In late 2009, he was honoured at
a conference of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, and took that opportunity to respond to several criticisms of the CSeries program.
Josh also joined with colleagues at the American Geophysical Union and the
Aerospace Industries Association to spearhead the formation
of a broad - based NASA advocacy coalition, now known as the Coalition for
Aerospace and Science, and he was a community - wide leader in advocating for reforms to burdensome government travel and
conference policies which have significantly impacted the AAS community's ability to collaborate effectively.
A new two - year, $ 2 million global competition called the Go Fly Prize was introduced today at an
aerospace industry conference in Texas with the goal
of producing «an easy - to - use, personal flying device.»