Non-profits Bringing Space Closer to Earth 🚀

Source: SpaceX

With China’s Tiangong-1 space station lighting up the world to the realities of our space-faring side to humanity, we thought we’d highlight a couple of non-profits bringing space a little close to Earth. 🚀

The Space Enterprise Institute

The Space Enterprise Institute’s mission is to educate public, private and governmental entities, through various forms of internal and external research, related to human activity in space. The Institute’s focus will primarily be education in the form of identification, analysis and synthesis supported by objective verifiable data, documented spaceflight experience and reasonable extrapolation.

You can learn more about the Space Enterprise Institute here!

The Space Foundation

The Space Foundation is a global, nonprofit advocate for the advancement of space-related endeavors to inspire, educate, connect, and advocate for the global space community. We develop objective space awareness for government, industry, and the public, and we are a recognized leader in educational programs that bring space into the classroom and major industry events.

There are multiple crucial strands to the SF:

1. SPACE CERTIFICATION: Many of the technologies developed to get us “out there” have come home to improve life on Earth. As part of our mission to advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable, and propel humanity, the Space Certification Program was created in cooperation with NASA to help improve public awareness and appreciation of the many practical benefits that we enjoy thanks to space technology.
2. EDUCATION: The Space Foundation works to inspire the next generation of space leaders and improve the quality of space-related education. We do this through engaging teacher, student, and community learning programs that use space themes to stimulate student interest and to develop skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
3. SPACE TECHNOLOGY HALL OF FAME: The Space Technology Hall of Fame increases public awareness of the benefits of space exploration and encourages further innovation by recognizing individuals, organizations and companies that effectively adapt and market technologies originally developed for space to improve the quality of life for all humanity.
4. RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: The Space Foundation provides accurate and authoritative information through White Papers, reports, analysis of space policies, legislation and budgets, indexes, presentations, forums, briefings, and our annual research and analysis publication, The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity. Policymakers, the media, educators and individuals interested in space look to us for credible information and cogent analysis of the forces that influence the space industry.
5. NEW GENERATION: The Space Foundation’s New Generation program was founded to foster meaningful, long-term peer relationships between young space professionals (age 35 and younger), and to provide access to industry leaders for individual career development and mentorship. We develop exciting and energetic programs to help New Generation space leaders learn about the business and advance their careers.
6. GOVERNMENT AND POLICY: The Space Foundation conducts a broad range of programs to educate policymakers about space-related topics and to ensure that the industry is well-informed on critical space policy issues. We do this to improve understanding of space issues and create a better environment for constructive space policy dialog.
7. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: The Space Foundation participates in the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, presenting at international conferences, hosts delegations and speakers, partners with international organizations, supports global corporate members and ensures a global presence among the attendees of the Space Symposium.
8. AWARDS: The Space Foundation honors outstanding individuals and organizations for achievements in space exploration, advocacy, education, innovation and accomplishment. Award presentations, held during the Space Symposium, highlight the best of the best in our industry.

You can learn more about the Space Foundation here!

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