Tag: Space Symposium
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Labor supply is the ‘biggest challenge’ facing the space industry
Space company executives, educators and industry leaders convened at the Space Symposium Thursday to discuss what Brent Sherwood, senior vice president of Blue Origin, said is the “biggest challenge” facing the space industry: lack of workers. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs are projected…
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The war for talent: Aerospace industry competing with tech giants for top STEM students
Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, U.S. Space Force’s chief of space operations, understands full well the need to replenish his ranks with the country’s best talent, and he knows much of that talent will come from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students. “(STEM students) are critical to the future of space,” Raymond said. But the…
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Space Symposium Recap: Wednesday, April 6
Rich Cooper, Vice President of Strategic Communications & Outreach for the Space Foundation, joins Gazette reporters Wayne Heilman and Dennis Huspeni for a recap of Wednesday’s events at the Space Symposium.
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SCENES FROM | 37th Space Symposium
Sights and sounds from the 37th Space Symposium at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs.
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U.S. Mint unveils Sally Ride quarter at Space Symposium in Colorado Springs
Representatives of the U.S. Mint on Wednesday unveiled a coin honoring the first American woman in space at the Space Symposium. Astronaut Sally Ride is one of the first two women to be honored on coins issued under the Mint’s American Women Quarters Program. Famed author and poet Maya Angelou graces the other quarter. Gov.…
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Space Symposium Recap: Tuesday, April 5
Rich Cooper, Vice President of Strategic Communications & Outreach for the Space Foundation, joins Gazette reporters Wayne Heilman and Dennis Huspeni for a recap of Tuesday’s events at the Space Symposium.
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Protesters object to militarization of space at symposium in Colorado Springs
The militarization of space should be of concern to everyone, says a group of Colorado Springs anti-war activists, some of whom have been demonstrating at the Space Symposium since its beginnings in 1984, when President Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars program anticipated weapons in space. Money spent on developing space technology would be more productive if applied…
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Space Symposium in Colorado Springs opens ‘largest’ exhibit hall ever
Space Foundation CEO Tom Zelibor looked over the crowd of thousands gathered for the 37th Space Symposium’s opening ceremony Monday at the Broadmoor’s International Center and smiled. It was the biggest crowd he’d seen there in three years, maybe ever. “It’s so great to see 10,000-plus of my closest friends back to the Space Symposium,”…
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Space Symposium returning to full size for first time in 3 years this week, ‘bigger and better than ever’
The biggest convention held annually in Colorado Springs returns this week to The Broadmoor, with the Space Symposium expected to draw more than 10,000 people to the four-day event. The symposium resumed in August 2021 after a 2½-year absence triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic with a hybrid online and in-person event that attracted about two-thirds…
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SCENES FROM | 36th Space Symposium
Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium, the world’s largest space show, held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. (Video by Skyler Ballard)