SpotBeam California - August 24, 2005

• CSA "Transforming Space" Conference, Dec 1-2
• CSA to Lead California CEV "A Team"
• BRAC Voting Has Just Begun
• CSA Board of Directors Nominations
• Strategic Plan Collaborative Meetings
• Annual CSIP Project Nominations to Begin Soon
• JPL Annual Invention Challenge: 2005
• Bennett Optical Research Celebrates Ten Years
• Rep. Calvert Visits NASA Ames Research Center
• CSA Welcomes Space Shuttle "Discovery" Home to California
• Let CSA Know Your Educational Program Contact
• Sally Ride Science Festivals, Sept/Oct
• Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
• Competing in a Low-Cost Manufacturing World, Oct 6
• Lockheed Martin Delivers Key Hardware for Missile Warning System
• "Festival of Flight 2005": October 22-23
• The Planetary Society's 25th Anniversary Gala Awards Dinner - Nov 12
• AIAA "Space 2005": Aug. 30 - Sept. 1
• Annual CSA Membership Meeting: Nov. 30
• CSA Member Profile: Mains Associates
• CALIPSO Educator Launch Conference: Sept 29
• Edwards AFB 2005 Open House and Air Show
• 20% Discount for CSA-Member Registration: APSCC 2005 Satellite Conference & Exhibition
• 2nd Annual California Space Enterprise SpotBeam Awards Dinner, Dec 2
• 3rd World Satellite Business Week, September 5-8
• Aerospace Testing Expo 2005
• CSEWI Support Is Tax Deductible

CSA to Lead California CEV "A Team" (PDF, 44 kb)
Governor Schwarzenegger has created an "A Team" devoted to attraction of the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program to the State of California. The state government effort is led by Secretary Sunne McPeak, Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, and Secretary Victoria Bradshaw, Labor and Workforce Development Agency. CSA has been selected to serve as the lead partner and has already organized separate meetings with the two CEV industry teams led by Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin.

BRAC Voting Has Just Begun
Decisions taking shape regarding California bases...

CSA Board of Directors Nominations
The nominations period begins September 1st and ends September 30th.

Strategic Plan Collaborative Meetings
Here's the schedule of upcoming collaborative meetings. CSA members and public-sector space stakeholders are welcome to join. RSVP: contact Matt Everingham at 805-349-2633 x16, or matt.everingham@californiaspaceauthority.org.

• Business Development, Retention, and Growth (BDRG): August 30, 10am-2pm, Newport Beach
• California Space Industrial Base Vitality (CSIBV): September 12, 1pm-4pm, El Segundo
• Public and Policymaker Awareness (PPA): September 13, 10am-2pm, Sheraton Gateway LAX
• Education and Workforce Development (EWD): September 14, 9am-12pm, Moffett Field
• New Space Professionals Working Group (NSPWG): August 31, 2pm-4pm, Sunnyvale and Long Beach area (locations TBD)
• Science, Research, and Technology Development (SRTD): September 15, 1pm-4pm, Pasadena, CA

Annual CSIP Project Nominations to Begin Soon
The annual project nominations for the California Space Infrastructure Program (CSIP) will begin soon for FY07. Deadline could be as early as October 28.

JPL Annual Invention Challenge: 2005
Teams from southern California middle schools and high schools are invited to join NASA JPL employees and families in JPL's annual Invention Challenge. This year's challenge is to build a device that will strike a match in exactly 20 seconds using at least three different categories of energy sequentially.

Bennett Optical Research Celebrates Ten Years
Longtime CSA member and friend, Bennett Optical Research, recently celebrated ten years at the forefront of adpative optics research and development. Congratulations!

Rep. Calvert Visits NASA Ames Research Center

CSA Welcomes Space Shuttle "Discovery" Home to California

Space Shuttle Discovery Is On Its Way Home

Let CSA Know Your Educational Program Contact
CSA is in the process of compiling educational programs/initiatives from space-based companies, which will be used in support of CSA's on-going industry efforts. Please email Joe Weichman with the name and phone number of your education point-person at joe.weichman@californiaspaceauthority.org. Thank you!

Sally Ride Science Festivals, Sept/Oct
Sally Ride Science Festivals bring together hundreds of girls for a festive day of science and socializing. Parents and teachers are welcome, too!

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
Sept. 21, 6:00pm - 8:00 pm, IMAX Theater, Sacramento. Join CSA members and special guests at a reception and private screening. Only 12 have walked on the moon; this fall you're next. Call Carl Williams at 916-551-1543. Hosted by CSA, and sponsored by Lockheed Martin Coporation, Aerojet, Chabot Space Science Center, Townsend Public Affairs, Inc., and the Discovery Science Center. RSVP required.

Competing in a Low-Cost Manufacturing World, Oct 6
California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC) and DKM present "Successfull Strategies for Competing in a Low-Cost Manufacturing World" on October 6, 2005, 7:30am to 1:30pm at the Pacific Palms Resort, Industry Hills, CA. The keynote speaker will be Al Frink, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce. $89/person includes breakfast and lunch. Call Sunny Lopez at (310) 263-3060 x3009.

Lockheed Martin Delivers Key Hardware for Missile Warning System
Lockheed Martin has achieved another major step in the development of the nation's next-generation missile warning system with the successful delivery of the spacecraft core structure with an integrated propulsion subsystem for the first Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite.

"Festival of Flight 2005": October 22-23
Presented by Northrop Grumman. A two-day celebration fusing the performing arts and science around the inspiring theme of flight. Free indoor and outdoor festival held at the California Science Center, 700 State Dr., Los Angeles.

The Planetary Society's 25th Anniversary Gala Awards Dinner - Nov 12
The Planetary Society will mark the "Next Age of Exploration" with an evening of space explorers and entrepreneurs, celebrities, great food and stargazing, all at the world famous Santa Anita Park in Southern California. Ray Bradbury and James Cameron will be honored.

AIAA "Space 2005": Aug. 30 - Sept. 1
Long Beach Convention Center. This year's Space 2005 Conference theme will establish the context of how important space has become while looking forward to a vision of what space can and will provide in the future.

Annual CSA Membership Meeting: Nov. 30
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Sheraton Gateway LAX. Network with other CSA members at our annual membership meeting highlighting members' successes and CSA accomplishments.

CSA Member Profile: Mains Associates

CALIPSO Educator Launch Conference: Sept 29
Endeavour Center, Vandenberg AFB

Edwards AFB 2005 Open House and Air Show
October 22-23, 2005, Edwards AFB

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

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. 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.

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

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

CSEWI Support Is Tax Deductible
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the California Space Education and Workforce Institute (CSEWI)! The CSEWI is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Contributions may be in-honor-of or in-memory-of anyone you wish. Make your check payable to CSEWI and send to:
California Space Education and Workforce Institute
c/o California Space Authority
3201 Airpark Drive, #204
Santa Maria, CA 93455
For more information, visit: http://www.csewi.org/

Join CSA For Space Enterprise Growth and Development!
Governed by a statewide board of directors, California Space Authority is a member-based, nonprofit "enterprise association" that provides the State's diverse space enterprise community (industry, government, workforce entities and academia) with the dynamic VOICE, VISIBILITY and competitive EDGE necessary to achieve development and growth.

Jamie Foster, CIO, California Space Authority
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