Pentagon leaders charged with establishing the newest military branch see a rare opportunity to create a culture that is equally welcoming to men and women
to ensure the agency’s capacity to operate with a remote workforce can handle the load if employees are forced to stay home.later this month due to his obligations overseeing the national coronavirus response, an administration official told POLITICO.
The annual black-tie affair affectionately known as “space prom” is scheduled for March 20 at the Hilton Washington.Space Foundation’s annual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo. , takes place at the end of the month is on the minds of multiple sources I spoke with this week. But the foundation insists all is a go for March 30, even though the gathering typically has a large international presence. Organizers published a list of for attendees, which details the precautions they’re taking, including cleaning microphones between questions, frequently disinfecting the registration area and placing additional hand sanitizer stations around the Broadmoor resort.as the outbreak in the region grows. Space company Blue Origin tells us “the safety and health of Blue’s employees is its highest priority,” but it is still operating normally. “Blue continues to monitor this dynamic situation,” it said. “The company has taken appropriate measures to date and continue to assess any additional measures that it may need to implement in the future.”POLITICO’s first newsletter aimed at a truly international audience is here! “Global Translations,” presented by Morgan Stanley, serves as your guide to understanding the big global issues from economic growth to inequality, from technology to trade to climate change. Explore the people and trends shaping our world and learn ways that you can apply the lessons learned to your daily work and life. In the latest edition, author Ryan Heath provides a look at the players turning the coronavirus outbreak into an opportunity.The annual four-day conference in Washington is also proceeding as planned and is set to begin Monday. Some include a keynote from SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Monday afternoon and an “executive roundtable” on Tuesday that includes leaders from United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, Virgin Orbit and Northrop Grumman.at what is one of the first major space conferences since the new branch was established in December. On Monday, there will be a panel on modernizing military space with Stephen Kitay, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy. And Wednesday offers a keynote from Lt. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of the Space Force, and a panel on space acquisition with Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear.DARPA issued a challenge to industry in April 2018 to launch to space twice from two different locations weeks apart -- and no one succeeded. Astra, the last company remaining in the competition, failed to launch during the first two-week launch window that closed March 2 and missed out on up to $12 million in prizes. The challenge was intended to push industry to develop the “on-demand” launch capability the Pentagon says it needs., according to Brian Weeden, a space policy expert who is director of program planning at the Secure World Foundation. “They did make a lot more progress than in the past. Astra demonstrated some things that no one has been able to demonstrate before, even if they didn't get through all the gates,” he said., just that they need to have more realistic expectations,” he added. “There have been some very speculative claims made over the last few years about launch and other commercial capabilities that clearly are not yet supported by the facts. However, the commercial sector has come a long ways and is doing a lot of stuff that was deemed ‘undoable’ just a few years ago.”in a ceremony Thursday afternoon. The spacecraft is expected to launch in July and reach Mars in February, where it will search for signs of life and become the first leg in a long-term plan to bring a sample of Martian rock back to Earth.. The rover’s hobbies include “photography, collecting rocks and off-roading,” according to the Twitter bio.Congratulations to Hanh Le, a government affairs associate at the Space Foundation, for being the first to correctly answer that four U.S. politicians had been to space: Sen. Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, who flew to space before he was elected; Sens. Bill Nelson and Jack Garn, who both flew while serving in Congress; and Sen. John Glenn, who flew both before and during his time in office.The first woman to fly to space, Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, turns 83 today. How many days did she spend in space? First person to email the answer to
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