NewSpace 2009 Program

NewSpace 2009:
Flags and Footprints – or the New Frontier?

July 18–20, 2009 Mountain View, CA
Friday, July 17, 2009 – Welcome to NewSpace 2009

The NewSpace 2009 conference will open on Friday with a from the heart speech by
SFF Founder Rick Tumlinson. Following this will be a screening of the film Orphans
of Apollo, which tells the extraordinary true story of a small group of entrepreneurs
who commandeered the Mir Space Station.
Saturday, July 18, 2009 – Enabling the Future
Serving as the opening day of the full NewSpace conference, Saturday will begin with
a special session organized by NASA Ames, which will explore public and private
partnerships, small satellites, and commercial space initiatives at this leading edge
research center. The afternoon will investigate what opportunities the future holds
for NewSpace.
Sunday, July 19, 2009 – The Business of New Space
Sunday morning will host a Business Plan Competition, where submitters will com-
pete for real prizes. The afternoon will investigate business and policy of NewSpace.
The day will close with a series of business case studies, where both successful and
unsuccessful startups will be investigated and compared.
Monday, July 20, 2009 – Apollo 11 Anniversary: Moon, Mars and Beyond
Monday will serve as a look at what destinations lie in the future for NewSpace. To
this end, it will investigate not only what destinations exist and how they will be
utilized, but also how will we get there. The day will conclude with a final view of
“Where Do We Go from Here?” The annual gala will follow, which will serve not
only to commemorate Apollo, but to investigate what Apollo means to the future.
Contents
Schedule Overview 2
Detailed Schedule 4
Sponsors 14
Exhibitors 17
Speaker Biographical Information 20
Volunteers 42
Ames Area Maps 42
Conference Organizers 45
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NewSpace 2009: Flags and Footprints – or the New Frontier?
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Schedule Overview
Schedule Overview
08:15PM – 08:45PM Manifesto for the Frontier - A Space Frontier Vision
08:45PM – 10:00PM Orphans of Apollo, Extended Edition
10:00PM – 10:45PM Orphans Q&A Session
11:00PM – 02:00AM Networking and Cocktail Reception
07:30AM – 08:30AM Registration & Networking
08:30AM – 09:00AM Welcome to the Conference
09:00AM – 09:30AM Ames Opening Keynote
09:30AM – 10:20AM Ames Small Satellites
10:20AM – 10:40AM Networking Break
10:40AM – 11:30AM Ames Commercial Space Efforts
11:30AM – 12:20PM Ames Public/Private Partnerships
12:30PM – 01:30PM Lunch: COTS Networking (Ticketed Event)
01:30PM – 01:45PM Isle of Man Presentation
01:45PM – 02:30PM Big Opportunities in Tiny Satellites: NewSpace and Nanosats
02:30PM – 03:10PM Orbital Fuel Depots: Fueling the Frontier
03:10PM – 03:30PM Coffee and Networking Break
03:30PM – 04:15PM Suborbital Point-to-Point: Going Places or Taking Us For a Ride?
04:15PM – 05:15PM Space Solar Power: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
05:15PM – 05:30PM Featured Speaker: Humanity’s Future in Space
08:30AM – 08:40AM Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition Introduction
08:40AM – 09:40AM Business Plan Presentations
11:20AM – 12:00PM Judges Comments and Reviews
12:00PM – 01:00PM Boeing Lunch (Ticketed Event)
01:00PM – 02:00PM NewSpace Policy: Accelerating Development or Picking Winners?
02:00PM – 02:20PM Featured Speaker: Commercial Lunar Opportunities
02:20PM – 03:00PM Commercial Lunar Opportunities Panel
03:00PM – 03:20PM Networking Break
03:20PM – 04:00PM Orbital Debris: Should We Be Worried, and What Is Being Done About It?
04:00PM – 05:00PM NewSpace Case Studies: The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat
05:00PM – 05:15PM Featured Speaker: NewSpace in the Hawaiian Islands – Stepping Stones to the Stars!
05:15PM – 07:00PM Reception
09:00PM – 02:00AM Networking and Cocktails
08:30AM – 09:00AM Featured Speaker: Can We Even Live on Other Worlds?
09:00AM – 10:00AM The Google Lunar X-Prize: A Look into the Entrepreneurial Future
10:00AM – 10:40AM Featured Speaker: The Role of Commercial Space in Exploration
11:00AM – 01:00PM Lunch: Teachers in Space (Ticketed Event)
01:00PM – 02:00PM The Watch Presents: Asteroids – The Threat and Promise
02:00PM – 02:45PM Behind the Architecture: What Goals Should Drive Exploration?
03:05PM – 04:00PM Science of Settlement
04:00PM – 04:15PM Featured Speaker
04:15PM – 05:15PM Where Do We Go from Here?
06:00PM – 10:30PM Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Gala
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Detailed Schedule
Unless otherwise noted, all sessions will be held in the Eagle room, with meals being held in
the World room.

08:15PM – 08:45PM Manifesto for the Frontier - A Space Frontier Vision
Rick Tumlinson will present his and our “Vision” of the space frontier movement
and concept in a moving talk that goes far beyond the NewSpace industry or
government projects and programs. It comes from the heart, and takes us from
the spiritual and cultural mandates of our cause and why we must succeed in
expanding humanity and life beyond the Earth, through today’s conflicts between
the public and private sector and why and how we need both to work together to
save the Earth, expand life and open the frontier to all humanity.
Rick Tumlinson – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, Orbital Outfitters
08:45PM – 10:00PM Orphans of Apollo, Extended Edition
10:00PM – 10:45PM Orphans Q&A Session

Michael Potter – Executive Producer, Free Radical Productions
James Muncy – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, President, PoliSpace

Located At Domain Hotel
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Detailed Schedule: Saturday, July 18, 2009 – Enabling the Future

08:30AM – 09:00AM Welcome to the Conference

09:00AM – 09:30AM Ames Opening Keynote

The director of research at Ames discusses the current highlights of work at the
center.
Steve Zornetzer – Director of Information Sciences and Technology, NASA Ames
09:30AM – 10:20AM Ames Small Satellites

John Hines – Astrobionics Manager, NASA Ames
Dan Andrews – Project Manager, LCROSS Mission, NASA Ames
10:40AM – 11:30AM Ames Commercial Space Efforts

Dan Rasky – Director, Space Portal, NASA Ames
John Hogan – Environmental Scientist, NASA Ames
Yvonne Cagle – Suborbital Science and Advanced Life Support, NASA Ames
11:30AM – 12:20PM Ames Public/Private Partnerships

Jeffrey Smith – Deputy Chief, Entrepreneurial Initiatives Division, NASA Ames
Gary Martin – Director of New Ventures and Communications, NASA Ames
Michael Marlaire – Director of Partnerships, NASA Ames
12:30PM – 01:30PM Lunch: COTS Networking (Ticketed Event)

With Dennis Stone
01:30PM – 01:45PM Isle of Man Presentation

Bob Richards – CEO, Odyssey Moon, LTD
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01:45PM – 02:30PM Big Opportunities in Tiny Satellites: NewSpace and Nanosats
Small satellites show great potential, particularly for Operationally Responsive
Space concepts and catalyzing the development of cheap access to space. The
question is, when do we go small and when do we go large?
Belgacem Jaroux (Session Chair) – Director, Mission Design Center, NASA Ames
Pete Klupar – Director of Engineering, Earth Observation Through Small
Satellites, NASA Ames
Milind Pimprikar – Founder and Chairman, CANEUS
Rob Call – Pumpkin Inc
Dave Masten – President and CEO, Masten Aerospace
02:30PM – 03:10PM Orbital Fuel Depots: Fueling the Frontier

Orbital fuel depots may be an ideal tools for building a self-sustaining space
industry, so why are they not part of the present ESAS plan? Should they be?
How might orbital fuel depots accelerate/assist development of the space frontier,
and how do we pay for them?
Jon Goff (Session Chair) – Propulsion Engineer, Masten Space Systems
Dallas Bienhoff – In-Space and Surface Systems Manager, Boeing
Derek Hinspater – Lead, DCSS Propulsion Analysis, United Launch Alliance
Dave Huntsman – Special Assistant, Innovative Space Systems Solutions, NASA
Glenn
03:10PM – 03:30PM Coffee and Networking Break
03:30PM – 04:15PM Suborbital Point-to-Point: Going Places or Taking Us For a Ride?

Can suborbital point-to-point reach a marketable price point?
Charles Lauer (Session Chair) – Vice President of Business Development, Rocket-
plane Inc.
Paul Damphousse – Chief of Advanced Concepts, National Security Space Office
Kelvin Coleman – Special Assistant for Programs and Planning, FAA
A.C. Charania – President, SpaceWorks Commerical
Randall Clague – Government Liaison, XCOR Aerospace
04:15PM – 05:15PM Space Solar Power: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Space-based solar power is touted as potential cure for our long-term energy
needs, but is it a commercially viable product? If you build it will the customers
come? What technical hurdles remain and is it possible to justify SSP investment
over ground-based, domestic renewable energy sources?
Taylor Dinerman (Session Chair) – Writer and syndicated weekly columnist
Paul Damphousse – Chief of Advanced Concepts, National Security Space Office
Tom Olson – Co-Founder, ColonyFund.com
Amaresh Kollipara – Co-founder & Managing Partner, Earth2Orbit LLC
Paul Contursi – President, Colony Fund LLC.
Gary Barnhard – Chairman, NSS Executive Committee
05:15PM – 05:30PM Featured Speaker: Humanity’s Future in Space

David Livingston – Business consultant, financial advisor, and strategic planner
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Detailed Schedule: Saturday, July 18, 2009 – Enabling the Future
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08:30AM – 08:40AM Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition Introduction

Bob Werb – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation

The finalists in the Heinlein business plan competition will present their plans
to the judges and audience. The first presentations by finalists will include
Aeronautic Enterprises, Aerospace Technologies, Daniel Sterling Sample, Flagsuit
LLC, and Next Giant Leap.

The presentations conclude with finalists NoumeniaC Inc., PD Aerospace, Santa
Clara Satellite, Syntiant Social Systems, and Thunderbird Communication.
11:20AM – 12:00PM Judges Comments and Reviews

Art Dula – Trustee of America Heinlein Prize Trust
Bob Werb – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation
Esther Dyson – EDventure Holdings
John Vornle – President, Long Term Capital
Robert Jacobson – President, Desert Sky Holdings & Co-Founder, 62 mile Club
Rex Ridenoure – CEO, Ecliptic Enterprises
Tom Olson – Co-Founder, ColonyFund.com
Armin Ellis – Director at Pine Aerospace LLC
Guillermo Söhnlein – Managing Director, Space Angels Network; Founder and
Chairman, International Association of Space Entrepreneurs
Brandi Gallegos – Barclays Global Investors
Eva-Jane Lark – Vice President, BMO Nesbitt Burns
12:00PM – 01:00PM Boeing Lunch (Ticketed Event)

Paul Eckert – International and Commercial Strategist, The Boeing Company
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Detailed Schedule: Sunday, July 19, 2009 – The Business of New Space
01:00PM – 02:00PM NewSpace Policy: Accelerating Development or Picking Winners?
The government is becoming more involved with NewSpace. Is government market
distortion in NewSpace a bad thing if they pay for it? What are the advantages
and disadvantages of government involvement from the public/private sector’s
perspective, and can the government be a good customer?
Ken Davidian (Session Chair) – Program Lead, Federal Aviation Administration’s
Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)
Bruce Pittman – Flight Projects Director, NASA Ames Space Portal
Doug Comstock – Director, Inovative Partnership Program, NASA
02:00PM – 02:20PM Featured Speaker: Commercial Lunar Opportunities

Robert Kelso – Manager, Commercial Space Development, NASA JSC
02:20PM – 03:00PM Commercial Lunar Opportunities Panel

