Orbital Sciences Corporation / Hughes Aircraft Company / Executive Officer Orbital Sciences Corporation / Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / /
Continent
America / /
Country
United States / China / /
Currency
USD / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
the World Technology Award / the Arthur C. Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award / /
Facility
NASA’s Langley Research Center / American Institute of Aeronautics / NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center / International Space Station / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / California Institute of Technology / /
IndustryTerm
vibrant aerospace sector / aerospace workforce composition / aerospace engineering / aerospace engineers / aerospace engineering students / average manufacturing wages / aerospace workforce / defense applications / aerospace professional society / aerospace engineering departments / aerospace career / space systems / space technology / aerospace professionals / aerospace industry / aerospace industrial base / manufacturing enterprises / manufacturing / aerospace sector / manufacturing employees / /
Organization
California Institute of Technology / MIT / U.S. government / Royal Aeronautical Society / American Astronautical Society / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / David W. Thompson President American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Reston / NASA’s Langley Research Center / Congress / United States House of Representatives / United States Patent and Trademark Office / White House / federal government / U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee / U.S. National Academy of Engineering / American Institute of Aeronautics / Committee on Science / Smithsonian Institution / Augustine Commission / David W. Thompson President American Institute of Aeronautics / International Academy of Astronautics / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center / European Union / AIAA / Harvard Business School / Johnson Space Center / /
Person
Marshall Space / Thompson / Hall / Annalisa Weigel / Gordon / /
Position
Economist / President / High-Technology Entrepreneur / contractor / leader / Chairman / Satellite Executive / special assistant / project manager and engineer / member / /
Testimony of Mr. David W. Thompson President American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Reston, Virginia and