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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 bySFF Founder Rick Tumlinson. Following this will be a screening of the film Orphansof Apollo, which tells the extraordinary true story of a small group of entrepreneurswho 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 witha special session organized by NASA Ames, which will explore public and privatepartnerships, small satellites, and commercial space initiatives at this leading edgeresearch center. The afternoon will investigate what opportunities the future holdsfor 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 andunsuccessful 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. Tothis end, it will investigate not only what destinations exist and how they will beutilized, 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 notonly to commemorate Apollo, but to investigate what Apollo means to the future.
Contents
Schedule Overview 2Detailed Schedule 4Sponsors 14Exhibitors 17Speaker Biographical Information 20Volunteers 42Ames Area Maps 42Conference Organizers 45
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NewSpace 2009: Flags and Footprints – or the New Frontier?
July 18–20, 2009 Mountain View, CA
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Schedule Overview
Schedule Overview
Friday, July 17, 2009 – Welcome to NewSpace 2009
08:15PM – 08:45PM Manifesto for the Frontier - A Space Frontier Vision08:45PM – 10:00PM Orphans of Apollo, Extended Edition10:00PM – 10:45PM Orphans Q&A Session11:00PM – 02:00AM Networking and Cocktail Reception
Saturday, July 18, 2009 – Enabling the Future
07:30AM – 08:30AM Registration & Networking08:30AM – 09:00AM Welcome to the Conference09:00AM – 09:30AM Ames Opening Keynote09:30AM – 10:20AM Ames Small Satellites10:20AM – 10:40AM Networking Break10:40AM – 11:30AM Ames Commercial Space Efforts11:30AM – 12:20PM Ames Public/Private Partnerships12:30PM – 01:30PM Lunch: COTS Networking (Ticketed Event)01:30PM – 01:45PM Isle of Man Presentation01:45PM – 02:30PM Big Opportunities in Tiny Satellites: NewSpace and Nanosats02:30PM – 03:10PM Orbital Fuel Depots: Fueling the Frontier03:10PM – 03:30PM Coffee and Networking Break03:30PM – 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 Space06:00PM – 02:00AM Networking and Cocktail Reception
Sunday, July 19, 2009 – The Business of New Space
07:30AM – 08:30AM Registration & Networking08:30AM – 08:40AM Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition Introduction08:40AM – 09:40AM Business Plan Presentations09:40AM – 10:00AM Networking Break10:00AM – 11:00AM Business Plan Presentations11:00AM – 11:20AM Networking Break11:20AM – 12:00PM Judges Comments and Reviews12:00PM – 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 Opportunities02:20PM – 03:00PM Commercial Lunar Opportunities Panel03:00PM – 03:20PM Networking Break03:20PM – 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 Defeat05:00PM – 05:15PM Featured Speaker: NewSpace in the Hawaiian Islands – Stepping Stones to the Stars!05:15PM – 07:00PM Reception09:00PM – 02:00AM Networking and Cocktails
Monday, July 20, 2009 – Apollo 11 Anniversary: Moon, Mars and Beyond
07:30AM – 08:30AM Registration & Networking08:30AM – 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 Future10:00AM – 10:40AM Featured Speaker: The Role of Commercial Space in Exploration10:40AM – 11:00AM Networking Break11:00AM – 01:00PM Lunch: Teachers in Space (Ticketed Event)01:00PM – 02:00PM The Watch Presents: Asteroids – The Threat and Promise02:00PM – 02:45PM Behind the Architecture: What Goals Should Drive Exploration?02:45PM – 03:05PM Networking Break03:05PM – 04:00PM Science of Settlement04:00PM – 04:15PM Featured Speaker04:15PM – 05:15PM Where Do We Go from Here?06:00PM – 10:30PM Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Gala10:30PM – 02:00AM Networking and Cocktail Reception
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