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Mark J. Albrecht, President of International Launch
Services, was of the opinion that the success of the
space industry in the years ahead would be closely tied
to how “transparent” the technology and
the services were to the public in terms of being linked
to space technology. |
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suggested that satellite radio, broadband satellite
services, satellite entertainment and other space applications
had not only to be upgraded and improved but tied to
the public’s appreciation that space technology
brought people a better and more entertaining life.
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| Rear
Admiral Rand Fisher, Director of Communications Systems
for the National
Reconnaissance Office, explained that satellite data,
communications and sensing not only made modern warfare
more efficient and globally available, but that it
could and did save lives. |
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suggested that a strong and vigorous space education
program was critical to the future security of the United
States and that space applications that provided for
the national defense would actually promote longer-term
prospects for peace. |
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| Terry
Hart, President of Loral Skynet, Princeton, New Jersey
and former astronaut, indicated that more U.S. Government
attention to space applications did not necessarily
mean that government funding would increase government
regulatory control.
He suggested
that, in fact, less demanding regulation of the space
telecommunications industry was probably the most
important thing that government could do to stimulate
satellite telecommunications growth and prosperity. |
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Associate
Administrator of NASA for Education, Dr. Clifford
Houston noted that 27% of the NASA engineering and
scientific workforce and over 50% of all employees
will retire in the next five to seven years. He outlined
a number of new initiatives that the space agency
is undertaking (in cooperation with the NSF and the
Dept. of Education) under an expanded budget to interest
young people, train educators, and streamline and
improve its educational offerings. |
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Particular emphasis is being placed by NASA on so-called
STEM programs that emphasize education and training
in “Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.”
He also outlined NASA’s mechanisms to bolster
science and education through its explorer schools,
its explorer institutions, its NASA educator program
and NASA’s scholarship program. |
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MIT
Professor and former Astronaut Jeff Hoffman explained
why the Columbia disaster
must not slow human exploration and exploitation of
space for scientific and industrial reasons. He set
forth the many scientific and economic reasons why
the international space station was a key building
block to space development. |
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Hoffman argued that reactivation of the shuttle fleet
was critical to realizing the full deployment of the
ISS and continuing our longer term goals toward understanding
the evolution of the solar system and the mysteries
of the universe. |
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Dr.
John Logsdon, Director of The George Washington University
Space Policy Institute at Elliott School of International
Affairs and member of teh Columbia Accident Investigation
Board. Along wiht Joe Pelton, Dr.Logsdon served as
host to the workshop. |
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| Professor
Joseph Pelton, Director, Space & Advanced Communications
Research Institute at George Washington University,
noted that NASA spent less than one percent of its budget
on space applications when forward looking space agencies
of other nations spent 10% to 40% on R&D to stimulate
new space applications. |
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Space
Foundation President Elliot Pulham was of the opinion
that revitalizing the space
industry in terms of space transportation, space tourism
and “going where no man or woman has gone before”
has to be a part of the solution. |
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journal
is a cross-disciplinary scholarly publication designed
to advance space communication as a profession and
as an academic discipline.
Individual issues will provide in-depth examination
of matters of importance to satellite and space
communication in terms of:
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Innovation
and Technology |
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Economy
and Business Development |
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Services
and Applications |
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Regulation
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Social
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Regional
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