Presented here are general press releases from the Space Frontier Foundation. To view press releases from individual Foundation projects, click on the project links below:
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| 2008 |
Foundation Press Releases |
| 4.24.08 |
Space Frontier Foundation Supports Celestis |
| 4.23.08 |
Space Frontier Foundation Co-Sponsoring RASTE 2008, May 19-23 in Dayton, Ohio |
| 3.21.08 |
Foundation Mourns Passing of Space Visionary – Sir Arthur C. Clarke's Lasting Legacy to be Celebrated July 19th at the Foundation's Annual Conference |
| 3.05.08 |
The Space Frontier Foundation Announces Its Newest Project – The Cosmos Review |
| 3.03.08 |
Watch Dog Congratulates Space Agency – NASA Releases ISS Commercial Resupply Services Draft RFP
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| 2007 |
Foundation Press Releases |
| 10.26.07 |
One Small Step for Education |
| 10.10.07 |
Views and Comments on NSSO-sponsored Study on Space-Based Solar Power |
| 10.08.07 |
Report to Pentagon on Space-Based Solar Power to be Published on October 10th |
| 8.21.07 |
Welcome Home Barbara Morgan; More Teachers Should Fly |
| 8.08.07 |
Godspeed Barbara Morgan; Plans for Large Numbers of Teachers in Space |
| 7.27.07 |
Space Frontier Foundation Mourns Loss of Scaled Composites Workers – Urges NewSpace to Continue Forward |
| 2.06.07 |
The Space Frontier Foundation's Annual Conference – NewSpace 2007: Accelerating Change |
| 2.05.07 |
NASA Can Fix Its Budget Problems – By Buying from Private Industry Instead of Competing with It!
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| 2006 |
Foundation Press Releases |
| 11.27.06 |
Save Centennial Challenges! – Space Leaders Call on Congress to Restore Funding for Important NASA Space Prize Program |
| 11.19.06 |
Private Space Explorer Joins Teachers in Space – Anousheh Ansari to Support Flights on NewSpace Vehicles |
| 10.16.06 |
PlanetSpace Joins Teachers in Space Project – Will Offer Free Rides on its Silver Dart Spacecraft to Top Educators |
| 09.25.06 |
In Memorial: Dr. Vladimir Syromiatnikov – Hero of the Frontier |
| 09.18.06 |
Masten Space Systems Donates Rocket Ride to Teacher – Joins Other Companies Donating Rides to Teachers In Space Program |
| 09.01.06 |
NASA's Rush to CEV Decision is Unnecessary and Ill-advised – Government About to Waste Billions Sending Moon Vehicle to ISS |
| 08.18.06 |
Congratulations COTS Winners! – Foundation Calls on NASA to Expand Funding/Number of Winners Building New U.S. Space Ships |
| 07.25.06 |
Unaffordable and Unsustainable: NASA's Post Shuttle Transportation Strategy is a Failure |
| 07.13.06 |
Congratulations Bigelow Aerospace! – Foundation Applauds Launch of First Commercial Inflatable Habitat |
| 06.29.06 |
Scuttle the Shuttle! – Use Funds to Open the Space Frontier |
| 06.23.06 |
You Think Your Space Business Can Fly? You Think You Have the Right Financial Stuff? – The Space Frontier Foundation Announces A Competition to Launch NewSpace Business Plans into Venture Capital Orbit |
| 06.08.06 |
Space Adventures, Courtney Stadd, Joss Whedon to Receive Awards – Foundation Recognizes Creator of Serenity Movie, Space Travel Firm and Former White House Staffer for Contributions to NewSpace Movement |
| 04.21.06 |
Space Flight Firms Donate Rides to Teachers – New Teachers in Space Program Gains Momentum |
| 04.11.06 |
Teachers in Space! Foundation Wants Hundreds to Fly |
| 04.05.06 |
The Space Event of the Summer! Space Frontier Foundation Announces NewSpace 2006 in Las Vegas |
| 01.12.06 |
Pentagon Should Support NewSpace – Foundation Joins Consensus for Operationally Responsive Space
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| 2005 |
Foundation Press Releases |
| 12.14.05 |
Space Frontier Foundation Supports U.S. New Year's Eve Launch of "The Planets" |
| 10.15.05 |
Space Frontier Foundation Departs from the Space Exploration Alliance |
| 09.19.05 |
NASA Space Station Plan Good News for NewSpace Firms, Bad News for Cost-Plus Contractors |
| 09.01.05 |
The Next Space Age Is Coming! Space Frontier Conference In Los Angeles To Focus On Revolution In Space |
| 08.09.05 |
Space Advocacy Group Considers New Ways to Open Space Frontier |
| 07.11.05 |
Scuttle the Shuttle! Space Shuttle is a Waste of Taxpayer Funds |
| 03.29.05 |
Save Hubble! Space Leaders Call for Hubble Rescue |
| 03.12.05 |
Mike Griffin Will Be a Good Captain for NASA – White House Choice for Space Agency Administrator Gives Hope for Moon/Mars Effort |
| 03.10.05 |
Congress Should Fund Space Prizes Now! – White House Budget For Centennial Prize Should be Raised to $200 Million |
| 01.31.05 |
NASA Needs a Tough Leader – President should Appoint Strong Administrator to Reform Agency Teetering on the Brink
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| 2004 |
Foundation Press Releases |
| 12.09.04 |
Permission to Fly: Granted! Senate Passes Commercial Space Bill Enabling Private Space Flight |
| 10.14.04 |
X Prize, SpaceShipOne Receive Awards – Pair "Blew the Hinges Off the Door to the Frontier" |