With NASA currently working to return to the Moon, how can NASA engage
NewSpace companies in the very near term to reduce costs and improve efficiency?
Specifically, can NASA utilize commercial surface payload delivery, commercially
provided communication and navigation, commercial lunar site preparation and
site surveys, and commercial commodities derived from the Moon, for example
oxygen? Can the NewSpace industry be prepared to provide these commodities
within the next 2-3 years?
Bruce Pittman (Session Chair) – Flight Projects Director, NASA Ames Space
Portal
Robert Kelso – Manager, Commercial Space Development, NASA JSC
Dennis Wingo – Founder, Skycorp, Inc., CTO, Orbital Recovery Corporation
Tom Taylor – Vice President, Lunar Transportation Systems
03:20PM – 04:00PM Orbital Debris: Should We Be Worried, and What Is Being Done About It?
Orbital debris is a pressing and ever-growing threat to orbital access, but whose
job is it to track that debris, and perhaps more importantly, who is responsible for
fixing it? We must consider the specific risks to different orbits and applications,
and how we can minimize that risk without compromising capabilities. However,
every problem is also said to be an opportunity: how can we use this problem to
further develop the frontier.
James Dunstan (Session Chair) – Partner, Garvey Schubert Barer
Dennis Wingo – Founder, Skycorp, Inc., CTO, Orbital Recovery Corporation
Joe Carroll – Tether Applications, Inc
Tony DeTora – Legislative Assistant to Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
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04:00PM – 05:00PM NewSpace Case Studies: The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat
A look at successful and non-successful NewSpace companies, and associated
insights for why it turned out the way it did. A good concept and team will only
get you so far – what are the factors that determine a company’s capability to
raise funding and overcome technical hurdles in a timely manner?
Rich Pournelle (Session Chair) – Advocate, Space Frontier Foundation
Rex Ridenoure – CEO, Ecliptic Enterprises
Dave Masten – President and CEO, Masten Aerospace
Ken Davidian – Program Lead, Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of
Commercial Space Transportation (AST)
05:00PM – 05:15PM Featured Speaker: NewSpace in the Hawaiian Islands – Stepping Stones to the
Stars!
Jim Crisafulli – Director, Office of Aerospace Development, State of Hawaii
05:15PM – 07:00PM Reception

Located At Conference Center. Sponsored by Tetra Wine (Hill and Wollack Wine
Estates).
09:00PM – 02:00AM Networking and Cocktails

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Detailed Schedule: Monday, July 20, 2009 – Apollo 11 Anniversary: Moon, Mars and Beyond
World Room Entrance
08:30AM – 09:00AM Featured Speaker: Can We Even Live on Other Worlds?

Jim Logan – Space Medicine Associates
09:00AM – 10:00AM The Google Lunar X-Prize: A Look into the Entrepreneurial Future
The Google Lunar X-Prize is one of the most visible NewSpace programs at
present, but is now the time for it, can it be won, will the result really matter?
Some prizes, such as the Ansari X-Prize, have succeeded. Others, such as Bigelow’s
America’s Space Prize, go unclaimed, while still others, such as the GLXP, are
still pending. Competitors will share some of the business plans behind going to
the moon, and consider how we quantify the value of the potential markets on
the moon that GLXP competitors may tap to help fund the mission – media,
advertising, science, and tourism.
Nicole Jordan (Session Chair) – Team Liaison, Google Lunar X Prize
Fred Bourgeois – Founder, President and CEO at Team FREDNET
Kevin Myrick – InterPlanetary Ventures
Mike Joyce – Founder, Next Giant Leap
10:00AM – 10:40AM Featured Speaker: The Role of Commercial Space in Exploration

John Olson – Director, Directorate Integration Office, NASA
11:00AM – 01:00PM Lunch: Teachers in Space (Ticketed Event)

Progress on the Teachers in Space project will be discussed. Guests will include
the Pathfinder Finalists: Don McMahon, Kathie McMahon, Colleen Howard,
Maureen Adams, James Kuhl, Lanette Oliver, Stephen Heck, Rachael Manzer,
Chantelle Rose, and Robert “Mike” Schmidt.
Edward Wright – Program Manager, Teachers in Space
01:00PM – 02:00PM The Watch Presents: Asteroids – The Threat and Promise
Near Earth Objects pose obvious threats, but also represent a promise of vast
resources. What infrastructure must be in space before asteroid mining may be
considered economically viable, and how can we accurately evaluate the value of
certain asteroids in terms of market saturation? Is it possible to eliminate our
risk of being blind-sided by an asteroid, and can the the risks and potential of
asteroids play off each other to justify action?
Rick Tumlinson (Session Chair) – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, Orbital
Outfitters
David Morrison – Senior Scientist, NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames
John Lewis – Professor of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
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02:00PM – 02:45PM Behind the Architecture: What Goals Should Drive Exploration?
With the Augustine panel reevaluating America’s method of reaching the Moon
and Beyond, the country is open to many possibilities. What level of risk should
be taken by NASA’s plans, and how does this apply to NewSpace initiatives
such as COTS? Ultimately, we must consider the goal: to reach destinations and
explore, or to create stepping stones and build a lasting and evolving architecture?
James Muncy (Session Chair) – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, President,

PoliSpace
Dennis Stone – Assistant Manager for Commercial Space Development, NASA
Commercial Crew & Cargo Program

Sponsored by Space Age Publishing & International Lunar Observatory Associa-
tion
03:05PM – 04:00PM Science of Settlement

While launch costs are still a significant driver of settlement costs, other scientific
and technical challenges must be overcome as well if we are to create sustainable
off-world colonies. Can the human body survive a life in an L-5 colony, on
the Moon, or on Mars? Can the human race practically reproduce in these
environments?
Stewart Nozette (Session Chair) – Principle Investigator, LRO Mini-RF
Paul Spudis – Senior Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Science Institute
Clive Neal – Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of
Notre Dame
Gary Barnhard – Chairman, NSS Executive Committee
04:00PM – 04:15PM Featured Speaker

Alex Heiche – Executive Vice President, Zero-G Corporation
04:15PM – 05:15PM Where Do We Go from Here?

Moon, Mars & Beyond – How, when, and with what tools? Do we go with baby
steps or giant leaps?
Pete Worden (Session Chair) – Director, NASA Ames
Chris McKay – Planetary Scientist, Space Science Division, NASA Ames
Jim Logan – Space Medicine Associates
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Detailed Schedule: Monday, July 20, 2009 – Apollo 11 Anniversary: Moon, Mars and Beyond
06:00PM – 10:30PM Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Gala
Held at the Domain Hotel, the annual Gala will reflect on the legacy of Apollo
on its 40th anniversary, and consider its significance to the future. The annual
NewSpace Industry Awards will be presented, a special announcment regarding
Google Earth, and the winner of the Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competi-
tion will be announced. Networking, drinks and hors d’ouvres are served at 6:00,
with dinner at 7:00, and presentations at 7:30.
Peter Diamandis – Founder and Chairman, X PRIZE Foundation
David Webb – Founder, ISU
Gwynne Shotwell – President, SpaceX
Kevin Stirling – Writer and Producer, Moon Beat
Vanna Bonta – Novelist, poet and actress

At Domain Hotel
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Sponsors
Boeing
Boeing is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of com-
mercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing designs and man-
ufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles
and advanced information and communication systems. As a major service provider to
NASA, Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. The com-
pany also provides numerous military and commercial airline support services. Boeing
has customers in more than 90 countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S.
exporters in terms of sales.
DNK Co., Ltd
Heinlein Trust
The Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization, generally known as the
Heinlein Prize, was founded in 1988 to reward individuals who make practical contri-
butions to the commercialization of space. The Heinlein Prize, offers a cash award of
$500,000 to one or more individuals for practical accomplishments in the field of com-
mercial space activities rewarded by the International Aeronautical Congress in Bremen,
Germany. The Heinlein Prize honors the memory of Robert A. Heinlein, one of the most
popular science fiction writers of the 20th century. The trust was established soon after
his death in 1988 by his widow, Virginia Gerstenfeld Heinlein, whose estate will fund
the prize.
NASA Ames Research Center

Ames Research Center (Silicon Valley) enables exploration through selected develop-
ment, innovative technologies, and interdisciplinary scientific discovery. Ames provides
leadership in astrobiology; robotic lunar exploration; technologies for CEV, CLV, and
HLV; the search for habitable planets; supercomputing; intelligent/adaptive systems;
advanced thermal protection; and airborne astronomy. Ames develops tools for a safer,
more efficient national airspace and unique partnerships benefiting NASA’s mission.
National Space Society

The National Space Society’s vision is people living and working in thriving communities
beyond the Earth. NSS members promote change in social, technical, economic, and
political conditions to advance the day when people will live and work in space.
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Sponsors
Space Age Publishing Company and International Lunar Observatory Association

Space Age Publishing Company, publisher of Lunar Enterprise Daily and Space Calen-
dar weekly, operates offices on Hawaii Island, Hawaii (1988), and in Palo Alto, California
(1977), USA, and pursues a business plan for its third office on the Moon. With its Lu-
nar Enterprise Corporation subsidiary, Space Age advances and supports a wide variety
of scientific, commercial and international lunar activities and enterprises such as the
International Lunar Observatory consistent with a human return to the Moon within
the decade. Space Age also promotes Hawaii Space Tours, Stanford on the Moon and
the Ad Astra Kansas initiatives – To The Stars. The International Lunar Observatory
Association (ILOA) is a Hawaii-based non-profit organization dedicated to expanding
human knowledge of the Cosmos through observation from the Moon, via its ILO Pre-
cursor, ILO Polar and ILO Human Service missions.
Space Angels Network

Space Angels Network is the premier source of aerospace dealflow for investors and of
early-stage capital for aerospace-related ventures across a wide spectrum of technologies,
markets, and industries. We are a professionally managed national network of accredited
investors focused on aerospace-related opportunities.
Space Frontier Foundation

The Space Frontier Foundation is an organization composed of space activists, scientists
and engineers, media and political professionals, entrepreneurs, and citizens from all
backgrounds and all nations. The Space Frontier Foundation is transforming space
from a government-owned bureaucratic program into a dynamic and inclusive frontier
open to people. SFF is determined to convert the image held by many young people
that the future will be worse than the present, and rejects the idea that the world’s
greatest moments are in its past.
Space Investment Summit

Space Investment Summit 7 (SIS-7) will continue the series of forums hosting en-
trepreneurs and investors in a frank dialogue about the best investment opportunities in
new space-related ventures. The summit also features presentation of a limited number
of pre-qualified space-related business plans from reputable entrepreneurs to an audi-
ence of leading seed and early stage investors. The summit series helps investors gain
knowledge that might guide future investment decisions, and helps entrepreneurs gain
from an increased investor interest in their efforts and development of new opportunities
for partnership.
SpaceIsle.com
International finance dedicated to space, Independent financial advisors. The Isle of
Man Government is pro-space and committed to helping the Space industry flourish..
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)

