# Presentation: 683646

## Space

**Space**
**California Gold for the New Millenium**
**A new California Gold Rush is now in progress**

## Who Are We?

**Who Are We?**

## “Spaceport” vs “Space Authority”

- In the beginning there were two entities
**Western Commercial Space Center (WCSC)**
**California Space and Technology Alliance (CSTA)**
- (*The California Spaceport Authority)*

## WCSC + CSTA = CSA

**Western Commercial Space Center (WCSC)**
- Established May, 1992
- Initiated by regional space stakeholders
- 501(c)(4) non-profit
- Government Code 15333.3 (originally)
- To actively foster space industry growth in CA
**California Space and Technology Alliance (CSTA)**
- Established in 1996
- California Spaceport Authority, October, 1997
- Foster development of space industry
- Represent and advise California Legislature and Governor
- 501(c)(6) non-profit
**California Space Authority (CSA)**
- WCSC and CSA merged to become CSA, January 1, 2001
- All activities/responsibilities of both orgs transferred to CSA
- 501(c)(4) non-profit

## CSA:  What do we do?

**Support retention and expansion of California’s global space capability**
**Education****	****	**
**Research**
**Manufacturing**
**Operations**
**Embrace & enhance the goals of a ‘space faring’ nation**
**Facilitate collaboration among industry, academia, government and others in the space arena**

## Past Successes & Continuing Activities

**California Space Strategic Plan**
**1998, 300 Stakeholders, 60 meetings statewide**
**Govenor’s Support: **
**Space Summit**
**Establish ‘Space Advocate’ in Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI)-CSA has a loaned executive to DSTI**
**California Space Policy in development**
**California Space Infrastructure Program**
**Two year project to assess *****Infrastructure***
***‘******Infrastructure’ in broadest possible context***

## California Space Infrastructure Program (CSIP)

**Identify/evaluate existing infrastructure**
**Identify gaps/needs; Identify potential actions**
**Evaluate potential actions, develop action plan**
**Deliver submittals for Congressional consideration**

## Continuing Activities

**Annual Federal and State legislative policies/agendas**
**Annual Space Day in Sacramento, CA**
**Annual Space Week in Washington, DC**
**Symposia, networking opportunities, technical and policy working groups**
**Web site and newsletter (SpaceBound!)**

## Continuing Activities

**Stakeholder partnerships, events, collaboratives, databases, reports, studies, inventories, etc.**
**Technical expertise for State offices and agencies**
**Space-related business attraction/retention**
**Liaison for State partnering with DoD, NASA, FAA, etc.**
**Promotion of CA space capabilities/assets**

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## Continuing Activities

**Annual Grant program, currently $2 million  in TTCA funding**
**Statewide space-related asset database**
**Statewide space-tourism asset database**
**Advocacy/education to Congressional delegation**
**Technical expertise/input for State projects/requests, e.g. red teams; Federal projects, e.g. Space Command IPTs; national symposia, etc.**
- etc.

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## CSA’s Effective Budget

**In the beginning, the State invested a few hundred thousand dollars in WCSC and CSTA**
**This year, CSA is managing nearly $35 million in California space investment by:**
**Federal government**
**State**
**Members and Sponsors**

**Leveraging the State’s investment by over 4000%**

## California Vision

**California leads the world in space education, research, technology, manufacturing, services and transportation.**

## Space

**Space**
**California Gold for the New Millenium**
**A new California Gold Rush is now in progress**