A Message from our Chair 

Greetings CSBR members and community! I am excited to continue to lead the Colorado Space Business Roundtable.  The CSBR Board of Directors and Advisory Board members are committed to connecting and advancing Colorado aerospace. Through our commitment we offer you opportunities to grow your business, network with individuals in all aspects of the industry, and become part of the strong network of support in Colorado.   

2020 gave us a new perspective on how we support each other as an industry, community and society.    2021 is showing some promise of light at the end of the tunnel, despite a rocky start. The news of the selection of Huntsville, Alabama as Space Command Headquarters was a shock.  Our Colorado Aerospace community, including CSBR, has banded together to challenge that last minute political decision and has been successful in demanding a review of the decision. We anxiously await the outcome of the review. Colorado’s US Senate representative, Senator John Hickenlooper, has been selected to chair the new senate subcommittee on Science and Space which is part of the US. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation. This news continues to support our state’s efforts to be a strong voice in the future policies of our United States space efforts.  

This year, we look forward to growing the Colorado aerospace community. Advancing the mission and business of space exploration throughout the state of Colorado is a key objective. This newsletter will be one part of this collaborative effort.  I hope you will enjoy the new format of our newsletter as new features such as business news, member profiles and job listings will encourage engagement in our community.  Look for new CSBR events throughout the new year and join us for the first event Aerospace Day at the Capitol on Tuesday March 9^th! 

Alires Almon
Chair, Colorado Space Business Roundtable

Member Industry Update
Colorado, The Epicenter for National Security Space

Colorado is home to our nation's most critical space capabilities that provide defense for our nation and our allies.  The capabilities include precision navigation and timing signals, ballistic missile threat detection and warning, and communications systems that are vital for all national security operations.  These capabilities are enabled by a significant defense space infrastructure, an innovative and thriving aerospace business ecosystem, and a highly educated, talented, and skilled workforce.  These economic attributes not only provide for a strong national space-based defense capability, but also are a catalyst for the nation's largest per capita aerospace economy in the nation. 

Colorado is also the temporary home for US Space Command and is the basing location for critical Department of Defense space operations to include that National Space Defense Center at the Peterson-Schriever Garrison.  Although Huntsville, Alabama was recently selected to be the eventual permanent home for U.S. Space Command, no other state in the nation has the preponderance of defense space systems operations, defense space production capabilities, and a national security space headquarters, Air Force Space Command.  Colorado is truly "the epicenter of national security space capability" and the decision to base US Space Command other than in Colorado, deserves a thorough review by the current Administration

Jay Lindell
Aerospace & Defense Industry Champion
Global Business Development

Upcoming Events - Mark Your Calendar

March 9th

Register for the online event here

Join the Colorado Citizens for Space Exploration (CSE), Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), Colorado Business Roundtable (COBRT), Aerospace States' Association (ASA), Colorado Space Coalition (CSC), Colorado Space Business Roundtable (CSBR) and Manufacturer's Edge in coordination with our numerous aerospace partner organizations, at this years Aerospace Day at the Colorado State Capitol.

CSBR Member Profiles

ispace inc. Opens U.S. Headquarters in Denver 

ispace inc. is a lunar exploration company with offices in Japan, Luxembourg, and the United States. The company has raised a cumulative total of approximately $133 million (USD) in investment. The funding is being used to develop a commercial lunar lander program, which will provide a high-frequency, low-cost delivery service to the Moon. ispace is currently making strong progress on its Mission 1 and Mission 2 preparations, launching in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Building upon this momentum, ispace is looking to the future. 

After thorough consideration among a competitive list of locations around the United States, ispace selected Denver, Colorado as the location for its U.S. subsidiary, primarily due to the access to talent in the state. The office will be responsible for engineering ispace’s next-generation lunar lander. Significantly more capable than ispace’s current spacecraft, ispace is proud that the next-generation lunar lander is being completely designed, built, and launched in the United States in support of NASA’s Artemis program.  

Board Member Spotlight

Anthony Matthews
CSBR Board Member, Co-chair of the Marketing/Communications Committee

CSBR New Membership Categories

CSBR is updating our membership categories effective April 1^st. Annual membership fees are listed below:

More than 10 Members, for membership questions or to join CSBR, please reach out to our Administrator Janet Randles at info@coloradosbr.org.  

CSBR Member Benefits Include:

• Significantly reduced member pricing for the December Colorado Space Round Up
• Complimentary registration at the annual Beer & Brats with Astronauts
• Exclusive members only Aerospace Exchanges
• Password Protected Member Center on our website ~ includes resources and access to CSBR membership list
• Discounted member advertising and sponsorship opportunities
• Newsletter contribution opportunities
• Job posting at no charge for members
• Volunteer with CSBR! Great way to network and gain valuable leadership experience.  

