Resource List
The Aerospace & Defense Forum
As Of: July 10, 2010
Contact Ivan Rosenberg at irosenberg@frontier-assoc.com for changes and additions.
Table of Contents
Professional Organizations ............................................................................................. 2
Advocacy Organizations.................................................................................................. 2
Relevant and Local Aerospace & Defense Government Organizations .......................... 6
Other Organizations ........................................................................................................ 6
Websites - Listings .......................................................................................................... 9
Websites ......................................................................................................................... 9
Publications ................................................................................................................... 11
Conferences .................................................................................................................. 12
Relevant Books ............................................................................................................. 12
Other Resources ........................................................................................................... 13
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Professional Organizations
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Aerospace Industries Association: www.aia-aerospace.org
o With more than 100 major aerospace and defense companies, AIA is a leading
trade association representing the nation's major aerospace and defense
manufacturers.
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Aerospace Medical Association: www.asma.org
o The Aerospace Medical Association is the largest, most-representative
professional organization in the fields of aviation, space, and environmental
medicine
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AIAA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: www.aiaa.org
o With more than 31,000 members, AIAA is the world’s largest professional society
devoted to the progress of engineering and science in aviation, space, and
defense.
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Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International: www.auvsi.org
o AUVSI is the world's largest organization devoted exclusively to advancing
unmanned systems. The Association’s membership of 6,000 individuals and
1,500 companies from 55 countries is the only organization to bring together
such a large number and broad range of global representatives of industry,
government and academia with an interest in unmanned systems.
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Satellite Industry Association: www.sia.org
o SIA works to advance satellite interests both domestically and internationally.
The association is dedicated to promoting the use of satellite technology in global
communications
Advocacy Organizations
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Aerospace Legacy Foundation: www.aerospacelegacyfoundation.com
o ALF seeks to preserve the history and legacy of significant California aerospace
sites for educational and public use. Associated with the Columbia Memorial
Space Science Learning Center.
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Coalition for Space Exploration: spacecoalition.com
o The mission of the Coalition for Space Exploration is to inform the public about
the value and benefits of space exploration in order to build support and funding
for NASA and to ensure the United States remains a leader in space, science
and technology – key factors that benefit every American, strengthen our nation’s
economy and maintain our nation’s security.
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Commercial Spaceflight Federation: www.commercialspaceflight.org
o CSF is the industry association of leading businesses and organizations working
to make commercial human spaceflight a reality. The mission of the Commercial
Spaceflight Federation is to promote the development of commercial human
spaceflight, pursue ever higher levels of safety, and share best practices and
expertise throughout the industry.
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International Association of Space Entrepreneurs (IASE):
www.spaceentrepreneurs.org
o A virtual incubator for space-related ventures
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International Space University: www.isunet.edu
o Provides graduate-level training to the future leaders of the emerging global
space community at its Central Campus in Strasbourg, France, and at locations
around the world.
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Leeward Space Foundation: jplspace.tripod.com
o The directives of the Leeward Space Foundation will be to: raise money,
promote space research, finance space missions, support space exploration and
colonization and encourage educational programs related to space exploration
and astronomy.
o The first objective of the Foundation will be to support research toward the
development, construction, and deployment of earth's first Space Elevator.
o Also known as JPL Space Foundation.
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National Institute of Aerospace: www.nianet.org
o NIA is a non-profit research and graduate education institute created to conduct
leading-edge aerospace and atmospheric research, develop new technologies
for the nation and help inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
o NIA was formed by a consortium of leading research universities. Members
include: Georgia Tech, Hampton University, North Carolina A&T State University,
North Carolina State University, the University of Maryland, the University of
Virginia, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion University, the College of William & Mary
and the AIAA Foundation.
o NIA serves as a strategic partner with NASA Langley Research Center and the
aerospace community to enable research creativity and expand technology
development opportunities. The Institute integrates research and graduate
education while creating new government/academia/industry partnerships to
solve tomorrow's problems today.
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National Space and Technology Association: www.nstaworld.org
o NSTA is all about connections ... connecting businesses with businesses for the
sake of doing business ... and connecting an industry to the general public for
the sake of education and support. Through regularly scheduled events and
special outreach programs, an industry that is designing and defining the future is
better connected with the public at-large.
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National Space Society: www.nss.org
o Vision: People living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth, and
the use of the vast resources of space for the dramatic betterment of humanity.
o The Society publishes Ad Astra magazine and maintains an active global
network of volunteers and local chapters. Membership and participation are
open to all.