| 10.11.04 |
NSYNC Star Still Planning to Fly in Space – Cheers Private Sector Entry into Space Age |
| 10.08.04 |
Private Sector Space Pioneers to Receive Awards – Space Frontier Foundation to Recognize "Revolutionary" Space Efforts |
| 10.04.04 |
They Did It! Space Frontier Foundation Lauds X Prize Winner, Calls It The Beginning of a New American Space Age |
| 09.29.04 |
Go Burt Go! Space Frontier Foundation Applauds First X Prize Flight |
| 09.27.04 |
X Prize, Scaled Composites to Receive Awards – Space Frontier Foundation to Recognize "Revolutionary" Space Efforts |
| 09.10.04 |
Risk in Private Rocket Flights Worthwhile – Space Frontier Foundation Praises Heroes of a New Space Age |
| 08.11.04 |
Let's Rock this Boat – Queen Mary to Host Major Space Conference – Space Frontier Foundation Announces Gathering of Space Experts and Rocketeers |
| 07.19.04 |
Foundation Urges Non-Political Partnership to Return to the Moon – "Return to the Moon" Conference Calls for Public/Private Partnership for Moon, Mars and Beyond Plan |
| 07.08.04 |
Moon Conference to Boost New Space Age – Stellar Gathering of Experts, Innovators and Entrepreneurs Plan Moon, Mars and Beyond |
| 06.21.04 |
Rutan Flight Ushers in New Space Age |
| 06.16.04 |
Aldridge Space Report a "Rhetorical Breakthrough" – Space Frontier Foundation Says U.S. Space Program Must Now "Walk the Walk" |
| 06.14.04 |
NASA Budget is No Prize! Space Frontier Foundation Calls for NASA to Greatly Expand "Centennial Challenges" Project |
| 06.02.04 |
Moonwalker/Shuttle Commander to Help Lead Discussion on Moon Settlement |
| 05.19.04 |
Go "GoFast"! Space Frontier Foundation Congratulates First Amateur Team to Enter Space |
| 05.07.04 |
Space Frontier Foundation Joins Other Groups in Call for Moon, Mars and Beyond |
| 05.06.04 |
Space Frontier Foundation Applauds Second FAA Suborbital Space Flight License, Says XCOR's Test Flight License Shows Flexibility |
| 05.03.04 |
Space Program Veterans to Speak at Moon Conference, Past Apollo Director and Former NASA Executive to Use Past Success to Create Future Solutions |
| 04.16.04 |
The Stage is Set for the Commercial Space Age! Foundation Hails FAA for Issuing License for World's First Sub-Orbital Rocket Launch |
| 03.19.04 |
Keep Hubble Alive! Space Frontier Foundation Calls for Plan to Save Telescope Without Shuttle |
| 03.09.04 |
Congratulations to the House for Landslide Vote Supporting New Commercial Space! Now it's Time for the Senate to Step Up to the Plate |
| 02.26.04 |
Moon Conference Takes on Bush Goal – Experts, Astronauts, Entrepreneurs to Gather in Las Vegas |
| 02.20.04 |
NASA Space "Prizes" Great First Step! – Congress Should Support Effort to Reward Results and Ignite Private Sector on Moon Push |
| 01.28.04 |
Tumlinson Tells Senate Committee to Involve Private Sector "From Day One" in New Space Policy Initiative |
| 01.26.04 |
Tumlinson to Testify on Bush Space Policy at Senate Hearing |
| 01.15.04 |
Bush Space Plan – Right Direction, Plan Needs Work |
| 01.13.04 |
Return to the Moon – This Time to Stay! Government Must Partner with Commercial Firms to Succeed
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| 2003 |
Foundation Press Releases
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| 12.17.03 |
Foundation Congratulates Scaled Composites for Breaking Sound Barrier, Calls for Washington to Support New Spaceships by Breaking Regulatory Barriers |
| 12.12.03 |
Return to the Moon – This Time to Stay! Government Must Partner with Commercial Firms to Succeed |
| 12.04.03 |
Foundation Congratulates SpaceX on New Rocket Rollout, Hails Project as Providing Advent of "Alternative" Space Firms |
| 10.29.03 |
Foundation Founder Rick Tumlinson Testifies to Congress on the "Future of NASA"
Click here to download the testimony as a Word doc |
| 10.23.03 |
Richard Haase and The Watch Helping to Prevent Collisions with Huge Near Earth Objects |
| 10.13.03 |
Foundation Says Chinese Launch Heralds New Space Race |
| 10.12.03 |
Foundation Lauds Rohrabacher Bill on Commercial Space; Astronaut Says Private Spacecraft May Beat Shuttle to Space |
| 10.08.03 |
Former Space Shuttle Commander to Join Chair of the House Subcommittee on Space and Science at Foundation Annual Conference |
| 08.26.03 |
No More Excuses: Cancel the Shuttle |
| 08.25.03 |
Foundation Mourns Tragedy at Brazil Launch Complex |
| 07.28.03 |
Congress Should Cut the Red Tape Grounding Reusable Rockets |
| 07.09.03 |
"Scuttle the Shuttle!" Foundation Urges |
| 06.23.03 |
Foundation Proposes Space Policy |
| 06.09.03 |
2003 International Space Development Conference Hosts Space Enterprise Event Sponsored by the Space Frontier Foundation |
| 05.20.03 |
Foundation Hails White House Remote Sensing Policy, Calls on NASA to Create "Near Frontier Fund" |
| 05.06.03 |
Foundation Calls on NASA to Transform Itself "As Only NASA Can", Wants Agency to "Buy Rather Than Build" New Space Vehicles |
| 04.16.03 |
NASA Should Re-start Alternative Access to Space Station ASAP! Secret Decision to Kill Program a Mistake |
