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SPACE AND SCIENCE
Cornerstone Government
Affairs’ experience and expertise goes beyond the myriad technology
issues and into the fields of space, science and research. Several
years of hands-on work in these fields, coupled with excellent
relationships with key space and science policy makers, provide
Cornerstone clients the resources necessary to undertake a wide
range of policy and appropriations matters before the Congress as
well as several Executive branch agencies.
Space
Although Cornerstone’s experience in space policy is wide and
varied, the primary focus in this area has been in advocacy for
sufficient funding resources to continue development by both U.S.
and foreign partners of the International Space Station; maintenance
of the integrity of the Space Shuttle program including, where
appropriate, the upgrade of technologies and systems; and the
continuation and enhancement of numerous research and construction
programs undertaken at both NASA facilities and at academic
institutions throughout the country. Cornerstone’s personnel include
both former House and Senate staff with specific appropriations
oversight of NASA’s complex budget and programs. In addition to this
hands-on experience, excellent working relationships have been
fostered with key Congressional advocates, numerous agency
personnel, and with many of the corporate participants helping to
execute NASA’s mission.
Science
Just as with the abovementioned space program, Cornerstone’s
experience extends deep into science and research programs directed
through the National Science Foundation (NSF) as well as through the
policy-making activities of the President’s Office of Science and
Technology Policy. Specific work performed by Cornerstone personnel
through the NSF has been in the areas of mathematics; computer and
information science; geophysics, including oceanography and
atmospheric sciences; physical science; social and behavioral
science; and polar programs, including research conducted in the
Arctic and Antarctic regions. Additional experience has been
garnered through participation in the development and construction
of numerous NSF sponsored projects, including new research and
living facilities at the South Pole; the Large Hadron Collider in
Switzerland; a new high altitude, atmospheric research airframe to
be operated by the National Corporation for Atmospheric Research in
Boulder, Colorado; two different earthquake-related research
programs, and the new Gemini telescopes located in Chile and on
Muana Kea on the Island of Hawaii, among others. The breadth of
experience in this field links important relationships with numerous
academic institutions to both NSF and OSTP personnel, and to
important decision and policy-makers on Capitol Hill.
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