Tag: space symposium
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Colorado company ready to build the lunar base, provide ‘lunar mobility’
Original concepts for a moon base ranged from believable to outlandish. Following the success of Artemis II, which launched four astronauts around the moon over the course of 10 days, NASA is looking ahead as it attempts to take another giant leap. The goal? A permanent base on the moon. But what might that look…
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Five big things from Space Symposium, just in case you missed them
The 41st Space Symposium has concluded after drawing more than 300 exhibitors and an overall attendance of 11,000 during its six days at The Broadmoor. Put on by the Space Foundation, a nonprofit space advocacy group headquartered in Colorado Springs, the annual Symposium is the world’s largest gathering of commercial, military and governmental figures in…
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Future military satellite will need operational surprise
In future wars, military satellites will likely no longer be locked in orbit. Satellites in a predictable orbit are easy targets, known positions on a map that can be bypassed or neutralized, said Space Command’s leader, Gen. Stephen Whiting, during Space Symposium at The Broadmoor. Space Command is charged with defending American interests from 100 kilometers…
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Lockheed Martin, other Colorado companies, on the hunt for habitable worlds in our galaxy
The question “are we alone” remains unanswered, but humanity may get a hint of it in the coming years as technologies are tested and launched aboard several next-generation space telescopes in the coming years and decades. Lockheed Martin, along with several other companies with strong Colorado ties, have been tapped by NASA to develop technologies…
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Colorado awards $26M in tax incentives to keep aerospace company in state
A technology company in the aerospace and defense industry is looking to expand and could bring 1,250 jobs to Colorado if it chooses to continue growing in the state. The Colorado Economic Development Commission approved $26 million in job growth incentive tax credits on Thursday for an unnamed company called “Project Hera.” (The commission often…
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Ohio-based aerospace company SelectTech taps El Paso County for expansion
By Breeanna Jent and Alexander Edwards The Gazette Ohio-based aerospace company SelectTech Services Corporation is expanding to Colorado Springs. Company leadership, Gov. Jared Polis and local business and economic development officials announced the expansion on Wednesday afternoon during the 41st Space Symposium held at The Broadmoor. SelectTech is a mission-driven company that supports the U.S.…
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Space Force staffing up, investing in raises, addressing deferred maintenance
After civilian employee cuts across the Department of Defense last year, the Space Force is now hiring staff to work on the largest military modernization push since World War II. “Talent is the single most important ingredient,” said Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, who oversees the Space Force. The secretary spoke to an…
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NASA, NOAA leaders stress need to study sun, improve space weather forecasts
While the nation celebrates the safe return of the astronauts who flew by the moon, there’s another celestial body scientists yearn to know more about for future missions: the sun. “As we travel farther and farther in space, as we get to the moon, as we go to Mars, our ability to understand how the…
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NASA to build permanent base on moon, test space-based nuclear power in bid to meet Trump’s space policy
In the 1960s, the United States won the space race decisively by planting the American flag firmly on the moon. Over the next five years, 12 NASA astronauts walked on the moon before the Apollo program, one of the most expensive and scientifically intensive programs undertaken by the U.S., was ultimately canceled. NASA’s priorities shifted…
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Space race with China driving investment to counter hypersonic missile threat
As Space Symposium kicked off n Colorado Springs last week, retired Gen. John Hyten, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reminded a packed ballroom about the 65th anniversary of the first manned space flight around the world. On April 12, 1961, a cosmonaut from the Soviet Union Yuri Gagarin, circled the world,…