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August 20, 2008

2008 SpotBeam Awards

The SpotBeam Awards Dinner provides a rare opportunity for all segments of the space enterprise community to celebrate each others’ accomplishments. CSA will honor those who have made unique (and/or outstanding) contributions in their specific areas of expertise. The awards are designed to help showcase the important role space enterprise plays in the everyday lives of ordinary Americans.

 

 

  • National Security Space
  • Civil Space
  • Commercial Space
  • Innovation
  • International Space
  • The Buzz Aldrin Space Education & Workforce Award
  • Federal Leadership
  • State Leadership
  • California Astronaut Hall of Fame
  • Space Science Research
  • Business Development and Retention
  • Entertainment
  • Manufacturing
  • Lifetime Achievement
  • New Space Professional

2007 SpotBeam Award Recipients:

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  • Congressman Adam B. Schiff
  • Secretary Victoria L. Bradshaw
  • Mojave Air and Space Port
  • Raytheon
  • NOVA Workforce Board/University of California Extension, Santa Cruz
  • Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Program
  • U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin Corporation SBIRS Team
  • Space Systems/Loral
  • XCOR Aerospace, Inc.
  • COM DEV USA
  • German Aerospace Center (DLR)
  • Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Program
  • Star Wars
  • Gen. Kevin Chilton
  • Barbara Morgan
  • Ms. Tapp Hancock/Ms. Anne Marie Wotkyns

2006 SpotBeam Award Recipients:

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  • Margaret Cagle and Caleb Cheung
  • Emily Stover DeRocco
  • Assemblymember Ted W. Lieu
  • 14th Air Force
  • Dr. Jack Lissauer, NASA Ames Research Center and Dr. Mark Showalter, SETI Institute
  • Southern California Edison
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Sally Ride Science
  • Magellan
  • SpaceDev, Inc.
  • Hannover Fairs USA, Inc.
  • NASA Ames Research Center
  • Gene Roddenberry (Posthumously)
  • Col. Richard A. Searfoss, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

2005 SpotBeam Award Recipients:

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  • Vandenberg Air Force Base
  • NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Trimble Navigation, Ltd.
  • Quakefinder, LLC
  • Sea Launch Company, LLC
  • Chabot Space and Science Center (Education)
  • Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (Workforce)
  • Rep. Ken Calvert
  • California Governor's Council on Base Support and Retention
  • Assemblyman Mike Gordon (Posthumously)
  • Los Angeles Air Force Base Regional Alliance
  • Dr. Stephen Robinson

2004 SpotBeam Award Recipients:

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  • Space and Missile Systems Center, SMC
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • DIRECTV
  • Mojave Aerospace Ventures Team, SpaceShipOne
  • British American Business Council, Los Angeles
  • Rep. Jerry Lewis
  • Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
  • Rep. Jane Harman
  • Senator William "Pete" Knight, posthumously

For more details about last year's SpotBeam Awards Dinner and award recipients, please visit here.