SEDS, the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, is a group dedicated
to expanding the role of human exploration and development of space. SEDS seeks to
educate the public in such a way as to attain this goal. SEDS has many ways of doing
this, including educational outreach, conferences, and chapter projects.
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Tetra Wine
Tetra-a harmonious fusion of four. Our 2006 Tetra Red Wine is a classic blend of
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet franc and Petit Verdot. Each lot was individu-
ally harvested from exceptional vineyards in the cooler southern part of the Napa Valley,
and then vinified separately in order to fully capture and showcase the essence of the
fruit sources. Fermentation variables included cold soak (to increase extractability of
color and tannin), inclusion of whole berries (to amplify primary fruit), fermentation
temperature, cap management, and extended maceration (to soften tannins and stabi-
lize color). Following fermentation, the free run was racked to small French oak barrels
(75% new), where the wines underwent malolactic conversion. Wines were aged for
18 months in barrel, and then the final blend was painstakingly crafted through many
sessions of trial-and-error tastings, finally honing in on the best-of-the-best. The wine
was bottled without fining or filtration to maximize flavors and textures.
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Exhibitors
Exhibitors
Aerospace Technology Working Group
We are a group of seasoned aerospace and other professionals who seek to further hu-
manitys exploration of space while simultaneously benefiting people on earth. We hold
semi-annual and special forums to discuss and treat topics judged pertinent to devel-
oping a space-faring people. Using our substantial base of engineering and scientific
expertise, we provide fee-based strategic and technical consulting, public speaking, and
ATWG member teams to work specific targeted areas. Emphasis is on the use of sys-
tems engineering and system of systems engineering, while accounting for the broader
effects on other industries, programs, the environment, and the day-to-day lives of this
planets inhabitants. We collaborate actively with other space-related national and in-
ternational organizations. We conduct our work using both conventional and advanced
communication and computer methods.
Astronaut Teacher Alliance
Ecliptic Enterprises
Ecliptic designs, builds and tests hardware that gets launched, flown or used in the field.
We’re often involved with headline-making and award-winning projects, applying our
extensive experience in the design, analysis, assembly, test and operations of aerospace
systems and subsystems. Our staff’s combined experience includes dozens of space
missions and aerospace projects. From the Big Picture to the details, we know our
business.
International Space University

International Space University provides graduate-level training to the future leaders
of the global space community at its Central Campus in Strasbourg, France, and at
locations around the world. In its two-month Summer Session and one-year Masters
program, ISU offers students a unique Core Curriculum covering all disciplines related
to space programs and enterprises.
Lost Arts Media and Entertainment

We produce audio and video services at alternative-themed conferences throughout the
country. We have a portable video production suite, including the ability to insert titles
and introductory music with two or more camera switching onto a digital format. Ask
about our below-market pricing or no-upfront-cost video packages. We can also provide
onsite audio, video and DVD duplication and sales to your audience.
National Space Society

The National Space Society’s vision is people living and working in thriving communities
beyond the Earth. NSS members promote change in social, technical, economic, and
political conditions to advance the day when people will live and work in space.
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Space Investment Summit

Space Investment Summit 7 (SIS-7) will continue the series of forums hosting en-
trepreneurs and investors in a frank dialogue about the best investment opportunities in
new space-related ventures. The summit also features presentation of a limited number
of pre-qualified space-related business plans from reputable entrepreneurs to an audi-
ence of leading seed and early stage investors. The summit series helps investors gain
knowledge that might guide future investment decisions, and helps entrepreneurs gain
from an increased investor interest in their efforts and development of new opportunities
for partnership.
Space Teddy Bear Collection by ZSpace

The Teddy Bears, which awaken our childhood memories, have been loved as a symbol of
peace, happiness, and tenderness all over the world. Now Space Teddy Bears have come
to NewSpace! Space Teddy Bears can play a big role to encourage space activities for
children as space ambassadors. The Space Teddy Bears Project has started educational
“Missions” for children.
Space Tourism Society

Imagine floating in zero gravity while gazing at our beautiful planet Earth majestically
rolling by your view port. Millions of people from around the world would love to have
such a wonderful life-enhancing experience. Founded in 1996, the Space Tourism Society
is the first organization specifically focused on the space tourism industry. Our goals
are to conduct the research, build public desire, and acquire the financial and political
power to make space tourism available to as many people as possible as soon as possible.
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)

SEDS, the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, is a group dedicated
to expanding the role of human exploration and development of space. SEDS seeks to
educate the public in such a way as to attain this goal. SEDS has many ways of doing
this, including educational outreach, conferences, and chapter projects.
The Development of Outer Space: Book Signing

Interest in outer space property rights has been growing since Congress funded NASA’s
Project Constellation to enable missions to the Moon and Mars for eventual colonization.
Public debate is intensifying over proper ways to incentivize private enterprise in space
and under what circumstances title may be acquired over lunar and Martian resources.
Thomas Gangale will be signing his new book, “The Development of Outer Space:
Sovereignty and Property Rights in International Space Law”.
VirtuePlay Lunar Explorer

Some day, you will be able to book a trip to the Moon. Until then, we bring the Moon
to you. The VirtuePlay Lunar Explorer is a realistic interactive visual representation of
the Moon using actual data collected by NASA spacecraft and earthbound telescopes.
It uses real-time 3D graphics techniques to provide an immersive virtual environment
for the user to explore our nearest neighbor in a variety of ways - at a distance, in orbit,
or walking on the lunar surface.
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Exhibitors
XCOR Aerospace
Founded in 1999, XCOR Aerospace is a small, privately-held California C-Corporation.
Our headquarters and development facilities are located at the Mojave Spaceport and
Civilian Aerospace Test Center in Mojave, California. XCOR engages in research,
development, and production of reusable rocket-powered, horizontal launch vehicles for
suborbital, and ultimately, orbital travel.
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Speaker Biographical Information

