
Read MoreSpace Fact #23: Where Are the Satellites?
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More than a thousand satellites occupy low Earth orbit, or LEO.
Read MoreThe Swedish Engineer Who Works with Horses
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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.
Read MoreHow Government Catalyzes Space
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It's a mistake to think that private industry has taken over space. Government catalyzes the space economy in three ways: assuming risk, pushing the bounds of technology, and issuing contracts.
Read MoreSpace Fact #22: The Smoke Detector Comes from Space
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The Apollo program led to the creation of the lightweight mini-computer, GPS, the kidney dialysis machine...
Read MoreAn Out of This World Answer to Terror
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We need to return to the view of space that Kennedy espoused: as an adventure that we lead, with meaning that we share.
Read MoreSpace Fact #21: Aviation Comprises $1.5 Trillion
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Aviation contributes $1.5 trillion—more than 5%—to the national economy. (Federal Aviation Administration, “The Economic Impact of Civil Aviation on the U.S. Economy,” June 2014)
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