SpotBeam California - July 22, 2005

• NASA Administrator Confirmed for CSA Dec. Conference
• NASA Authorization Bill Passes the House
• Attention Space-related Manufacturers
• Lockheed Martin Successfully Completes Key Design Milestone for Transformational Communications Program
• Supplier Excellence Alliance Video Conference Monday, July 25, 8-10am PDT
• Americans Support NASA's Plans, Poll Says
• 2005 Frank J. Redd Student Scholarship Fund
• Drinking Water Monitoring Project Begins
• Gov. Schwarzenegger Testifies Before BRAC Commission
• NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Summer Highlights
• New Publication: Technology Transfer Partnership
• 20% Discount for CSA-Member Registration: APSCC 2005 Satellite Conference & Exhibition
• CSA Member Profile: AR TECH
• Satellites & Education Conference, August 18-20
• August 1 Deadline for SpotBeam Awards Nominations
• 2nd Annual California Space Enterprise SpotBeam Awards Dinner, December 2
• ROBOTS: Fast Forward to the Future, July 27
• 3rd World Satellite Business Week, September 5-8
• Aerospace Testing Expo 2005

NASA Authorization Bill Passes the House
Under the leadership of California Rep. Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, the House of Representatives today passed the NASA Authorization Bill (HR 3070) by a vote of 383 to 15. Passage of the bill is significant because (1) it authorizes full funding for NASA, (2) it supports NASA's space exploration activities, (3) it increases funding for aeronautics, and (4) it is the first such bill to pass the House in five years. Prior to passage of the bill, CSA helped to defeat an amendment that would have significantly hindered NASA by communicating its opposition to the amendment with all 53 House members of the California Congressional delegation. The House and Senate will confer on the differences between their versions of the NASA Authorization bill before the bill is sent to the President for his approval.

Attention Space-related Manufacturers
Your "ticket" to a September space-manufacturing forum is a survey, which should only take a few moments of your time. Forum invitees will include those who complete this questionnaire by July 31st and send their contact information according to the instructions at the end of the survey. Thank you for helping us ensure the prosperity of California‚s space manufacturing/supplier community!
More information and introduction: http://www.californiaspaceauthority.org/images/pdfs/SMG-survey-intro.pdf
The survey starts here: http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB224GFRYM8DZ

Lockheed Martin Successfully Completes Key Design Milestone for Transformational Communications Program
A Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team announced today the successful completion of a major system design review of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment program.

Supplier Excellence Alliance Video Conference Monday, July 25, 8-10am PDT
SEA is the joint program office for supplier development ˆ a collaborative effort by major aerospace, defense and space OEMs, and Tier One suppliers to help the supplier community support the industry‚s conversion to the Lead Systems Integrator Strategy. This important educational event will help you understand the SEA Lean Enterprise System, the common business system SEA is helping supplier companies put into place. This unique enterprise business system is designed to ensure the implementation and sustainability of lean production principles.

Americans Support NASA's Plans, Poll Says
Survey report

2005 Frank J. Redd Student Scholarship Fund
This year marks the 13th anniversary of the Frank J. Redd Student Scholarship Competition held during the annual Conference on Small Satellites. Please consider a tax deductible contribution, by August 1st.

Drinking Water Monitoring Project Begins
On July 5, 2005, Frontier Technology Inc, Bridge Business and Engineering Services and CSA began work on a drinking water monitoring contract that will demonstrate the use of autonomous remote sensors that will be placed at strategic locations in cooperating water districts. These devices are intended to provide early warning to the water districts that dangerous agents may have been introduced to the drinking water system - by accident or intent. We urge all companies engaged in the development of water monitoring technologies to contact Curt Stahl at FTI (805-708-5555).

Gov. Schwarzenegger Testifies Before BRAC Commission
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger testified before the federal Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission concerning the military significance of California's bases and the Department of Defense's BRAC recommendations.

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Summer Highlights

New Publication: Technology Transfer Partnership
CSA is an affiliate of the NASA Far West Regional Technology Transfer Center (FWRTTC), a program of the University of Southern California Engineering Tech Transfer Center.

20% Discount for CSA-Member Registration: APSCC 2005 Satellite Conference & Exhibition
27-29 September, 2005, Meritus Mandarin, Singapore

CSA Member Profile: AR TECH
AR TECH is an ISO-9001:2000 Certified manufacturer of engineered fabric products, collaboratively designing, engineering, and manufacturing flight hardware such as EMI covers, PLF acoustic blankets, MLI blankets, static dissipative, anti-static and conductive assemblies...

Satellites & Education Conference, August 18-20
This international conference connects teachers with their students' future employers -- the space industry and government -- to better prepare the students for today's most promising careers. It will be held at Cal State, Los Angeles. Exhibitors are encouraged -- there is no fee to exhibitors because you provide a service to our teachers.

Aug 1 Deadline for SpotBeam Awards Nominations
CSA members have until August 1 to submit nominations for this year's California Space Enterprise SpotBeam Awards. Nominating instructions

2nd Annual California Space Enterprise SpotBeam Awards Dinner, Dec. 2
Topping off the CSA space conference December 1-2, this year's second annual California SpotBeam Awards Dinner will be held the evening of Friday, December 2, 2005, also at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel at LAX. Don't miss it. See last year's SpotBeam Awards Dinner: http://www.californiaspaceauthority.org/html/press-releasesandletters/pr041207.html
Registration for the SpotBeam Awards Dinner will be in conjunction with CSA's Dec 1-2 Conference, but you don't have to attend the conference to attend the SpotBeam Awards Dinner: http://www.californiaspaceauthority.org/conference/

ROBOTS: Fast Forward to the Future, July 27
5:30 p.m. in the Allan Hancock College (AHC) Student Center Conference Room, Santa Maria, CA. A Special Presentation by Mechatronics Institute students in partial completion of requirements for the Advanced Science and Technology Academy of Research (A-STAR) Summer Program sponsored by AHC Math, Engineering, Science Achievement Program (MESA), National Science Foundation, and AHC's NASA Curriculum Improvement Partnership Award. Please RSVP to 805-922-6966 x3446. AHC, 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, CA 93454.

3rd World Satellite Business Week, September 5-8
Paris, France

Aerospace Testing Expo 2005
Long Beach, CA, November 8-10

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