Dan Andrews Dan Andrews is the Project Manager for the LCROSS Mission, led from NASA’s Ames
Research Center. He is an electrical & mechanical engineer by training, and has served
on many projects in that capacity, including the Personal Satellite Assistant (PSA),
with a particular interest in Robotics. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering
from San Jose State University, and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford
University.
Gary Barnhard Gary Barnhard is the owner and president of Barnhard Associates, LLC, a systems
engineering consulting firm and Internet Service Provider (Xisp.net) based in Cabin
John, Maryland. He is a robotic space systems engineer whose professional work includes
a wide range of robotic, space, and computer systems engineering projects. Over the
last 32 years he has been extensively involved in the space advocacy community. Mr.
Barnhard received a B. S. in engineering from the University of Maryland College Park
(UMCP), and participated in NASA’s Graduate Student Researchers Program. Mr.
Barnhard subsequently served as Space Systems Engineer and Information Systems
Architect for EER Systems, and as a Senior Space Systems Engineer on the Grumman
Space Station Systems Engineering and Integration Contract (SSEIC) responsible for
advanced automation and robotic systems support. Mr. Barnhard is a senior member of
the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was the Executive Secretary
of the Space Station Freedom Program Robotics Working Group and received a NASA
Group Achievement Award for the Robotic Systems Integration Standards Interface
Design Review Team, as well as an Outstanding Support Award from the Canadian
Space Agency Space Station Freedom Program Liaison Office. He received the National
Space Society’s Space Pioneer Award in 2004 and the NSS Award for Excellence in 2005
for his efforts on the behalf of the Society.
Dallas Bienhoff Dallas Bienhoff is the Boeing Manager for In-Space and Surface Systems for the Vision
for Space Exploration as well as new commercial opportunities in cislunar space. Mr.
Bienhoff has 33 years of experience at Boeing, Rockwell, The Aerospace Corporation,
Rocketdyne, and Martin Marietta. Key programs he has worked include: International
Space Station (ISS), X-38 Crew Return Vehicle, X-33 Operational RLV, Space Explo-
ration Initiative, the Space Shuttle Main Engine and the Titan launch vehicle. Dallas
earned his Master of Science in Engineering at California State University-Northridge
in 1985 and his BSME at Florida Institute of Technology in 1974. He is a member of
AIAA, AAS, and the following grassroots organizations: The National Space Society,
The Planetary Society, The Oasis Society, and The Mars Society. Dallas is also a Space
Frontier Foundation Advocate
Vanna Bonta Vanna Bonta is a novelist, poet and actress who is best known as the author of “Flight:
A Quantum Fiction Novel” (Meridian House 1996) the story of an amnesiac girl with
no navel, and award-winning collections of poetry as well as for a cameo role as Zed’s
queen in the fantasy movie The Beastmaster. She is also the inventor of the 2suit, a
garment designed to facilitate effortless intimacy in the weightless environments such
as outer space, or on planets with low gravity.
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Fred Bourgeois Fred J. Bourgeois, III has been dreaming and making plans to pursue space exploration
since he was two. Growing up in a “NASA family” in Huntsville, Alabama, where
he attended Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom High School probably had a lot to do with it.
Bourgeois was early recognized for his mathematical talents, and went on to receive his
BSCS degree from Tulane University’s School of Engineering. After attending the Tu-
lane Graduate School, he began a career in academia teaching Computer Science at the
University of Minnesota, and later for Eaton Corporation’s Information Management
Systems Division, and several University extension programs. Bourgeois’ teaching for
Eaton included support for clients utilizing satellite systems and networks, and com-
mand, control, and communications programs. Bourgeois next worked as a contractor
on classified programs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Weary of the classified
world, his next endeavour brought him to Santa Cruz, California, where he initially
worked for MetaWare Incorporated as a Senior Compiler Developer, and then into his
own software development and consulting business, FREDNET. Now operating for more
than 16 years, the company was renamed Applios Inc. (Applied Open Source Technol-
ogy) in 1999 and continues to provide Software Development, Systems Engineering,
Networking, and Information Security solutions today. Applios’ current and former
clients include Lockheed Martin, NEC, AMD, Transmeta, Resilience, Sun, SJSU, many
Silicon Valley startup companies, and a number of local, regional, and national Internet
Service Providers.
Yvonne Cagle During May 1989, while a flight surgeon assigned to the 48th Tactical Hospital, United
Kingdom, Dr. Cagle volunteered to serve as the Air Force Medical Liaison Officer
for the STS-30 Atlantis Shuttle Mission to test the Magellan Spacecraft. She was
assigned to the Trans Atlantic (TAL) Landing site at Banjul, West Africa, to provide
emergency rescue and evacuation of the shuttle crew should it have been required. Dr.
Cagle has contributed on-going data to the Longitudinal Study on Astronaut Health,
and served as a consultant for space telemedicine. She was a member of the NASA
Working Group and traveled to Russia to establish international medical standards and
procedures for astronauts. She also conducted health screenings of Mir-18 consultants
from the Russian Federation. Selected by NASA in April 1996, Dr. Cagle reported
to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. She completed two years of training
and evaluation, and is qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. Initially
assigned to the Astronaut Office Operations Planning Branch, supporting Shuttle and
Space Station, followed by a special assignment to NASA Ames Research Center. Dr.
Cagle is currently assigned as the lead ARC Astronaut Science Liaison and Strategic
Relationships Manager for Google and other Silicon Valley Programmatic Partnerships.
Dr. Cagles groundbreaking work is preserving historic NASA space legacy data while,
simultaneously, galvanizing NASAs lead in global mapping, sustainable energies, green
initiatives, and disaster preparedness.
Rob Call Robert Call represents Pumpkin Inc., manufacturers of the popular CubeSat Kit, a
standardized chassis and electronics platform for building picosatellites. Originally de-
veloped in 2000 while assisting students at Stanford University and Santa Clara Univer-
sity on how to use their Salvo RTOS embedded software on microcontrollers destined for
microsatellite missions, the project eventually developed into a comprehensive, off-the-
shelf CubeSat kit. The first three production CubeStat Kits were delivered to the first
commercial customer in Q4 2003, as the CubeSat Kit has evolved into a very powerful
and versatile design that meets the needs of a wide range of picosatellite missions.
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Joe Carroll Mr. Carroll was born in San Francisco and grew up in the Bay Area. He received a BA
in Philosophy in 1969 from Catholic University of America. Over the next 12 years he
worked as a math teacher, store manager, photographer, and solar energy researcher.
Since 1981 his main focus has been advanced space transportation concepts, with an
emphasis on the use of long tethers to sling payloads into higher or lower orbits. He
proposed and led the development of the Small Expendable Deployment System (SEDS),
which was used 3 times in orbit. SEDS deployed tethers 4 to 20 km long, proving out
tether concepts for spacecraft stationkeeping and controlled deorbit without rockets. He
also developed the deployer and wire for the Plasma Motor Generator (PMG), which
tested electrodynamic reboost in 1993. He has also worked on several electrodynamic
concepts, including reboost of the Mir station, and a NIAC study of debris removal by
electrodynamic tether which he will discuss at the Sunday panel. He has also worked
on unmanned and manned reentry vehicle concepts for NASA MSFC and Ames and
several startups. Mr. Carroll has 5 patents: 3 on electrodynamic tether operation (with
Eugene Levin), and two on enhanced “tile-type” thermal protection materials (with
co-inventors from NASA Ames). His most recent work was design lead for the Naval
Research Lab on a high-voltage electron collection experiment which was launched 2
months ago.
A.C. Charania Mr. A.C. Charania is President of SpaceWorks Commercial, a division of SpaceWorks
Engineering, Inc. (SEI). Mr. Charania works with entrepreneurial and established
aerospace clients to explore future commercial opportunities and to develop businesses
to service those markets. He also champions and incubates SpaceWorks- led ventures.
As head of SpaceWorks Commercial, he is an advocate for and analyst of commercial
space markets, venture-driven space initiatives, and international space activities. Mr.
Charania has been with the firm since 2000. He was previously Senior Futurist and
head of the Engineering Economic Group (EEG) of SpaceWorks Engineering. Mr.
Charania holds an B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute
of Technology (with a concentration in systems design and optimization) and a B.A. in
Economics/Mathematics from Emory University. He is currently a Senior Member of
the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), a member of the Space
Power Association, and a Board Member of the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF).
Randall Clague Randall Clague is the Government Liaison for XCOR Aerospace.
Kelvin Coleman Kelvin Coleman is a Special Assistant for Programs and Planning at the Federal Avia-
tion Administration.
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Doug Douglas A. Comstock is the director of NASA’s Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP).
Comstock The IPP provides leveraged technology for NASA’s mission directorates, programs and
projects through investments and technology partnerships with industry, academia, gov-
ernment agencies and national laboratories. Comstock also is responsible for directing
the IPP portfolio of technology investments and partnering mechanisms including Small
Business Innovative Research, Small Business Technology Transfer Research, the Cen-
tennial Challenges and the Innovative Partnerships Seed Fund. Additionally, he is re-
sponsible for intellectual property management and technology transfer that will provide
broad societal benefits from the nation’s investment in NASA’s space and aeronautics
missions, and for encouraging and facilitating partnerships with the emerging com-
mercial space sector including the agency’s purchase of emerging commercial services.
Comstock previously served as the NASA comptroller, as well as the founding director
of NASA’s Strategic Investments Division. Before coming to NASA, Comstock spent
four years as a program examiner in OMB, with responsibility for NASA’s human space
flight activities, biological and physical research and personnel. Prior to his government
service, he was Director of Engineering with the Futron Corporation, a Bethesda, Md.-
based technology consulting firm, and began his career with General Dynamics Space
Systems Division, conducting preliminary design and systems analysis for numerous
aerospace systems, from strategic defense to advanced space transportation. Comstock
has undergraduate degrees from the University of Washington in both mechanical en-
gineering and architecture. He did his graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and received masters degrees in both aeronautics and astronautics, and
technology and policy.
Paul Contursi Paul Contursi was already a seasoned amateur astronomer and space activist when
he was chosen, at age twelve, to be one of about 18 students selected from the New
York City public school system for a special NASA space science summer program.
In the 1970s, he wrote about space issues for such organizations as The Viking Fund
and The Planetary Society. He is a lifetime and founding member of the Mars Society
and was elected President of the New York Chapter. Two years ago, he and fellow
Mars Society member George Smith converted the New York Chapter into a separate
non-profit corporation, now known as the Mars Society of New York, Inc., as a tool
to facilitate local fund raising activities. He has regularly lectured, written and met
with elected officials on behalf of the Mars Society and is also engaged in fund raising
activities for the national organization. In addition, Mr. Contursi is President of The
Colony Fund LLC, a company he co-founded with fellow Mars Society of New York
veteran, Tom Olson. The Colony Fund’s goal is to offer a retail venture capital fund
priced to enable millions of potential investors to participate in building the commercial
space infrastructure of the 21st century.
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Jim Crisafulli Jim Crisafulli pursued joint undergraduate studies in Physics and Zoology at Harvey
Mudd College and Pomona College. Following a two-year assignment with the Peace
Corps as a secondary school physics teacher in Fiji, he returned to Claremont Graduate
niversity to obtain a Masters Degree in International Studies, with special emphasis on
the technologies and economies of Asia/Pacific societies. In 1978, Jim was awarded a 3-
year international research fellowship with the East-West Center in Honolulu, where he
continued to investigate technology development issues affecting Asia/Pacific communi-
ties. He subsequently held positions as an economic development specialist and program
director for the Honolulu Community Action Program (HCAP) and the Economic De-
velopment Corporation of Honolulu. In 1988, Jim joined the Hawaii State Government
to serve as Space Program Projects Manager for the State Office of Space Industry (until
its closure in May, 1995), and subsequently served as Science & Technology Officer and
Research & Development Coordinator for the State’s Dept. of Business, Economic De-
velopment & Tourism (DBEDT). In his current capacity as Director of DBEDT’s new
Office of Aerospace Development (OAD), Jim serves as the State’s representative for
the aerospace industry in Hawaii, and continues to work with various municipal, state,
federal, and international agencies and institutions to promote innovative applications
of advanced space-related technologies, with special emphasis on satellite telecommuni-
cations and space-based remote sensing networks, space-based power systems, disaster
management networks, and commercial space launch activities. As Executive Director
for the Japan-U.S. Science, Technology & Space Applications Program (JUSTSAP),
Jim also coordinates bilateral and multinational space activities through Hawaii, in-
cluding development of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems
(PISCES) on the Big Island of Hawaii, to facilitate the research, development, testing
and evaluation of innovative technologies, as well as professional training and aerospace
education programs, to support future robotic and human missions to the Moon, Mars
and beyond.
Paul Lieutenant Colonel Damphousse currently serves as the Chief Engineer for the Com-
Damphousse munications Functional Integration Office of the National Security Space Office. He
attended the University of Arizona on a NROTC scholarship graduating with a Bach-
elor of Science degree in Business and Public Administration in 1989. In August 1990,
Second Lieutenant Damphousse completed the Basic School in Quantico, Virginia. In
January 1991, he began flight training in Pensacola, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas,
was designated a Naval Aviator in July 1992, and served overseas and at home in this
role for seven years. In June 1999, Major Damphousse reported to the Naval Post-
graduate School in Monterey, California. Graduating in December 2001 with a Master
of Science degree in Astronautical Engineering, he was assigned to the Operations Di-
rectorate (J32) of US Space Command in Colorado Springs. There he served as Space
Control and Special Technical Operations action officer and was involved in planning for
Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Maj Damphousse reported to HMH-
361 in December 2003 as the squadron operations officer and deployed to Iraq in support
of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) II. Promoted to his present rank in September 2005,
Lieutenant Colonel Damphousse served as the Director of Safety and Standardization
for Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16 (Reinforced) between combat deployments. In
February 2006 he deployed to Iraq as the Operations Officer for MAG-16 (Rein) in sup-
port of OIF 05-07. In this capacity he was responsible for planning and overseeing the
daily operations of all Marine aircraft in the OIF theater of operations.
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Ken Davidian Ken Davidian currently works as the Program Lead for the “Encourage, Facilitate, and
Promote” mission element in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commer-
cial Space Transportation (AST) in Washington, D.C. In addition to his FAA work
experience, was the Program Manager for Centennial Challenges and the ESMD Com-
mercial Development Policy leader, and has worked for Paragon Space Development
Corp. as Program Manager and also as Director of Operations consulting to Cargo
Lifter Development. Mr. Davidian spent the first 18 years of his career working for
NASA Glenn Research Center in the area of analytical and experimental research on
the performance of liquid rocket engines. For a three-year period, NASA Glenn loaned
Mr. Davidian to work at the International Space University as the Assistant Director
of Operations for the 1997-1999 Summer Session Programs.
Tony DeTora Tony DeTora is a legislative assistant for Congressman Dana Rohrabacher.
Peter Dr. Peter H. Diamandis is a pioneer and leader in the commercial space arena, hav-
Diamandis ing created many of the leading entrepreneurial space companies opening the personal
spaceflight industry. Dr. Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foun-
dation, which awarded the $10,000,000 Ansari X PRIZE for private spaceflight and is
now implementing prizes in a variety of different arenas and has launched the Archon
X PRIZE for Genomics, the Google Lunar X PRIZE and Progressive Automotive X
PRIZE. Diamandis also serves as the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Space Ad-
ventures Ltd, CEO of the Zero Gravity Corporation, and Chairman & Co-Founder of
the Rocket Racing League. In 1987, Diamandis co-Founded the International Space
University (ISU) where he served as the University’s first managing director. Today
he serves as a Trustee of the $30M ISU that is based in Strasbourg, France. Prior to
ISU, Diamandis served as Chairman of Students for the Exploration and Development
of Space (SEDS) an organization he founded at MIT in 1980. Dr. Diamandis attended
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he received his undergraduate
degree in molecular genetics and graduate degree in aerospace engineering. After MIT
he attended Harvard Medical School where he received his M.D. In 2005 he has was
also awarded an honorary Doctorate from the International Space University. He is
the winner of the 2007 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Innovation, the 2006 (inaugural)
Heinlein Award, the 2006 Lindbergh Award, the 2006 Wired RAVE Award, the 2006
Neil Armstrong Award for Aerospace Achievement and Leadership, the Konstantine
Tsiolkovsky Award, twice the winner of the Aviation & Space Technology Laurel, and
the 2003 World Technology Award for Space. Diamandis’ mission is to open the space
frontier for humanity. His personal motto is: “The best way to predict the future is to
create it yourself!”
Taylor Taylor Dinerman writes a syndicated weekly column for the Space Review
Dinerman (www.thespacereview.com) and has written on space and defense issues for the Wall
Street Journal, National Review and Ad Astra the magazine of the National Space