To become a CSBR Member CLICK HERE

CSBR Welcomes New Members

Welcome to our new members who have joined in 2021:

Individual Members:

• Jesse Hughes:  US Army (Reserve)- Space Operations
• Anthony Marshall:  Leatherneck Precision Machine
• Alex Mancero:  Sherman & Howard LLC
• Tracy Boyer:  Oz Architecture

Corporate Members:

CSBR Job Board

CSBR Members ~ post your positions in our Newsletter “free”

An announcement will be sent prior to the next newsletter release and you can send your open positions to:  info@coloradosbr.org

Sales & Business Development Leader ~ Ayala Engineering

Construction Project Manager – Construction/Design-Build (Denver)

Staff Mechanical Engineer – Global Facilities (Denver)

Senior Architect – Mission Critical, Opportunities in Kansas City & Colorado

2021 Industry Events Calendar

CSBR Road Trips

Roundup 2021 Planning Committee

Sign up today!

CSBR is excited to announce that we are beginning the planning process for our 2021 Premiere Event - The Roundup.  As you know, volunteers are essential to the success of the CSBR Roundup and your expertise is needed!   We would like to invite you to consider joining the 2021 CSBR Roundup Committee.

In-person tentative date:  Wednesday, December 1^st, 2021

If you are interested in volunteering your talents and serving on the 2021 Roundup Committee, please consider the following requirements:

    You must be available for monthly conference call meetings that will begin in March.  

    As the Roundup date draws closer, attend weekly meetings beginning in October.

If selected to serve on the committee and duties are fulfilled, your CSBR Roundup registration will be waived. 

Interested?  Email Roundup Chairman, Joe Troutman at: joseph.troutman@eas.enersys.com

CSBR Volunteer Opportunities

Call for Content

Member Interview

TUNE IN...   April 15^th at Noon

IGiant Announcement

IGIANT® ANNOUNCES AN EXCITING CHALLENGE COMPETITION! NOW EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 31, 2021!

iGIANT® and Colorado Space Business Roundtable (CSBR) are excited to announce a challenge competition to explore the impact of gender/sex on innovation and novel technologies in our lives. By partnering together, iGIANT and CSBR hope to inspire leaders to develop innovative ideas/concepts regarding gender/sex within health, IT, transportation, and retail sectors.  

To read more, click here:  EXTENDED iGIANT CSBR Challenge Competition.pdf (coloradosbr.org)

Name That Newsletter!

As we move into the new phase of our newsletter, we want to make it yours, our CSBR members.  Therefore, we are announcing a Name That Newsletter competition.  The edition that you are reading has the very uninspiring name of the CSBR Newsletter. However, we hope that someone will come up with the perfect name that embodies CSBR as the meeting point of everything Colorado and Space. An innovative and catchy name.

Here’s how this works.  Please send your entries (as many names as you like per person) to csbrnews@coloradosbr.org. We will select the best and most popular five names, and next issue, we will present those five names for a final vote. After the winner is identified, the first person who suggested that name will win a $20 gift card.

So get those brain cells working and come up with some names!  We look forward to hearing from you. The deadline is March 31.

CSBR Website

March 2021

My Fellow Coloradans,

One year ago today, we announced the first case of COVID-19 in Colorado, and just eight days later, on March 13, 2020, I shared with Coloradans that our state had experienced its first death from COVID-19.Over the last year, Colorado has lost 5,995 souls to this deadly virus. That's nearly 6,000 grandmothers and grandfathers, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters. They are our neighbors, our loved ones.

Each of us have felt the impacts of these last 12 months, and we've all made sacrifices. Many of us have experienced loss, and it's not only the loss of a loved one that we grieve. We mourn the loss of a job, or the loss of the daily routines we once relied on. But despite it all, Coloradans never ceased to display the grit, perseverance, and kindness that has carried us through this pandemic and helped us rise to meet the moment time and time again. 

I want to express my sincere gratitude to each and every one of you, for all you've done over this last year. You've all experienced your own hardships. Many of you had to learn how to work remotely while balancing your child's at-home learning, others went in every day even at risk to themselves. You traded family dinners for phone calls and virtual game nights. You adapted to the new way of life that this pandemic forced upon us. And all while continuing to provide the essential services that our fellow Coloradans rely on. I applaud you. 

One year into this pandemic, many are wondering, 'when will this end?' We can all see that light at the end of the tunnel - but we're not there quite yet. And as we work to reach that finish line, every Coloradan has the power to slow the spread of this deadly disease and help protect themselves and their loved ones.

And we can't stop now. We have to continue doing everything in our power to protect each other and save lives until we can get the vaccine to every Coloradan who wants one. 

We continue making great progress in vaccine distribution, having recently reached our goal of vaccination 70% of all Coloradans 70 and older. And we continue racing to get the vaccine to those who continue to be most at risk. There are currently 965,945 Coloradans immunized with one vaccine dose and 521,567 Coloradans vaccinated with two doses. 

This past year has been hard on us all. But, Coloradans are resilient. We've proven time and time again that we don't back down when things get tough. In the weeks and months to come, we all have a role to play in keeping ourselves and each other safe. So please, do it for those we have lost, do it for each other. Continue wearing a mask in public, maintaining at least six feet of physical distance from others, limiting contact with anyone outside your household, washing your hands often, and staying home when you are sick.

Everyday we take another step closer to the end of this pandemic. Together, we can get through this. 

Sincerely,

Governor Jared Polis