[SatNews] Two potentially life-saving innovations will be the 2013 inductees into the Space Foundation's Space Technology Hall of Fame®, which...
...recognizes technologies originally developed for—or dramatically improved by—space applications that now improve life on Earth. The induction will be next month during the 29th National Space Symposium at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The inductees are:
- GATR Inflatable Satellite Communication System, a portable, rapidly deployed, inflatable antenna that targets a geostationary satellite to establish critical communications links
- Mediphan ultrasound technologies, compact low-power ultrasound devices that can be used as a diagnostic tool where large scanning equipment is impractical
Three events at the Space Symposium will honor the inductees on April 11:
- The Space Technology Hall of Fame® Private Induction Ceremony, co-sponsored by Intelsat
- The Space Technology Hall of Fame® Cocktail Reception, co-sponsored by Inmarsat
- The Space Technology Hall of Fame® Dinner, which features dinner speaker Sigourney Weaver and is co-sponsored by SpaceX
The Private Induction Ceremony is by invitation only and the Reception and Dinner are open to all Space Symposium attendees.
The following individuals are being inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame®:
GATR
- Paul A. Gierow, P.E., president and CEO, GATR Technologies
- William R. Clayton, chief scientist, GATR Technologies
- Robert Romanofsky, Ph.D., senior research engineer, NASA Glenn Research Center, Communications, Instruments and Controls Division
- Kevin M. Lambert, Ph.D., senior research engineer, Vantage Partners, LLC
Mediphan/DistanceDoc and MedRecorder
- Scott A. Dulchavsky, M.D., Ph.D., chairman and surgeon-in-chief, Henry Ford Hospital
- Mike Sandler, president and CEO, Epiphan Systems, Inc. & Mediphan, Inc.
- Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., chemical engineer and former consulting NASA astronaut lead on technology. Currently special advisor—human spaceflight, Space Foundation
2013 Organizational Inductees
- GATR Technologies
- NASA Glenn Research Center
- Mediphan, Inc.
- NASA Johnson Space
Also receiving special recognition is Wyle Laboratories, receiving a Commendation Award for contributions to technology training of astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).
The panel of judges who selected the 2013 Space Technology Hall of Fame® inductees include...
- Walter Peeters, president, International Space University
- Andrea Jaime, executive director, Space Generation Advisory Council
- Mary Ellen Weber, founder, Stellar Keynotes & Consulting and former NASA astronaut
- Steven Kenney, associate, Toffler Associates
- Amy Mainzer, Ph.D., research scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Richard Ambrose, deputy and vice president, Lockheed Martin Space Systems
- Chummer Farina, vice president, Canadian Space Agency Michael Simpson, Ph.D., executive director, Secure World Foundation
- David Deigan, president & CEO, Advanced Flexible Materials, Inc.
Space Symposium Registration
Award ceremonies for the 2013 inductees and honorees are part of the 29th National Space Symposium, which will be held at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 8-11. An Early Bird Discount for industry registration is in effect until March 15. For information about package pricing, military rates and secure online registration go to www.NationalSpaceSymposium.org/register, which includes a live chat tab for customer service questions.