Society, Space News and elsewhere. He was an author of the textbook Space Science
for Students and has been a part time consultant for the US Defense Department. His
views in no way represent those of the department.
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Art Dula Arthur M. (“Art”) Dula is a space lawyer, a patent attorney, the literary executor for
major science fiction author Robert Heinlein, and the CEO of the private spaceflight
company, Excalibur Almaz. He has taught space law for the University of Houston, and
was a Visiting Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Akron. He consulted NASA
on the space shuttle payload contract, and served as legal advisor to the U.S. Congress,
Office of Technology Assessment. He has been awarded the Space Pioneer Award from
the National Space Society, and the Gagarin Medal from the Russian Federation of
Cosmonautics.
James Dunstan James E. Dunstan is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Garvey Schubert Barer,
where for over 25 years he has concentrated on issues of high technology, communica-
tions, and space law. Jim represents a significant number of burgeoning outer space
companies: he drafted and negotiated the first commercial lease for the Russian Mir
space station on behalf of MirCorp. He has drafted and helped negotiate contracts with
several potential commercial space passengers. Jim was a founding board member of
LunaCorp and assisted in negotiating with the Russian Space Agency and NASA to
shoot the first television commercial onboard the International Space Station (ISS). He
helped arrange for the first pitch of the 2002 baseball World Series to be conducted
onboard ISS. Mr. Dunstan has also been involved in export issues (ITAR) related to
experimental hardware launched on Russian rockets. Jim assisted in the drafting of the
Virginia Spaceflight Liability and Immunity Act, as well as the Virginia “Zero G/Zero
Tax” legislation as a member of the Virginia Joint Commission on Technology and Sci-
ence (JCOTS) Aerospace Advisory Committee, and a member of the Space Frontier
Foundations Teachers In Space project.
Esther Dyson Esther Dyson is an active investor in a variety of mostly disruptive start-ups. Her
portfolio of private space and air travel investments includes Coastal Aviation Software,
XCOR Aerospace, Space Adventures/Zero G, Icon Aircraft, and Airship Ventures. She
has flown weightless on Zero-G four times, and hopes to go up again soon. She is also the
organizer of Flight School, an executive workshop for air and space entrepreneurs. (It
took a break this year in the face of a crumbling economy, but will return for the fourth
time in 2009.) On the IT side, her investments have included Flickr and del.icio.us,
both sold to Yahoo! and Medstory, sold to Microsoft. Currently, she sits on the boards
of 23andMe, Meetup, WPP Group, Eventful.com, Evernote, Boxbe and Yandex, the
leading Russian search company. Dyson sold her business EDventure Holdings, along
with its Release1.0 newsletter and PC Forum conference, to CNET Networks in 2004;
PC Forum and Release 1.0 played key roles in the early development of the PC software
marketplace and the commercial Internet. Dyson left CNET at the end of 2006 and
(with permission) has resumed doing business under the name of EDventure Holdings.
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Paul Eckert Dr. Paul Eckert holds the position of International & Commercial Strategist within the
Space Exploration division of The Boeing Company. In this role, Dr. Eckert devel-
ops strategies to strengthen global business relationships and explore new commercial
markets. He serves as Coordinator of the international Space Investment Summit Coali-
tion, which presents events linking investors and entrepreneurs in order to encourage
investment in entrepreneurial innovation. Within the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Dr.
Eckert chairs the Emerging Markets Working Group of the Space Enterprise Council.
He also chairs the Entrepreneurship and Investment Technical Committee of the In-
ternational Astronautical Federation and acts as commercial coordinator for the Lunar
Exploration Analysis Group. Having joined The Boeing Company in 2003, Dr. Eckert’s
prior roles have involved space exploration planning, infrastructure design, Earth ob-
servation, space science, government relations, and communications. Previously, within
the U.S. Department of Commerce, he helped promote the growth of the commercial
space industry, as part of the Office of Space Commercialization. Earlier, in the NASA
Office of Legislative Affairs, Dr. Eckert coordinated liaison with the U.S. Congress in-
volving space and aeronautics research, information technology, systems engineering,
and technology transfer to industry. Prior to this, he served as science and technology
advisor to U.S. Senator John Breaux, a key member of the Senate Commerce Commit-
tee, with jurisdiction over NASA. Dr. Eckert holds a bachelor’s degree with high honors
from Harvard University and a doctoral degree from Michigan State University.
Armin Ellis Dr. Ellis recieved his Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in 2008, focusing on Instrumenta-
tion, Imaging, Nonlinear Optics, Lasers, Spacecraft Systems. After graduating he began
working at JPL in the Mission Systems Concepts group, and founded the recently pur-
chased Pine Aerospace LLC.
Brandi Gallegos Brandi Gallegos currently works as an Associate at Global Active Advanced IT, and
Barclays Global Investors. She recieved her Masters of Financial Engineering degree
from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2006, after receiving an MBA from Oxford
in 2003 and a BA in Finance from NYU in 1999.
Jon Goff Jonathan has a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in
Manufacturing Engineering from Brigham Young University. Jonathan is a recognized
expert in the area of cis-lunar architecture and low cost space flight systems. Jonathan
has been instrumental in the design and testing of the XV500LIT and XVT750LIT
engines.
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Alex Heiche Alex Heiche is the Executive Vice President of Zero Gravity Corporation. Mr. Heiche
graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland
in College Park, MD. In 1995 he became the Director of Marketing and Product Man-
ager for ICARUS Corporation in Rockville, Maryland. While at ICARUS, Mr. Heiche
oversaw the marketing of Artificial Intelligence (AI) engineering software and services
to petrochemical, chemical, utility, pulp and paper, food and nuclear power industries
worldwide. In 2000 Mr. Heiche became the Vice President of Sales, Marketing and
Business Development for Livingnexus in Arlington, Virginia. Later in 2002, Mr. He-
iche worked for OC Systems as their Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business
Development. OC Systems specialized in the development and marketing of enterprise-
wide application monitoring systems and software development testing/debugging tools.
Customers included variety of Federal Government and Fortune 1000 software compa-
nies. Mr. Heiche became the Senior Vice President of Seneca One in 2006 which is
located in Bethesda, Maryland. Seneca One provides cash and finance raising strategies
to annuity recipients. Mr. Heiche joined ZERO-G in 2009 where he helps oversee the
marketing and development of weightless flights for entertainment, research, education
and filming purposes.
John Hines Mr. Hines is the Biomolecular Systems Research Program (BSRP) program manager
and manager of the AstroBionics group at NASA Ames Research Center.
Derek Derek Hinspater is currently the lead of the DCSS Propulsion Analysis group at United
Hinspater Launch Alliance.
John Hogan John Hogan is an Environmental Scientist at NASA Ames.
Dave Dave Huntsman is a 34-year NASA engineer with extensive experience in space oper-
Huntsman ations, system engineering and integration and large domestic and international space
program management while working at several NASA Centers including the Johnson
Space Center, NASA Headquarters, and most recently the Glenn Research Center in
Cleveland. His positions have included Skylab flight controller; space shuttle systems
and payloads flight controller for 25 shuttle flights; system engineering and program
management in both the Space Shuttle and Space Station Program Offices, in the lat-
ter as head of System Engineering and Project Integration; and head of the Systems
Engineering, and Engineering Design and Analysis Divisions at NASA Glenn. He has
served as the Chairman of the Board of the non-profit Japan-America Society of North-
east Ohio.He received his Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering from the University of
Cincinnati and has done other studies at the University of Houston, Middlebury Col-
lege, and Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. He is currently the Special Assistant for
Innovative Space Systems Solutions at the NASA Glenn Research Center.
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Robert Mr. Jacobson is President of Desert Sky Holdings, LLC and Co-Founder of the 62 Mile
Jacobson Club. Robert’s professional experience includes real estate marketing & brokerage,
music performance/production, business development, and publishing. He is the co-
founder of 62MileClub a business dedicated to broadening and mainstreaming the ‘New
Space’ movement. Desert Sky Holdings was notably the first institutional style investor
in XCOR Aerospace, a prominent ‘New Space’ engineering firm. Robert currently works
closely with Desert Sky Holdings portfolio companies in the areas of business innovation
and development. He attended the University of Southern California where he studied
Music and Business. Robert also holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts.
Belgacem Dr. Belgacem Jaroux is Chief of the Small Satellite Division at NASA Ames Research
Jaroux Center, as well as the director of the Mission Design Center, also at Ames. He is also a
Consulting Professor for the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at Stanford.
Nicole Jordan Nicole Jordan is the Team Liaison for the Google Lunar X-Prize.
Mike Joyce Next Giant Leap was founded in November of 2007 by Mr. Michael Joyce and forms the
core of the organization. By leveraging his business and leadership abilities, Michael has
built a small but focused team that is unsurpassed in terms of experience and resources.
Robert Kelso Rob Kelso is the manager of Lunar Commercial Services for NASA. He has been with
NASA for 35 years. He has a bachelor degree in physics and an MBA. During the
1980’s and 90’s, Rob served as a Space Shuttle Flight Director in Mission Control
for 25 missions. In 2000, Rob served as the Deputy Director for Safety and Mission
Assurance at NASA Johnson Space Center. In 2002, Rob took a senior rotational
assignment to the Houston Technology Center in accelerating innovative technologies
within entrepreneurial startup companies. Rob then lead the technology investing at
the Johnson Space Center for several years before occupying his current post of engaging
the private sector in early lunar service capabilities. Rob has been awarded both the
NASA Exceptional Service Medal and the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal.
Pete Klupar Pete Klupar is the Director of Engineering for Earth Observation Through Small Satel-
lites at NASA Ames.
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Amaresh Amaresh is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Earth2Orbit, LLC, which is a global
Kollipara provider of satellite launch services. Earth2Orbit works with the Indian Space Research
Organization to provide commercial launch services to a variety of satellite clients. In
addition to his role at Earth2Orbit, Amaresh serves as a management consultant and
financial advisor to a generation of entrepreneurs by helping them develop viable busi-
nesses and prepare for the world of venture finance. Amaresh’s vision to provide man-
agement guidance to entrepreneurs led him to co-produce the first and second annual
Space Venturing Forum, an entrepreneurial event hosted by the National Space Society.
Amaresh enjoyed a successful career with the Strategy group of Accenture, where he
managed key strategy offerings and developed recommendations for Global 500 clients
such as Cisco, HP, and Siemens. He specialized in creating business cases, operational
plans, Internet strategies, and M&A assessments. He has been influential in pricing
multi-million dollar private equity deals as well as in assisting clients to strategically
allocate large-scale investments. Amaresh holds an MBA degree from the Graduate
School of Business at Columbia University. He also earned a B.A. in Molecular and Cell
Biology with an emphasis in Neurobiology from the University of California at Berkeley.
Eva-Jane Lark Eva-Jane Lark is a Vice-President and Investment Advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns,
one of Canadas largest full-service investment firms. For over 20 years, she has provided
expert advice on a wide variety of investment and wealth management issues. In 2003,
EVA revived her childhood passion for seeing humanity live and thrive beyond Earth.
Researching the state of the space industry, she began to consider how to contribute
to such a future by taking a more active role. She has presented papers at space
conferences, starting with the Investment Financing of Exploration. In that effort,
she took a probing look at how historical journeys of exploration had been funded,
discovering a number of parallels facing the space exploration community today. She
has been invited as a speaker and panelist to discuss topics including: financing for new
space companies and markets; business accelerators; business case issues facing Space-
based Solar Power as a future energy source; and for her insights as a keen observer
of the emerging new space industries. She was among the contributors to the NSSOs
(National Security Space Office) Space-Based Solar Power Architecture Study in 2007,
with her work featured as the studys central business case analysis. She has been both
a guest and a guest host on The Space Show and is the creator, author and host of the
newly launched “EVA Interviews: The Business of the new Space Age”. Eva-Jane Lark
is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute and holds an Honors Bachelors Degree
in Commerce. She is a member of the Management Advisory Board for the Center for
Space Power at Texas A&M University (now called SERC Space Engineering Research
Center).
Charles Lauer Mr. Lauer is a graduate of the University of Michigan College of Architecture & Urban
Planning. He is Vice President of Business Development for Rocketplane, Inc. He is
also a successful real estate consultant and developer, and the President of Peregrine
Properties, Ltd. in Lansing, Michigan. Mr. Lauer has been responsible for negotiating,
obtaining regulatory approvals and arranging financing for over $350 million in numerous
successful real estate development projects. He has been researching and developing
potential business opportunities in space since 1991, and has published numerous general
interest articles and technical papers on commercial space development. Mr. Lauer has
been a consultant to Boeing, NASA and several space start-ups on commercial space
development. He is now actively involved in several new spaceport projects around the
world; and is an Advocate and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Space Frontier
Foundation.
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John Lewis John S. Lewis, Professor of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona, has research
interests in two distinct areas: applications of chemistry to planetary sciences, and space
development. The former program includes modeling of chemical processes in the early
Solar System, condensation-accretion models of the terrestrial planets and giant-planet
satellite systems, the compositional relationships between meteorites, asteroids, comets,
and planets, and the chemical evolution of planetary atmospheres and surfaces. His
other interests center on the characterization and economic development of the material
and energy resources of near-Earth space. Lewis is the author of numerous books on
planetary science and space development, including Space Resources: Breaking the
Bonds of Earth (with Ruth A. Lewis, 1987), Resources of Near-Earth Space (principal
editor, 1993), Rain of Iron and Ice: The Very Real Threat of Comet and Asteroid
Bombardment (1996), Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets,
and Planets (1996), Physics and Chemistry of the Solar Sytem (1997), Worlds Without
End: The Exploration of Planets Known and Unknown (1998), and Comet and Asteroid
Impact Hazards on a Populated Earth: Computer Modeling (1999). Dr. Lewis is also
on the Board of Directors of the Space Studies Institute.
David Dr. David Livingston is a business consultant, financial advisor, and strategic planner.
Livingston He currently specializes in solving business problems for entrepreneurial operations,
start-ups, and businesses with ten or fewer employees. Dr. Livingston is also an accom-
plished personal speaker, writer and consultant in the area of future space exploration.
He has lectured extensively on the topics of: business ethics and corporate responsibility
for off-Earth business ventures and New Space Industries, and he has written a Code
of Ethics for Off-Earth Commerce. In addition, Dr. Livingston frequently lectures on
venture capital financing for new space businesses, RLVs and space tourism, effective
business planning, and developing solutions to the barriers to space enterprise. Liv-
ingston has spoken at or had papers presented at many international space conferences,
including Space and Robotics, The Mars Society conferences, the Lunar Development
Conference, the IAA, the Cato Institute, the World Space Conference, and the National
Space Society Conference. Dr. Livingston has also served as an adjunct professor in
the Graduate School of Business at Golden Gate University teaching Entrepreneurship
and Small Business Management. He earned his BA from the University of Arizona,
an MBA in International Business Management from Golden Gate University in San
Francisco, and his doctorate in business administration (DBA) at Golden Gate. His
doctoral dissertation was titled Outer Space Commerce: Its History and Prospects.
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Jim Logan Dr. Jim Logan has held numerous positions in his eighteen-year career at NASA in-
cluding Chief of Flight Medicine where he was the personal physician to the astronauts
and their families and Chief of Medical Operations. He served as Mission Control Sur-
geon, Deputy Crew Surgeon or Crew Surgeon for twenty-five space shuttle missions and
Project Manager for the Space Station Medical Facility, developing the initial design
for a telemedicine-based inflight medical delivery system for long duration missions.
After a year at NASA Headquarters as the Medical Liaison Officer for the Life Sci-
ences Division and the Space Station Program Office, he left the space agency to serve
as Provost for International Space University, Strasbourg, France. Upon returning to
the USA, he consulted for The RAND Corporation and created Logan & Associates,
Inc., an independent telemedicine consulting firm. A founding board member of the
American Telemedicine Association, Dr. Logan served as a telemedicine resource for
a variety of professional organizations including a stint as Telemedicine Clinical Direc-
tor for the DOD’s Pacific Regional Program Office at Tripler Army Medical Center in
Honolulu. Dr. Logan returned to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in 1999 and is now a
senior aerospace medical officer in the Clinical Services Branch of the Space Medicine
Division. Board certified in Aerospace Medicine and recipient of NASA’s Distinguished
Speakers Award, his lecturing activities have taken him around the world. As an expert
in space medicine and biomedical issues for long-duration spaceflight, Dr. Logan has
been featured on the Public Broadcast System (PBS), CanadaAM, The History Channel
and numerous radio talk shows. He is a co-founder of Space Medicine Associates and
currently writing a book entitled Frontier and Destiny: Risks, Riches and Renaissance
in the Solar System.
Michael Michael Marlaire is the Director of Partnerships at NASA Ames.