| 03.05.03 |
Coalition of Space Groups and Leaders Unite in Call for Space Settlement as Core of Human Space Flight Agenda |
| 02.01.03 |
Space Frontier Foundation Saddened Over Loss of Columbia and Crew, Urges "Incredible Quest" to Continue |
| 01.31.03 |
Space Frontier Foundation Praises NASA "Prometheus" Nuclear Propulsion Project |
| 01.12.03 |
New NASA Program Doomed to Failure, NASA Should Explain Failures, Foundation Tells Congress
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| 2002 |
Foundation Press Releases
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| 12.14.02 |
30 Years After Last Human Visit, Group Calls for Return to the Moon |
| 12.05.02 |
Commerce Department Releases Report on Emerging Market Opportunities in Suborbital Space |
| 10.17.02 |
Space Frontier Foundation Decries Debate Over Moon - Mars as Next Human Destination, Calls for Both |
| 09.23.02 |
Robert L. Forward, Space Visionary and Friend of the Foundation, Dies at the Age of 70 |
| 09.09.02 |
Foundation and NASA "InSync" on Agency Handling of Pop Star |
| 07.20.02 |
Return to the Moon IV Conference a Success |
| 07.18.02 |
Return to the Moon IV Conference |
| 04.25.02 |
Foundation Calls Shuttleworth's Flight "Proof" of Market for Space Tourism |
| 04.10.02 |
Space Leaders to Chair Return to the Moon Conference |
| 03.15.02 |
Museum of Flying to Host World Space Party |
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02.01.02
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Space Frontier Foundation Endorses Space Station "Tourist" Standards
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| 2001 |
Foundation Press Releases
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11.28.01
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Space Frontier Foundation Announces Support for New NASA Nominee |
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11.05.01
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Did Meteor Impact End Middle East Civilizations? |
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10.23.01
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Rock and Roll Legends Pull Together to Perform at Playboy Mansion 2001 Gala Honoring Sir Arthur C. Clarke |
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10.15.01
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Arthur C. Clarke 2001 Gala Set to Take Place in Los Angeles on November 15th |
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10.03.01
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XCOR Announces Dawn of Civilian Rocket-Powered Aviation, First Phase of Flight Test Program Completed |
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09.21.01
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The Honorable Ralph Hall Joins Discussion on ISS Budget Crises |
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09.04.01
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MirCorp Reaches Agreement for Development of the World's First Private Space Station; New Commercial Orbital Facility to Accommodate Up to Three Visitors for 20-day Stays |
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08.25.01
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Space Frontier Foundation to Host Clarke Gala |
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08.07.01
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Space Frontier Foundation Goes "In Search of 2001": Experts, Entrepreneurs and Astronauts Gather to Plan Our Future in Space |
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07.25.01
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Foundation Congratulates XCOR on Historic Flight |
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07.05.01
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Bechtel, Forever Bound, LunaCorp to Sponsor "Return to the Moon III" Conference |
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06.04.01
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Space Frontier Foundation Welcomes Robert Bigelow and Bigelow Aerospace as a Sponsor for Return to the Moon III Conference |
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05.22.01
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Tito, Bigelow and Foundation Offer Vision of More Private Space Travelers at Washington Event |
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05.09.01
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Space Frontier Foundation Welcomes Dennis Tito Back and Challenges NASA to "Keep the Airlock Open" |
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04.25.01
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Space Frontier Foundation Congratulates NASA and ISS Partners on Historic Tito Flight Agreement, Group Calls for Setting of Visitor Standards |
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03.23.01
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Space Frontier Foundation Calls Mir's De-Orbit Historic Tragedy |
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03.21.01
