SPOTlight Beams Onto Space Enterprise Awardees

Last Thursday evening at the 2007 SpotBeam Awards in Los Angeles, some 300-space enterprise leaders toasted the recipients of this year’s awards. The event showcased the important role space enterprise plays in the everyday lives of Americans and is the culminating event of the annual Transforming Space 2007 Conference. The award categories and recipients are as follow:

• 1. Federal Leadership: Congressman Adam B. Schiff
• 2. State Leadership: Secretary Victoria Bradshaw, California Labor & Workforce Development Agency
• 3. California Astronaut Hall of Fame (Current Astronaut): Barbara R. Morgan
• 4. California Astronaut Hall of Fame (Former Astronaut): General Kevin P. Chilton
• 5. Entertainment: Star Wars
• 6. Security Space: US Air Force/Lockheed Martin SBIRS Team
• 7. Civil Space: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Program
• 8. Commercial Space: Space Systems/Loral
• 9. Innovation: XCOR Aerospace, Inc.
• 10. International Space: German Aerospace Center
• 11. The Buzz Aldrin Space Education Award: Raytheon
  
• 12. The Buzz Aldrin Space Workforce Award: NOVA Workforce Board and the University of California Extension, Santa Cruz
• 13. Manufacturing: COM DEV USA<
• 14. Space Science Research: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Program
• 15. Business Development and Retention: Mojave Air and Space Port

A hearty congratulations from SatNews Publishers to all of the deserving awardees.