Marlaire
Gary Martin Mr. Martin currently works as the Director of New Ventures and Communications at
NASA Ames. He began his career at NASA in 1990 and has worked at both NASA
Headquarters and at Goddard Space Flight Center. He began in the Office of Space
Science at NASA Headquarters before moving to Goddard Space Flight Center, as a
Program Integration Manager for two space science organizations (Structure and Evo-
lution of the Universe and the Astronomical Search for Origins). He was the chief
of a GSFC office created to manage technology programs for Headquarters, such as,
the Cross-Enterprise Technology Program, Earth Science Technology Office, and the
agency’s Small Business Innovative Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Pro-
gram. Mr. Martin returned to Headquarters in 2000 and served as Assistant Associate
Administrator for Advanced Systems in NASA’s Office of Space Flight. During this
time, he chaired multi-enterprise, multi-center strategic planning teams, the Decadal
Planning Team and the NASA Exploration Team. He was named NASA’s Space Archi-
tect in October 2002, and led the development of strategic architectures and identified
high-level requirements for new space systems. These studies became the foundation
for the Nation’s Vision for Space Exploration. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Martin was
detailed from NASA to serve as the director of the Summer Studies Program (SSP) at
the International Space University.
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Dave Masten David Masten is a manufacturing, mechanical, and information technology engineer
with extensive experience in managing complex IT projects for Cisco Systems, Andi-
amo Systems, and SBC/Ameritech (now AT&T). As past President of the Bay Area’s
Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS), David oversaw the development of
the KISS hydrogen peroxide flight vehicle, the Gizmocopter VTVL test platform, and
numerous bipropellant and monopropellant engine development projects and tests.
Chris McKay Dr. Christopher P. McKay, Planetary Scientist with the Space Science Division of NASA
Ames. Chris received his Ph.D. in AstroGeophysics from the University of Colorado in
1982 and has been a research scientist with the NASA Ames Research Center since that
time. His current research focuses on the evolution of the solar system and the origin
of life. He is also actively involved in planning for future Mars missions including hu-
man exploration. Chris been involved in research in Mars-like environments on Earth,
traveling to the Antarctic dry valleys, Siberia, the Canadian Arctic, and the Atacama
desert to study life in these Mars-like environments. He was a co-I on the Titan Huy-
gen’s probe in 2005, the Mars Phoenix lander mission in 2008, and the Mars Science
Laboratory mission for 2011. He is the deputy program scientist for Constellation - the
NASA program for future human exploration of the Moon and Mars.
David Morrison David Morrison is the senior scientist at the NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames
Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., where he participates in a variety of research
programs in astrobiology – the study of the living universe. Dr. Morrison obtained his
doctorate in astronomy from Harvard University. He is the author of more than 155
technical papers and has published a dozen books. He has been a science investigator
on NASA’s Mariner, Voyager and Galileo space missions. Morrison is recipient of the
Dryden Medal for research of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
the Sagan Medal of the American Astronomical Society for public communication, and
the Klumpke-Roberts award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for contributions
to science education. He has received two NASA Outstanding Leadership medals and
he was awarded the Presidential Meritorious Rank for his work as director of space at
NASA Ames. Morrison was a founder of the multidisciplinary field of astrobiology, and
he provides on-line answers to questions from the public sent to “Ask an Astrobiologist,”
found at http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/astrobio/. Morrison is perhaps best known for his
leadership since 1991 in defining the hazard of asteroid impacts and seeking ways to
mitigate this risk. Asteroid 2410 Morrison is named in his honor.
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James Muncy James A. Muncy founded PoliSpace, an independent space policy consultancy, in early
2000 to help space entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs succeed at the nexus of business,
public affairs, and technology. His clients have included several companies in the emerg-
ing private human space flight industry, firms offering commercial services to NASA
spaceflight programs, and government managers of Air Force military space projects.
Immediately prior to establishing PoliSpace, Muncy spent over five years working for the
U.S. House of Representatives. Before joining congressional staff in late 1994, Muncy
spent nine years as a space policy and marketing consultant for various clients including
NASA, NOAA, several private firms, and the not-for-profit space community, while also
securing a graduate degree. In the mid-1980’s he worked for two and a half years as
a policy assistant in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under
President Reagan. Muncy began his career in space policy in 1981 as a staff advisor
in the Office of Congressman Newt Gingrich. Muncy co-founded the Space Frontier
Foundation in 1988 and served as its Chairman of the Board for six years. Earlier he
had served on the Board of Directors of both the National Space Society and the L5
Society. Muncy holds an MS in Space Studies from the Center for Aerospace Sciences
at the University of North Dakota and a BA from the University of Virginia, where he
was an Echols Scholar.
Kevin Myrick Kevin Myrick started InterPlanetary Ventures with the idea of creating partnerships
between companies, organizations and individuals interested in space eXploration, Re-
search snd Development. InterPlanetary Ventures is a membership based corporation
that provides opportunities for our members to get involved in space related activi-
ties, and achieve their space related goals. Their goal is to create the terrestrial and
space based infrastructures required to support humanity’s permanent expansion into
the bountiful reaches of our solar system, and then to continue to provide support for
people who want to get into space and for people living and working in space.
Clive Neal Neal uses petrology and geochemistry to investigate the environment from planetary
differentiation to heavy metal pollution. His research is not constrained to the earth
and his research projects use samples and geophysics to explore the moon as well as
studies of Martian meteorites. His interests also include the evolution of the moon and
Mars and the origin of the solar system. Neal is chair of NASAs Lunar Exploration
Analysis Group (LEAG) and also sits on the Planetary Science Subcommittee of the
NASA Advisory Council. He also is chair of the readiness assessment team for the
JOIDES Resolution, a riserless drilling vessel operated by the Integrated Ocean Drilling
Program for scientific exploration of the ocean floor.
Stewart Stewart Nozette is the Mini-RF Principal Investigator on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Nozette andd Co-investigator on Chandrayaan-1.
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John Olson Dr. Olson is the Director of the Directorate Integration Office (DIO) in the Exploration
Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. He
is Responsible for a broad range of Exploration architecture and integration activities
including Lunar and Mars architecture development and refinement, International part-
nerships and bi-lateral discussions as part of the Global Exploration Strategy, Commer-
cial Partnerships, and integration of Science and other government agencies. Prior to
assuming his current role, Dr. Olson was the Exploration Transition Manager in ESMD
at NASA Headquarters, where he was responsible for directing, integrating, and coor-
dinating all exploration transition activities, processes, plans, and structures in support
of the NASA Transition from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program.
He started his NASA career as the Manager of International Space Station (ISS) Oper-
ations in the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) at NASA Headquarters.
Prior to joining NASA in June 2004, Dr. Olson served in the US Air Force in several
capacities, most recently as the Chief of the Test, Operations, and Programs Division
in the Space Vehicle Operations Directorate at Kirtland AFB NM where he was an
X-vehicles program manager and space acquisition leader.
Tom Olson For nearly a quarter-century, Thomas Andrew Olson has been a business systems engi-
neer and analyst in the Communications, Aerospace, and Publishing sectors. In addi-
tion, he has worked in an investment analysis and operations capacity in the Financial
Services area (cash and fund management). A serial entrepreneur, he helped found Ex-
odus Group as a way to bridge the gap of understanding between entrepreneurial space
tech startups and Angel/VC/Institutional investors seeking new opportunities. He is
also on the organizing committee for the “Space Investment Summits”, a semi-annual
event bringing together interested investors and entrepreneurs for knowledge sharing
and professional networking.
Milind Dr. Milind Pimprikar is listed in the “World’s Who’s Who” and the “Oxford Dictionary
Pimprikar of International Biography.” He was nominated as an individual of “National Interest”
by the Government of Canada. Dr. Pimprikar is founder and chairman of CANEUS, a
network of countries developing micro and nanotechnologies for aerospace applications
as well CANEUS NPS, an entity to produce nano and pico satellites for mass commer-
cialization. He is also chairman of the Centre for Large Space Structures and Systems
in Montreal, Canada.
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Bruce Pittman Bruce Pittman is the President of the Silicon Valley Space Club and a Founding Member
of the Alliance For Commercial Enterprise in Space, and has been involved in high
technology product development, project management and system engineering for over
30 years. He spent 11 years working at the NASA Ames Research Center working on a
number of flight projects including Pioneer Venus, IRAS, and several advanced studies
programs, and is now back at Ames under a Space Act Agreement as the Director, Flight
Projects for the NASA Commercial Space Portal/ACES. He has also worked with NASA
as a consultant on a number of projects including the High Speed Civil Transport (1997-
1998), the Lunar/Mars program (1989-1991) and Space Shuttle Processing (1987-1988).
Startups and early stage companies have always been very alluring for Bruce and he
has participated in a number of such efforts including SpaceHab, Kistler Aerospace,
New Focus, Product Factory, Prometheus II Ltd., and Industrial Sound and Motion.
Bruce was a founding team member of both SpaceHab and Kistler Aerospace which have
raised more than $700 million in private financing and Bruce helped New Focus grow
from 150 people to 2000 people in 2 years and where revenues increased from $25 million
to $150 million including a very successful IPO. Bruce co-founded Profit Engineering
Technologies a high tech consulting firm in 1994 to develop tools and methodologies
to assist project teams and organizations to perform better, produce superior results
and have more fun doing it. Bruce has provided training, consulting and mentoring to
a number of Fortune 100 companies and government. Bruce has a BS in Mechanical
Engineering from U. C. Davis and a MS in Engineering Management from Santa Clara
University.
Michael Potter First time documentary film maker Michael Potter, who is one degree of separation
from most of the key players in this remarkable and historic epic, is an expert on
international technology and business projects. Potter, has published extensively on
technology policy issues. Potter worked together with the key figure in the “Orphans of
Apollo” Walt Anderson in creating a publicly traded pan-European telecommunications
network. Potter previously worked on the 13 part WGBH Series, “War & Peace in the
Nuclear Age.” Michael is a graduate of the London School of Economics. He serves on
the Board of Trustees of the International Space University.
Rich Pournelle Rich Pournelle has been involved in start-ups companies for over ten years. His previ-
ous experience includes work as the Director of Business Development at XCOR, and
involvement in the software and telecommunications for many years. He is now working
on a book with his father. He began his career as staff assistant to congressman Bill
Thomas and in this role developed the THOMAS legislative information system for the
Library of Congress. Most recently, he was co-founder of WarrantyNow and helped the
company raise more than $18 million in equity before its acquisition by CNET. Mr.
Pournelle has a communications degree from UCLA.
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Dan Rasky Dan Rasky serves as the Space Portal Director and NASA Senior Scientist, and also
co-founded of the Space Portal. He has been a significant contributor to flight hard-
ware for seven NASA flight systems, including the Shuttle, DC-XA, SHARP-B1&B2,
Mars/Pathfinder, DS-II, MER Spirit & Opportunity, and Stardust. His work partic-
ularly helped enable the Stardust comet sample return mission. He is also a former
Chief for the Thermal Protection Materials and Systems Branch at Ames and an in-
ternationally recognized expert for thermal protection and entry systems. He began
his professional career working for a small Aerospace Company (Acurex) doing R&D
contracting work for the Air Force. He currently serves as a member of the business
evaluation team for COTS.
Bob Richards Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards is the Founder and CEO of Odyssey Moon Limited, a com-
mercial lunar enterprise based in the Isle of Man and the first official registrant in the
$30M Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. He is also the Director of Space Technology
at Optech Incorporated of Canada, where he presided over the first commercial lidar
scanner flown in space as well as the first meteorological lidar flown to another planet
aboard the NASA Phoenix Mars Lander. Bob studied aerospace and industrial engi-
neering at Ryerson University; physics and astronomy at the University of Toronto; and
space science at Cornell University where he became special assistant to Carl Sagan.
In 1987 Bob founded the International Space University (ISU) with Peter Diamandis
and Todd Hawley, where he served as the university’s first Associate Administrator for
Strategic Planning and chaired the board’s administrative and strategic planning com-
mittees during ISU’s first phase of development. Today Bob continues to serve on the
Board of Trustees of ISU. Bob first joined forces with Diamandis and Hawley in the
creation of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS).
Rex Ridenoure Rex Ridenoure has been a champion of and active participant in the emerging market
sector of private and commercial space missions to the Moon and beyond since 1980.
For the first 20 years of his career while working at Hughes, Lockheed and JPL, Rex
made significant technical contributions to more than a dozen pioneering space projects.
In the late 1990s he successfully transitioned into the entrepreneurial space arena. He
was co-recipient with three other engineers of a 1999 Laurel Award (the aerospace “Os-
car”) for playing a key role in the 1998 salvage of the stranded HGS-1 comsat, using
a novel orbit method that made HGS-1 the first commercial spacecraft to reach the
Moon’s distance. From 1998-2000 Rex was Chief Mission Architect at SpaceDev, one of
the first commercial space-exploration and development companies. During 2000-2001
he was Chief Mission Architect and VP for Commercial Payloads at BlastOff! Cor-
poration, which made the most progress to date toward sending the first commercial
spacecraft to the surface of the Moon. Since co-founding Ecliptic in 2001, he has di-
rected stra’egic planning and partnering, business development, marketing and sales.
Ecliptics popular RocketCam product family is the worlds leading brand of onboard
video systems for use with rockets and spacecraft. Ecliptic was a team member on the
pioneering SpaceShipOne effort and will support future ‘space-tourist’ missions offered
by the path-finding commercial space company Space Adventures. Rex earned his M.S.
in Aeronautics from Caltech in 1979, and his B.S. from Iowa State University (Ames)
in 1978.
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Guillermo Managing Director, Space Angels Network. Guillermo Söhnlein has spent almost ten
Söhnlein years in leadership roles with various technology startups in the Washington D.C. area
as well as Silicon Valley. His recent East Coast ventures include an online service
helping commuters to share rides, a mobile games distribution platform, and a Web-
based communication suite for small and mid-sized businesses. Previously, he was Co-
founder of a San Francisco-based speech recognition application development firm that
was acquired in 2001. Guillermo is the Founder and Chairman of the International
Association of Space Entrepreneurs, an online community focused on promoting global
entrepreneurship in space ventures. He served on active duty in the United States
Marine Corps as a Judge Advocate and currently serves on various Advisory Boards and
teaches entrepreneurship. Guillermo earned an A.B. in Economics from the University
of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College
of the Law.
Gwynne Ms. Shotwell has built the Falcon vehicle family manifest to 13 launches, representing
Shotwell almost $400M in revenue. In addition to developing the customer base, she is also
responsible for all strategic relationships and licensing. Her experience prior to SpaceX
includes ten years at the Aerospace Corporation where she held positions of increasing