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Next Step in Space: www.nextstepinspace.com
o Next Step in Space is a growing coalition of businesses and organizations
dedicated to scientific advancement and increasing our understanding of the
Earth and our solar system through the expansion of human space flight. The
mission of Next Step in Space is to support efforts to:
- Develop and deploy human space flight technology;
- Extend and enhance the full utilization of the International Space Station;
- Strengthen the U.S. Space industry through new investment in scientific
research, innovation and job creation in the Space Economy.
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Silicon Valley Space Club: siliconvalleyspaceclub.net
o Bringing the spirit of Silicon Valley to Space Commercialization
o This site was created to serve as a location for collection, distribution and
discussion of new ideas, innovative concepts and daring strategies to help move
this country forward in space.
o A companion site detailing projects, concepts and position papers in preparation
or published by the Silicon Valley Spaceclub can be found at
http://sites.google.com/site/siliconvalleyspaceclubsite/
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Space Enterprise Council: www.techamerica.org/space
o The Space Enterprise Council was founded in 2000 to represent businesses with
a commercial interest in space. Over the past eight years, the Council has grown
to represent all sectors of the industry including commercial, civil, and military
space.
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Space Foundation: www.spacefoundation.org
o SF is a non-profit organization advancing the exploration, development and use
of space and space education for the benefit of all humankind. To vigorously
advance and support civil, commercial and national security space endeavors
and educational excellence.
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Space Frontier Foundation: spacefrontier.org
o Since 1988 the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) has been championing ideas
for opening the space frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible.
o The NewSpace 2010 Conference is set for July 23-25 at NASA’s Ames Research
Center in Mountain View, California. The Space Frontier Foundation’s annual
conference is an opportunity for NewSpace industry leaders to celebrate the
rapid progress made in this field, while exchanging knowledge and preparing for
the obstacles ahead.
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Space Tourism Society: www.spacetourismsociety.org
o To stimulate a profitable and expanding space tourism industry.
o Goals: To conduct the research, build public desire, and acquire the financial and
political power to make space tourism available to as many people as possible
as soon as possible.
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Space Transportation Association: www.spacetransportation.us
o STA, founded in 1989, has been an effective voice in Washington for space
transportation for 18 years.
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Students for the Exploration & Development of Space (SEDS): seds.org
o A group dedicated to expanding the role of human exploration and development
of space.
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TechAmerica: www.techamerica.org
o An association of companies driving innovation worldwide
o TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry, which is the
driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the United States
and the foundation of the global innovation economy. Representing
approximately 1,500 member companies of all sizes from the public and
commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry's largest advocacy
organization and is dedicated to helping members' top and bottom lines.
o TechAmerica was formed by the merger of AeA, ITAA, GEIA, and the Cyber
Security Industry Alliance.
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The Planetary Foundation: www.planetary.org
o The Planetary Society, the world's largest space-interest group, is dedicated to
inspiring the public with the adventure and mystery of space exploration. Through
our projects and publications, the Society plays a leading role in creating
innovative coalitions to engage the public and fuel support for exploring other
worlds.
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Relevant and Local Aerospace & Defense Government Organizations
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Air Force Space Command: www.afspc.af.mil
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The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA: www.aero.org
o An FFRDC (Federally Funded Research & Development Center) working
primarily with the Air Force.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory: www.jpl.nasa.gov
o An FFRDC that is a NASA center administered by Caltech. Specialty is robotic
missions, including interplanetary missions, some Earth orbit remote sensing,
and running the Deep Space Network. Located near Pasadena.
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Los Angeles Air Force Base: www.losangeles.af.mil
o Space and Missile Systems Center:
www.losangeles.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5318
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NASA: www.nasa.gov
o The main NASA website
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National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Houston, TX: http://www.nsbri.org/
o NSBRI research seeks solutions to health concerns facing astronauts on long
missions. Patients on Earth suffering from similar conditions will benefit from
these advances.
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Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore MD: www.stsci.edu/
o Manages the Hubble Telescope.
Other Organizations
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62mileclub.com
o The 62 Mile Club's mission is to broaden the message of various New Space
efforts to a primarily high demographic, non space audience.
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Bigelow Aerospace: www.bigelowaerospace.com
o Located in Las Vegas, Nevada Bigelow Aerospace is a general contractor that is
providing design, engineering, fabrication, testing, assembly and marketing of
future space complexes.
