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Labor supply is the ‘biggest challenge’ facing the space industry
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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. Join Gazette reporters Wayne Heilman, Dennis Huspeni, and Jessica Snouwaert for a recap of Thuraday’s events at the Space…
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Space Symposium speakers: The future of space exploration depends on private companies
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NASA personnel, company executives and leaders of foreign space agencies stressed at the Space Symposium Wednesday that the future of human space exploration depends on commercial space operations. 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…
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U.S. Mint unveils Sally Ride quarter at Space Symposium in Colorado Springs
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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. Rich…
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2021 record-breaking year for US space industry, report shows
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U.S. space industry employment reached a 10-year high in 2021, and the year saw a record number of launches, according to the Space Report 2022 for the first quarter. The Space Foundation released the report Monday as the 37th Space Symposium got underway at The Broadmoor. In 2021, were 151,797 workers in U.S. private sector…