responsibility in Space Systems Engineering and Technology and Project Management.
Highlights include promotion to Chief Engineer of an MLV-class Satellite program,
managing a landmark study for the Federal Aviation Administration’s on Commercial
Space Transportation, and completing an extensive space policy analysis for NASA’s
future investment in space transportation. After Aerospace Corporation, Mrs. Shotwell
was recruited to be Director of the Space Systems Division at Microcosm, where she
served on the Executive Committee and directed corporate business development. Mrs.
Shotwell received, with honors, her Bachelors and Master’s Degree from Northwestern
University in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. She is a member of
the Board of Directors for the California Space Authority, the Chair of the AIAA Space
Systems Technical Committee, and Chair for the Frank J. Redd Student Scholarship
competition. She has authored papers in a wide variety of areas including standardizing
spacecraft/payload interfaces, conceptual small spacecraft design, infrared signature
target modeling, Space Shuttle integration, and reentry vehicle operational risks.
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Jeffrey Smith Dr. Smith has served as the Deputy Chief of the Entrepreneurial Initiatives Division.
which is responsible for partnership development, new business services, and intellec-
tual property management at NASA Ames Research Center. The Division supports
teams the devlopment of more than 100 public/private partnerships each year that
leverage NASA Ames resources and expertise with the commercial, academic and inter-
governmental sectors. In addition to his Division management responsibilities, Dr.
Smith manages the Ames Greenspace, which provides strategy, planning and imple-
mentation support for the diverse portfolio of green initiatives and partnerships hap-
pening across the Center. Prior to his current assignment with NASA, Dr. Smith
has been the manager for Ames Space Life Sciences Research Branch and the Ames
Acceleration Facilities Office (2003-2006). Prior to that, as a Computer scientist for
NASA (beginning in 1996), he performed numerous basic and applied research stud-
ies and technology development/evaluation projects for NASA which have focused on
cell biology, gravitational biology, biological data visualization technologies, life sciences
spaceflight hardware testing and computer-based simulation for astronaut training. He
has published over 40 journal articles, proceedings, technical reports and abstracts in
the scientific literature. Recently (2006-2007) Dr. Smith served a 1-year fellowship to
the Program Analysis and Evaluation Office at NASA Headquarters where he partic-
ipated and led Agencywide studies and analyses on topics spanning the One NASA
Initiative, IT Tools Management, workforce planning, small satellite missions and the
NASA safety Center. Before taking his current position as the Deputy Chief for the En-
trepreneurial Initiatives Division (2007-2008) Dr. Smith worked for the Ames Office of
Strategic Management and Advanced Planning to support Ames Center-level objectives
including the development of Green Initiatives and new partnerships.
Paul Spudis Paul D. Spudis is a Senior Staff Scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Hous-
ton, Texas. He was formerly with the Branch of Astrogeology, U. S. Geological Survey in
Flagstaff, Arizona and the Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel MD. He is a geologist
who received his education at Arizona State University (B.S., 1976; Ph. D., 1982) and
at Brown University (Sc.M., 1977). Since 1982, he has specialized in research on the
processes of impact and volcanism on the planets and studies of the requirements for
sustainable human presence on the Moon. He is a former member of the Committee for
Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX), an advisory committee of the National
Academy of Sciences, and the Synthesis Group, a White House panel that in 1990-1991,
analyzed a return to the Moon to establish a base and the first human mission to Mars.
He was Deputy Leader of the Science Team for the Department of Defense Clementine
mission to the Moon in 1994 and currently, is the Principal Investigator of an imaging
radar experiment on the Indian Chandrayaan-1 mission, now orbiting the Moon since
October 2008. He was a member of the Presidents Commission on the Implementation
of U. S. Space Exploration Policy, whose report was issued June, 2004 and in September
2004, was presented with the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his work
on that body. He is the recipient of the 2006 Von Karman Lectureship in Astronautics,
awarded by the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is the author
or co-author of over 100 scientific papers and three books, including The Once and
Future Moon, a book for the general public in the Smithsonian Library of the Solar
System series, and (with Ben Bussey) The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, published in
2004 by Cambridge University Press.
Kevin Stirling Kevin Stirling is the writer and producer of the film “Moon Beat”.
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Dennis Stone Dennis Stone is Assistant Manager for Commercial Space Development in NASA’s Com-
mercial Crew & Cargo Program at the Johnson Space Center. This Program manages
NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) initiative. During both
COTS competitions, he chaired the Business Committee. He also negotiated the Pro-
gram’s agreements with unfunded commercial space transportation partners. He leads
efforts to support this emerging industry as a whole. Prior to his COTS assignment,
Dennis spent 20 years in NASA’s Space Station Program in a variety of positions, includ-
ing Chief System Engineer of the Assured Crew Return Vehicle, Manager of Avionics
Integration, and Co chair of the ISS Commercialization Working Group. Prior to NASA,
he worked for McDonnell Douglas, Ford Aerospace, and Rockwell. Throughout his ca-
reer, he has encouraged efforts to build the commercial space industry. Dennis serves
as volunteer President of the World Space Week Association which coordinates UN-
declared World Space Week, celebrated each October 4-10 in over 50 nations. He has
bachelor degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawaii.
He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA and Advocate of the Space Frontier Foundation.
Tom Taylor Thomas C. Taylor is an entrepreneur, inventor and a Professional Civil Engineer in
the commercial aerospace industry. His goal is building commercial space projects in-
cluding an unmanned transportation cargo service to and from the moons surface with
Lunar Transportation Systems, Inc. Since 1979, Tom has helped to form 22 differ-
ent entrepreneurial aerospace startup companies with four successful commercial space
startup companies raising a total of $1.2 billion in private equity financing. Startup
Company Examples include: SPACEHAB, Inc., a pressurized payload module in the
space shuttle offering Manned Tended Mid-deck lockers to NASA and the public at a
reduction of the cost by a factor of ten compared to a previous Spacelab Module. Kistler
Aerospace Corporation offered a two-stage reusable launch vehicle (RLV) to low Earth
orbit at a potential cost saving, roughly $516m over a 12-launch sequence compared to a
Delta II. Lunar Transportation Systems, Inc., an unmanned logistics service anticipat-
ing commercial cargo to the moons surface at commercial rates with scalable hardware.
LTS proposes privately financed services for commercial lunar development. The goal
is a sustainable commercial transportation system for the moon to permit NASA to
explore Mars.
Rick Tumlinson Named by Space News as one of the world’s top “Visionaries” and one of the hundred
most influential people in the space movement, Rick is a Texan and was a protege
of Gerard K. O’Neill at the Space Studies Institute, founder of the Space Frontier
Foundation (whose first $50 came from the Heinleins), a founding trustee of the X Prize
and a lead witness 6 times at House and Senate hearings on the future of NASA, the
U.S. space program and space tourism. Rick helped create or find funding for many
NewSpace firms and projects and ran the $25 million Foundation for the International
Non-governmental Development of Space (FINDS). He co-founded LunaCorp, which
produced the first commercial to be shot in space, signed up Dennis Tito as the first
commercial space flight participant and led the team which leased the Russian Mir space
station for a year (the world’s first commercial space facility.) He helped kick-start the
Lunar Prospector project which discovered water on the Moon, was a member of the Air
Force’s DC-X single stage rocket team, produced the first paid political announcement
for space, was the Sci Fi channel’s founding space expert, and did the core media used
to fund the International Space University, the X-33 and other projects. Rick was one of
only 20 outsiders invited by the White House to witness President Bush’s announcement
of his space exploration initiative to return to the Moon and go to Mars.
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John Vornle Mr. Vornle is a Director of Long Term Capital Corporation (since 1992), Grupo NM,
S.A. (since 1995), and Strategic Monitored Services, Inc. (since 1996). He is the former
Chief Underwriter for Continental Insurance’s financial guarantee program.Mr. Vornle
managed several different insurance products and new product development at Conti-
nental Insurance (1985 - 1992), and was a director of several insurance companies and
insurance and investment related organizations. He was previously a commercial banker
at European American Bank. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University
and a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University’s Graduate
School of Business.Mr. Vornle is fluent in French and German.
David Webb For the past 25-years David Webb has been a consultant in the development of aerospace
policies and related technical fields to government agencies, major corporations, univer-
sities and non-profit organizations nationally and internationally. He was elected Chair-
man of the Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the Second
United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, held
in Vienna Austria. There he organized a 12-day program with 120 speakers from around
the world covering a broad range of topics incorporating all aspects of space exploration
and development. He was appointed by President Reagan as one of 15-members of the
National Commission on Space, mandated by Congress to prepare a bold and visionary
fifty-year space agenda for the United States. He has been invited to testify before
Congressional Committees on a number of occasions and maintains contacts with the
White House Office of Science and Technology, Congressional Committees on Science,
Technology and Space, NASA, DOD, USAF, FAA, JPL, Los Alamos and Lawrence
Livermore Laboratories.
Bob Werb Bob Werb was an active partner in Rivercrest Realty Investors from 1976 until 2001.
Rivercrest Realty Investors is a privately held, real estate firm that owns and manages
a portfolio of garden apartments, shopping centers and office buildings with properties
in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina and Florida. Since 2001 he has
assumed a more passive role in Rivercrest and has been spending more time working on
a variety of projects including the Space Frontier Foundation. Bob is one of the three
founders of the Space Frontier Foundation.
Dennis Wingo Dennis Wingo is the author of the recently published book, “Moonrush: Improving
Life on Earth with the Moon’s Resources.” He is also the CTO of Orbital Recovery
Corporation and president of Skycorp, Inc. He is a 22-year veteran of the computer,
academic, and space communities and was an integral force in the use of commercial
systems for use in space and flew the first MacIntosh on the Space Shuttle as experiment
controller. Orbital Recovery Corporation is developing a way to extend the life of
satellites by up to ten years or more and SkyCorp Inc. has developed a patented
approach to the development of highly capable spacecraft manufactured on orbit on the
Space Shuttle or International Space Station. SkyCorp has also qualified payloads for
flight to the station via the Russian Soyuz vehicle, one of which was used in the filming
of a commercial last year for the American retailer Radio Shack. Mr. Wingo received
his degree in Engineering Physics at the University of Alabama in Huntsville where he
won honors for his academic publications and for his unique approach to small satellite
development.
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Pete Worden Dr. Simon P. (“Pete”) Worden (Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.) (born 1949, in Michigan)
is Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center (ARC) at Moffett Field, Calif. Before
joining NASA, he held several positions in the United States Air Force and was research
professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He is a recognized expert
on space issues both civil and military. Dr. Worden has authored or co-authored more
than 150 scientific papers in astrophysics, space sciences, and strategic studies. He
served as a scientific co-investigator for two NASA space science missions, and received
the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for the 1994 Clementine mission. He has
been named the 2009 Federal Laboratory Consortium Laboratory Director of the Year.
Edward Wright Edward Wright is Teachers in Space project manager, chairman of the United States
Rocket Academy, and a long-time Advocate of the Space Frontier Foundation.
Steve Dr. Zornetzer is Director of Information Sciences and Technology at NASA’s Ames Re-
Zornetzer search Center. He is an internationally recognized leader in revolutionary, information
technology-based approaches to aerospace and space exploration missions. The breadth
of his expertise ranges from basic research in cognitive, perceptual, and neural sciences
to integrative biology, biological information processing, molecular biology, genetic en-
gineering, and biomedical science. He plans, directs, and coordinates the technology,
science, development, and operational activities for research and advanced technology
development in information technology. Dr. Zornetzer also serves as principal ad-
visor and consultant to senior management officials at Ames Research Center, other
NASA Centers, and other Government agencies in matters concerning supercomputing,
optical systems, networks, and intelligent systems. Before joining NASA in 1997, he
headed the Personnel Optimization and Biomolecular Science and Technology Depart-
ment, formerly the Life Sciences Directorate, for the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Dr. Zornetzer was widely recognized for his leadership and vision at ONR and received
a Presidential Meritorious Rank in 1991 and again in 2001.
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Conference Organizers
William William Watson is presently Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF).
Watson He endeavors to create new business relationships for the Foundation and to commu-
nicate their vision. Will Chaired NewSpace 2008 and NewSpace 2007 in DC and was
part of the SFF’s management team during NewSpace 2006 in Vegas. Before the Foun-
dation, Will worked for the Tauri Group as an analyst on the Space Foundation’s The
Space Report and on spaceport related business development. Mr. Watson’s profes-
sional involvement with the NewSpace industry started with his graduate placement
at the Transformational Space Corporation, LLC (t/Space). Will received his Master’s
in Space Management (MSM) from the International Space University (ISU) in Stras-
bourg, France. The MSM graduate program focuses on aerospace business, marketing
and law. Prior to ISU, Mr. Watson received a BA in Russian Literature & History
from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has studied in Moscow at
Lomonosov University and as part of the Institute for Biomedical Problems’ Summer
space program.
James Pura James has severed as Editor of the Space Frontier Foundation’s monthly newslet-
ter, NewSpace News, since November of 2007. He is currently a senior Mechani-
cal/Aerospace student at University of California, San Diego. He also is President of
the UCSD chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS),
a member of AIAA and the National Space Society.
Ryan McLinko Ryan McLinko, one of the lead conference organizers, is a graduate of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in the degree of Aerospace Engineering. Starting in the fall,
he will begin pursuing a Masters degree in the same field also at MIT. At each of
the summers during his tenure at MIT, he has interned with various organizations
and companies: the Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project, InfoScitex Corporation, United
Launch Alliance, and SpaceX. This experience is to be utilized in plans to assist the
newspace launch vehicle companies, such as SpaceX and Orbital, in reducing the cost of
putting people and payload into orbit. His primary area of interest is in structural design
and analysis as well as systems integration, particularly of components onto a structure.
On the side, he is heavily involved in various organizations and projects. Organizations
of primary involvement include the Space Frontier Foundation, the Students for the
Exploration and Development of Space, and the American Institute for Aeronautics
and Astronautics. As part of the SFF, he is both this years conference co-chair as well
as an advocate. As part of SEDS, he has maintained the position of Vice Chair for
the past few years. As part of the AIAA, he has led the MIT chapter for the past
couple of years as President. Most of his time, however, is spent in various engineering
side projects, such as the MIT Satellite Team, Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project, MIT
Rocket Team, MIT Power Beaming Team, UAV Team, and Space Architects Group.
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NewSpace 2009:

Flags and Footprints – or the New Frontier?

Friday, July 17, 2009 – Welcome to NewSpace 2009

Speaker Biographical Information 20

Ames Area Maps 42

Friday, July 17, 2009 – Welcome to NewSpace 2009

08:45PM – 10:00PM Orphans of Apollo, Extended Edition

10:00PM – 10:45PM Orphans Q&A Session

11:00PM – 02:00AM Networking and Cocktail Reception

Saturday, July 18, 2009 – Enabling the Future

08:30AM – 09:00AM Welcome to the Conference

09:00AM – 09:30AM Ames Opening Keynote

09:30AM – 10:20AM Ames Small Satellites

10:20AM – 10:40AM Networking Break

10:40AM – 11:30AM Ames Commercial Space Efforts

11:30AM – 12:20PM Ames Public/Private Partnerships

12:30PM – 01:30PM Lunch: COTS Networking (Ticketed Event)

01:30PM – 01:45PM Isle of Man Presentation

02:30PM – 03:10PM Orbital Fuel Depots: Fueling the Frontier

03:10PM – 03:30PM Coffee and Networking Break

03:30PM – 04:15PM Suborbital Point-to-Point: Going Places or Taking Us For a Ride?

05:15PM – 05:30PM Featured Speaker: Humanity’s Future in Space

Sunday, July 19, 2009 – The Business of New Space

08:30AM – 08:40AM Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition Introduction

08:40AM – 09:40AM Business Plan Presentations

09:40AM – 10:00AM Networking Break

10:00AM – 11:00AM Business Plan Presentations

11:00AM – 11:20AM Networking Break

11:20AM – 12:00PM Judges Comments and Reviews

12:00PM – 01:00PM Boeing Lunch (Ticketed Event)

02:00PM – 02:20PM Featured Speaker: Commercial Lunar Opportunities

02:20PM – 03:00PM Commercial Lunar Opportunities Panel

03:00PM – 03:20PM Networking Break

05:15PM – 07:00PM Reception

09:00PM – 02:00AM Networking and Cocktails

08:30AM – 09:00AM Featured Speaker: Can We Even Live on Other Worlds?

10:00AM – 10:40AM Featured Speaker: The Role of Commercial Space in Exploration

10:40AM – 11:00AM Networking Break

11:00AM – 01:00PM Lunch: Teachers in Space (Ticketed Event)

James Muncy (Session Chair) – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, President,

02:45PM – 03:05PM Networking Break

03:05PM – 04:00PM Science of Settlement

04:00PM – 04:15PM Featured Speaker

04:15PM – 05:15PM Where Do We Go from Here?

10:30PM – 02:00AM Networking and Cocktail Reception

DNK Co., Ltd

NASA Ames Research Center

National Space Society

Space Age Publishing Company and International Lunar Observatory Association

Space Angels Network

Space Frontier Foundation

Space Investment Summit

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)

Astronaut Teacher Alliance

International Space University

Lost Arts Media and Entertainment

National Space Society

Space Investment Summit

Space Teddy Bear Collection by ZSpace

Space Tourism Society

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)

The Development of Outer Space: Book Signing

VirtuePlay Lunar Explorer

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