The European Space Agency is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the people of Europe.
ESA has 15 Member States. By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, it can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country.
The Fennessey Ranch, a 4,000-acre privately owned wildlife habitat near Corpus Christi in Refugio County, has partnered with the University of Houston to establish a Conservation Center of Excellence. The agreement provides university faculty and students with a site for Texas coastal conservation research and the development of techniques to safeguard the fragile natural resources on the coast.
The goal of the Houston Area Technology Advancement Center (HATAC) is to make Houston the skill and knowledge capital of the world. It hopes to do so by creating economic prosperity for all socioeconomic stakeholders via a Business-to-Education-to-Business feedback loop. This loop will facilitate high tech skill and knowledge solutions and is intended to enhance the growth of high tech economic development capabilities within the Houston area. As part of HATAC’s mission, they are working to organize existing high-school curricula into coherent sequences of courses that flow together and logically connect the dots for students interested in information technology careers. Currently, HATAC has 29 Houston school districts on its list of potential partners, and the first sequence of integration technology (IT) related courses were implemented earlier this year.
The World Space Congress • 2002: The New Face of Space has been called the "meeting of the decade for space professionals." But the World Space Congress • 2002, convening in Houston, is really much more than that because the words "space professionals" barely describe the breadth and depth of space activities in the next 10 years. Like any new world, space offers continually expanding resources for commerce, science, technology, and education. From the discovery of distant planets to medical advancements, from geological exploration to urban planning, from water on Mars to energy sources in developing nations, you'll find it all here. And you'll have an unprecedented look at how advances in space can and does improve life on Earth.
The Congress provides the public with a first-ever opportunity to see international exhibits from country/space agency and commercial sectors in the United States.
