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In May we traveled to Arizona to visit Professor Lawrence Krauss, and then made our way to St. Louis to speak with Dr. Pamela Gay and visit a 5th grade gifted learning class studying space exploration. Interviewed from the class were 9 students and the teacher whom we spoke with about the state of science education in the United States. Proof below that we were really there:

Professor Lawrence Krauss - Arizona State University

St. Louis - MO

Arizona State University

Dr. Pamela Gay - @starstryder

Director Paul Hildebrandt with space happy 5th graders.

Today we are interviewing former NASA Astronaut, Story Musgrave. Stay tuned for updates.

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It’s that time of year again. The 2013 National Space Symposium came and went and we were there to capture the material the mattered most, honest interviews from the people in the space industry who can help us Fight for Space. This year we interviewed Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham, Space Foundation Teacher Liasion Daniel Newmeyer, Frank Morring from Avaition Week, Dennis Tito, founder of Inspiration Mars and the first space tourist, and we stopped by Pioneer Astronautics in Denver to catch up with Dr. Robert Zubrin.

The National Space Symposium holds a special place for us, as this is where we got our start a year ago, and it was with interviews at the 28th NSS that took us to Kickstarter. Thank you to the amazing help from the team at the Space Foundation for putting us on the right track, with their help, and the help of our supporters we will create nothing short of the most ambitious space industry documentary in history. Photos below!

In February, the Fight for Space crew traveled to Huntsville, AL to attend the AIAA conference on the future of civil space flight. While there we uncovered some disturbing facts about the state of the industry, and captured several interviews as well as footage at the US Space & Rocket Center. Having never seen the Saturn V before in person, I can personally say I was astounded by the size and complexity of the machine that sent humans to the moon 45 years ago.

Our Huntsville interviews consisted of:

Michael Griffin – Former NASA Administrator.

Tim Pickens – Self proclaimed rocket nut, and aerospace engineer.

David Christensen – Former member of the Von Braun engineering team, and aerospace consultant.

Later, we stopped by Washington D.C. again to cover some important interviews.

Norman Augustine – Chair of the Review of Human Spaceflight Committee in 2009.

Douglas Cooke – Former Associate Administrator for the Office of Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA

Lamar Smith – Chair of the House Science Committee.

Senator Boozman

Next week, we are heading back to the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, where our project began a year ago.
There we will revisit the issues and capture additional interviews. Updates on that event as soon as we can.

Until then, keep spreading the word and if you are on Facebook please remember to “Like” our Facebook page for more spontaneous updates.

Thank you!

Paul Hildebrandt
Director

In December, we traveled to Washington D.C. to interview the architects of the "Space Leadership Preservation Act" - A group of Congressmen including Bill Posey, Frank Wolf, Pete Olson, and Jim Sensenbrenner; who have sought out a solution to the issue of NASA program cancellations. Although a controversial bill to some, we felt it worth covering. - Read more about it here.



While there, we spoke with Dr. Scott Pace, director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, who recently testified in front of Congress about the future of human spaceflight. Additionally, we spoke with Professor John Logsdon, Dr. James Vedda of Aerospace Corp, and Michael Hawes, Director of the Orion program at Lockheed Martin.

Going on in D.C. was the first meeting of the newly formed National Academies Committee on Human Spaceflight , which featured testimonies from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, and others. We were present to film the event, some interesting material from this meeting will be featured in the final film.

We then traveled to the Senate to interview Senator's Bill Nelson from Florida, and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison from Texas. On our last day, we had a chance to speak with Jim Kohlenberger, former Clinton and Obama adviser at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

We have crafted a short 2 minute video to highlight some of the material that was obtained in D.C.
More to report on soon, thank you for your support!

Today, at Fight for Space, we met up with Bas Lansdorp for an in depth interview about the state of space exploration, and discussed the goals and details of his company, Mars One. Bas Lansdorp is a Co-Founder & General Director (Netherlands) of Mars One.

Stay tuned for more updates. Later this week, Fight for Space is flying to Washington D.C. - where we will be talking with Senators, Congressmen, aerospace industry specialists, and more.
Updates will follow.

Thank you for your continued support!

Fight for Space.

Paul Hildebrandt
Director