Commercial Space Support and Advocacy
In 1988, Walt Anderson became an early backer of the International Space University (ISU) (www.isunet.edu). Walt Anderson provided critical funding, strategic support and advice to the founding team and in 1992 was awarded the distinction of ISU Associate Founder along with 11 other critical supporters. The ISU was founded in 1987 and held its first summer session program (SSP) in the summer of 1988 at the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The ISU operates a multicultural / multidisciplinary graduate space studies program. The ISU has held SSP's annually in varying locations around the world since the inaugural 1988 session. In 1995 the ISU began offering a Masters program from its permanent campus in Strasbourg, France. Walt Anderson was a permanent member of ISU and served on it's Board of Directors for its initial 5 years of operations.
Walter Anderson has been a leader in promoting the commercial development of Space. He believes that the development of space resources can help to resolve many of the challenges facing the entire planet.
Walter Anderson was a major supporter of the Space Frontier Foundation from its founding in 1988.
Walt Anderson also created and endowed the Foundation for the Nongovernmental Development of Space, which has provided funding for projects such as the "asteroid watch" and sponsored the "CATS" Prize (Cheap Access To Space).
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