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Let Tito Fly! |
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03.20.01
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Lunar Experts Plan Permanent Human Settlement on Moon |
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03.15.01
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Space Frontier Foundation Calls for ISS Alpha Civic Authority |
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03.02.01
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White House Releases President's 2002 Budget for NASA |
| 02.14.01 |
Space Frontier Foundation Calls for an End to Political Control of Access to Space |
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02.12.01
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Space Frontier Foundation Supports the First Annual Yuri's Night World Space Party |
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02.08.01
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Space Frontier Foundation Says: "Space Launch Initiative Program (SLIP): Fix It or Kill It"
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| 2000 |
Foundation Press Releases
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11.01.00
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Space Frontier Foundation Congratulates NASA, Russian Space Agency on Opening of International Space Station – Calls for New Management |
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10.10.00
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Congressional Candidate Speaks Out at Space Frontier Conference |
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10.05.00
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Space Frontier Foundation Ridicules NASA for Praising and Perpetuating Expensive Socialist Spaceflight Monopoly |
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09.20.00
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Tumlinson to "Revolutionize" Space at Griffith Observatory |
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09.08.00
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"Extreme Space" Competition Offers Space Innovators Cash Grant Awards |
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09.08.00
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Space Shuttle Mission to International Space Station Demonstrates Missed Opportunities |
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08.29.00
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Foundation Announces Space Business Competition |
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07.11.00
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"Next Time We Stay" – On Apollo Anniversary, Experts Gather to Plan Return to the Moon |
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04.06.00
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Takin' Care of Business, Space Style |
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04.04.00
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First Commercial Space Station |
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03.22.00
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JP Aerospace Plans Test Flight |
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02.17.00
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Space Frontier Foundation Hails Private Sector Takeover of Mir
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| 1999 |
Foundation Press Releases
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09.25.99
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NASA Administrator Endorses Space Frontier Foundation Plan to Privatize International Space Station |
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09.17.99
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Congressman Dana Rohrabacher to Speak at Space Frontier Foundation's 8th Annual Conference |
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09.13.99
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NASA Administrator Dan Goldin to Deliver Keynote Address at Space Frontier Foundation's 8th Annual Conference |
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08.31.99
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Space Frontier Foundation Finances Global Asteroid Search |
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08.06.99
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Commercial Space Stars to Shine in Seattle |
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08.06.99
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Los Angeles Space Frontier Conference Fires Up Entrepreneurial Agendas for Business in Space |
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07.09.99
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Space Frontier Foundation Mourns the Death of Astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. |
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06.23.99