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Blue Origin: www.blueorigin.com
o Blue Origin is a privately-funded aerospace company set up by Amazon.com
founder Jeff Bezos. The company was awarded $3.7 million in funding in 2009 by
NASA via a Space Act Agreement under the Commercial Crew Development
(CCDev) program for development of concepts and technologies to support
future human spaceflight operations. The company's innovative 'pusher' Launch
Abort System (LAS) was one of the technologies that was of particular interest to
NASA. To date abort systems have been of the so-called tractor variety, which
pulls a crew vehicle to safety in case of an emergency.
o Initially focused on sub-orbital spaceflight, the company has built and flown a
testbed of its New Shepard spacecraft design at their Culberson County, Texas
facility. According to company statements, it initially planned on placing the New
Shepard in commercial suborbital tourist service in 2010 with flights about once a
week. However, the most recently publicized timetable states that Blue Origin will
fly unmanned in 2011, and manned in 2012.
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Columbia Memorial Space Center: www.columbiaspacescience.org
o The new Columbia Memorial Space Center is a unique space science learning
center located in Downey, California. Focusing on engineering, technology and
science, our goal is to teach young people about space exploration and aviation
with fun, hands-on experiences.
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FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology): www.usfirst.org
o FIRST was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest and participation in
science and technology. The not-for-profit public charity designs accessible,
innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career
opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while building selfconfidence, knowledge, and life skills.
o Vision: "To transform our culture by creating a world where science and
technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science
and technology leaders."
o Mission: Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology
leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science,
engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster wellrounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and
leadership.
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Mojave Air and Space Port (Mojave Airport): www.mojaveairport.com
o A world renowned flight research center hosting the latest and most advanced
aeronautical designs.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation: www.orbital.com
o Orbital provides a complete set of small space and rocket systems: satellites,
spacecraft used for national security missions, planetary probes to explore deep
space, light- and medium-class launch, and supplying commercial cargo resupply
services for the International Space Station.
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Scaled Composites: www.scaled.com
o Scaled Composites, LLC is an aerospace and specialty composites development
company located in Mojave, California. Founded in 1982 by Burt Rutan, Scaled
has broad experience in air vehicle design, tooling and manufacturing, specialty
composite structure design, analysis and fabrication, and developmental flight
tests of air and space vehicles.
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Space X: www.spacex.com
o Located in Torrance, CA SpaceX aims to develop a family of launch vehicles
which will ultimately reduce the cost and increase the reliability of space access
by a factor of ten. Coupled with the newly emerging market for private and
commercial space transport, this new model will re-ignite humanity's efforts to
explore and develop Space.
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Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA): www.seaonline.org
o SEA is an industry resource for Aerospace, Defense, and Space.
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Websites - Listings
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Aerospace Industry Association Websites:
www.family-business-experts.com/aerospace-industry.html
o A listing and links to some of the numerous associations serving the aerospace
industry.
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Business.com - Aerospace Organizations:
http://www.business.com/directory/aerospace_and_defense/organizations/
o Complete catalog of aerospace consortiums, associations and organizations,
providing links and project descriptions.
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ThirtyThousandFeet – Aviation Organizations:
www.thirtythousandfeet.com/organ.htm
o A listing and links to many organizations dealing with aviation.
Websites
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Enterprise Network: aerowebspace.com/AIAA/home.shtml
o A website of the AIAA, oriented to the Los Angeles Section, includes facility for
connecting buyers and providers in the aerospace industry, archives of section
speaker presentations, and misc. reports concerning small business in the space
sector in So. California
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Nasaspaceflight.com
o A leading online news resource for everyone interested in space flight related
news. NASASpaceFlight.com is dedicated to expanding the public’s awareness
and respect for the space flight industry.
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NASA Watch: NASAWatch.com
o This is not a NASA Website. You might learn something. It's YOUR space
agency. Get involved. Take it back. Make it work - for YOU.
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NewSpace News: spacefrontier.org/projects/newspace-news
o The Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) releases a monthly electronic newsletter:
NewSpace News (NSN) covering latest happenings in the entrepreneurial space
industry. NSN gathers links from the most relevant articles on one page with a
short description. The SFF also maintains a NewSpace Directory with links to
over 90 NewSpace entities.
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The Once and Future Moon: blogs.airspacemag.com/moon/
o Blog by Paul D. Spudis, Air & Space Magazine
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www.orionweblog.com
o Latest information on the Orion spaceship from NASA
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OnOrbit: www.onorbit.com
o On Orbit is a space social networking site created by SpaceRef Interactive Inc. to
further the cause of human and robotic exploration of space.
