Rosanna Sattler
Keith’s note: Rosanna was a former board member of Women in Aerospace and a co-founder of the Space Enterprise Council.
Obituary.
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Keith’s note: Rosanna was a former board member of Women in Aerospace and a co-founder of the Space Enterprise Council.
Obituary.
Feeling broken-hearted over this news I found via NASA Watch. Rosanna was a dear friend with whom I shared many good times advocating for our future in space. May God grant her eternal rest.
This is truly awful news for the commercial space community. Rosanna was a pioneering practicing space lawyer, and helped found the Space Enterprise Council and was an active Advocate in the Space Frontier Foundation. But she also came to Washington every March for several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s as a citizen lobbyist to lobby Congress for crazy ideas like commercial ISS resupply and space property rights. I had known she was very sick, but even so this comes as a terrible surprise. My best to her husband Edward and long-time assistant, Edie.
Just shocked at this sad news. Rosanna was a long-time member of the ProSpace board and we spent many, many hours together talking space and life.
She had one of the finest minds in the commercial space advocacy community. Her pioneering work on property rights was in itself a huge contribution.
She was also close to my wife Susan. They enjoyed ganging up on me during our meals together in Washington. Lunch with her was always a highlight of our trips to Boston.
She was a treasured friend for many years. And will be truly missed by all who knew her.
Very, very sad; you never know who you’ve seeing regularly for years will no longer be at the next conference to say ‘Hi’ to.