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Members of First and Last Apollo Missions to the Moon to Participate in Lunar Base Symposium |
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05.20.99
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Historic Private Space Flight Attempt Scheduled for May 22, 1999 |
| 05.11.99 |
New NASA Authorization Bill HR1654 |
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05.05.99
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NASA's Ban on Free Speech in Space |
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02.25.99
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Historic Roton Spaceship Rollout to be Webcast Live |
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02.04.99
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Space Mirror Hailed as Energy Breakthrough |
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02.27.99
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U.S. Should Endorse Russian Efforts to Keep Space Station in Orbit
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| 1998 |
Foundation Press Releases
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11.20.98
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Critics Praise NASA Plan to Privatize International Space Station |
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10.29.98
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Senator Glenn Shuttle Flight Could Have Blazed New Trail for Public; Settles for "Business as Usual" |
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10.21.98
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Senator Glenn's Shuttle Flight Signals a Failing Space Program |
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09.21.98
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Asteroid Hunters to Meet in Los Angeles, CA |
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09.04.98
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Revolutionary Rockets and Space Development to be Discussed at Conference in Los Angeles, CA |
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07.01.98
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Movie Producers of "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact" Challenged to Match $50K Grant to Find Killer Space Objects |
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06.12.98
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Shuttle-Mir Program Hailed; Decision to Destroy Mir Called "Shortsighted" |
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06.10.98
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NASA Space Loan Guarantees are "Dead on Arrival" |
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05.13.98
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First Commercial Lunar Mission Reaches the Moon |
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04.24.98
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Group Reveals First Commercial Lunar Mission in Transit |
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03.05.98
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Foundation Applauds Finding of Ice on Moon, Calls for Human Settlements |
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02.19.98
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Russian President Yeltsin Urged to Keep Mir Space Station in Orbit |
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02.05.98
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Space Frontier Foundation Says NASA is Shortchanging a Global Warming Solution |
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01.15.98
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Sen. Glenn Shuttle Flight Most Expensive Congressional Junket Ever
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| 1997 |
Foundation Press Releases
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11.18.97
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$250,000 Prize Announced for First Private Rocket to Space |
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10.14.97
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"Vision to Reality" Award Winner Announced |
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10.06.97
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"Space: Open for Business" Conference in Los Angeles |
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06.10.97
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Will Senate Solve Crisis in Space Launch Industry? |
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05.23.97
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Foundation Calls for New Space Vehicle Fleets |
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02.19.97
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Foundation Announces NASA Sponsored Cheap Access to Space Symposium |
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02.02.97
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Foundation Calls NASA Commercialization Efforts "A Costly Joke"
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