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Space.com: www.space.com
o A wide-ranging website covering news, job listings, etc.
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Space Daily: http://www.spacedaily.com/
o Space News from SpaceDaily.Com brings the space industry professional daily
news from the frontier.
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Space Flight Now: www.spaceflightnow.com
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The Space Movement: www.spacemovement.blogspot.com
o There are dozens of Space Groups but only one Space Movement. The Space
Movement is what is shared by all who believe that Humanity must expand
beyond the limits of Earth, that the solar system can and must be settled, that all
humanity will benefit from the development of space resources.
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Space Politics: www.spacepolitics.com
o “Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway…”
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SpaceRef: www.spaceref.com
o “Space News as it happens” SpaceRef's 21 news and reference web sites are
designed to allow both the novice and specialist alike to explore outer space and
Earth observation.
o Has an excellent daily e-mail (spaceref-daily) SpaceRef Newsletter
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The Space Review: www.thespacereview.com
o “Essays and commentary about the final frontier”
o Has an excellent daily e-mail newsletter
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The Space Show: www.thespaceshow.com
o Almost every weekday is a 1-2 hour interview of some notable figure relevant to
timely and important issues influencing the development of outer-space
commerce and space tourism, as well as other related subjects of interest to us
all.
o Download archived shows in mp3 from:
www.gigadial.net/public/station/11253/rss.xml
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Space Today: www.spacetoday.net
o Spacetoday.net was created in early 2001 to be the first place space
professionals, enthusiasts, and others would turn to to learn about the latest
developments in space-related fields. This site provides links to space news
articles from throughout the web, on topics ranging from astronomy and space
science to technology to policy and legislation. In addition, spacetoday.net
provides news summaries: one paragraph reports on the most significant space
news, to make it even easier to get caught up on the latest news and events.
Publications
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Aviation Week & Space Technology
o Aviation Week is the largest information and services provider to the global
commercial, defense, maintenance/repair/overhaul (MRO), space and business
aviation communities and plays a critical role in connecting industry professionals
worldwide.
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Flight International
o Has a Flight International email newsletter
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Houlihan Lokey Publications' Aerospace•Defense•Government Monthly Newsletter
o To request a copy of this monthly e-newsletter, go to www.hl.com/preferences
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Moss Adams Capital: Aerospace & Defense Market Monitor
o Moss Adams Capital LLC is an investment banking concern that provides Merger
& Acquisition and Corporate Finance advisory services to middle market
businesses. The firm publishes a quarterly, a research document that addresses
the sector’s market trends, Merger & Acquisition and Corporate Finance
transaction activity and enterprise valuation metrics. If you wish to receive a
copy of the current report, or future reports, please send an email with “A&D
Market Monitor” in the subject field to Marilyn Scott at
marilyn.scott@mossadams.com.
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The Lurio Report: www.thelurioreport.com
o The Lurio Report brings news in perspective and informed discussion on critical
aspects of the emerging ‘New Space’ industry that is starting to break free from
these constraints. It also provides exclusives and background data.
o $150-300/year
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Conferences
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AIAA Space 2010 Conference and Exposition
o Aug 30-September 2, 2010; Anaheim, CA
o Tends to be oriented to technical aspects
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Space Investment Summit: www.spaceinvestmentsummit.com
o Fall 2010 (date and location TBD)
o This site also has info about the organization and archives from past events.
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NASA PM Challenge 2011
o “Explore and Inspire” is the theme for PM Challenge 2011 next February 9th &
10th in Long Beach, California.
o pmchallenge.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.htm
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International Space Development Conference: isdc.nss.org
o May 18-22, 2011 Huntsville, Alabama
o This site also has info about the organization and archives from past events.
Relevant Books
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Choice, Not Fate
by James A. Vedda, Xlibris, 2009
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Lost in Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age
By Greg Klerkx, Vintage Books, 2005
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Other Resources
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Google Groups
o The Aerospace & Defense Forum (this group)
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LinkedIn:
o Event: The Aerospace & Defense Forum (this group)
o Selected aerospace groups (a search on aerospace yields 729 groups)
o Aerospace & Defense Supply Chain
o Aerospace Executive Network
o Defense and Aerospace Connections
o NASA
o Space Elevator Architects
o Space Solar Alliance for Future Energy
o Space Solar Power Advocates - DC
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Topix: Aerospace-Defense Forum:
o http://www.topix.com/forum/business/aerospace-defense
o Forums and message boards for Aerospace-Defense.
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