Space Access 2013 - The Agenda

Below is the schedule for Space Access 2013.  As the conference goes on I'll update this with links to the talks.

Thursday April 11^th

8 am - Hospitality Opens, coffee in the conference hall lobby

9 am - Henry Vanderbilt, Space Access - Welcome & Brief Introduction

9:05 - Henry Spencer - Asteroids: What (Little) We Know, How Much We Don't, And How To Fix That

9:55 - Alex Bruccoleri - Selected Physics Concepts for Rocketeers

10:25 - midmorning break, coffee in the conference hall lobby

10:55 - New Mexico Museum of Space History/Bill Gaubatz  on the DC-X

11:25 - AeroPac (Carmack Prize Winner) - Ken Biba

11:55 - NewSpace Watch, Space-For-All/Clark Lindsey - The Next Killer Space App: Some Candidates

12:15 pm - Doug Plata - Lunar COTS

12:30 - break for lunch

2 pm - John Schilling - Advanced (Non-Rocket) Propulsion Systems

2:30 - NASA Ames/Bruce Pittman - Commercial Space Scenarios: Effects On NASA And The National Economy Of Potential Developments Through 2025

3:10 - Rice University Space Studies Professional Graduate Program/Dagmar Beck

3:40 - midafternoon break

4:10 - John Burgener - Massive Earth Impacts: Some Anomalies In The Record

4:40 - Garvey Spacecraft - John Garvey

5:10 - Martin Elvis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics - Astronomy Challenges Of Identifying Ore-Bearing Near-Earth Asteroids

5:40 - Ben Brockert, Able Space - alumnus of Masten Space and Armadillo has a new company

6 pm - break for dinner

8 pm - Panel Discussion: Planetary Defense - We live in a cosmic shooting gallery.

8:45 - Deep Space Industries - Rick Tumlinson

9:15 - Stratofox Aerospace Tracking Team - Ian Kluft - Stratofox Participation in the California Near Space Project's CNSP-18 Transcontinental/Transatlantic Stratospheric Balloon

9:35 - HySor Student Hybrid Rocket Team - Bryce Schaefer

9:55 pm - end of Thursday program

Friday April 12^th

8 am - Hospitality Opens, Registration & coffee in the conference hall lobby

9:00 - Lee Valentine, Chairman SSI - Introduction

9:05 - Gary C Hudson, President SSI - SSI Introduction and Status Of Programs

9:20 - Al Globus, San Jose State University at NASA Ames - Paths To Space Settlement

9:45 - Joe Carroll, Tether Applications - Are We Preparing To "Live Beyond Earth, Sustainably And Indefinitely"?

10:10 - Lee Valentine, Chairman SSI - Systems Considerations For A Robust Closed Environment Life Support System

10:30 - midmorning break, coffee in the conference hall lobby

11:00 - James Bennett, co-founder AMROC - The Quest For Unobtainium: New Perspectives On The Economics Of Colonization, And Their Implications For Space Settlement Strategies

11:20 - David Valentine, University of Minnesota - Stories As Technologies 

11:40 - Concluding Panel Discussion & Questions

            12:30 - break for lunch

2 pm - Resume Space Access Sessions

2:00 - Frontier Astronautics - Tim Bendel

2:30 - SpeedUp/Luna City Enterprises - Bob Steinke, Osa Fitch - Impulse Turbine Generator For Rocket Applications

2:50 - XLSpace - Michael Carden

3:05 - STAR Systems/Hermes Spacecraft - Mark Longanbach

3:30 - NSS, ISDC - Veronica Zabala

3:40 - midafternoon break

4:10 - Orbital Outfitters - Jeff Feige

4:45 - Sugar Shot To Space - Rick Maschek

5:05 - LiftPort - Michael Laine

5:30 - Infinity Aerospace - Brian Rieger - ArduLab: Open Sourcing Space

5:50 - Tethers Unlimited - Gerry Nordley

6:05 - break for dinner

8 pm - Doug Messier of Parabolic Arc - America's Rocket Renaissance: Opportunities, Possibilities, and Threats

8:30 - Unreasonable Rocket - Paul Breed

9:05 - Misuzu Onuki - Newspace Dynamics in Japan

9:30 - Arizona State University School of Earth & Space Exploration - Dr David Williams - NASA Solar System Exploration Update

Saturday April 13th

8 am - Hospitality Opens, coffee in the conference hall lobby

9 am - Panel Discussion: World Space Programs & Projects.

9:40 - FAA AST/Michelle Murray

10:20 - midmorning break, coffee in the conference hall lobby

10:50 - XeneCore - Joe Latrell - Solid Filled Composite Technology

11:05 - XCOR Aerospace - Jeff Greason

11:55 - United States Rocket Academy - Ed Wright - Lynx Cub Payloads

12:10 - John Griffith, Bennet Cowdin - Harder Than It Looks: Trial & Error In A Stratospheric Balloon Project

12:25 - break for lunch

2 pm - Golden Spike - Doug Griffith - On The Shoulders Of Apollo: How Golden Spike Plans To Lead The Next Wave Of Human Lunar Exporation

2:30 - Firestar Technologies - Greg Mungas

3 pm - Rand Simberg of Transterrestrial Musings - Safe is Not An Option

3:25 - Space Frontier Foundation - Sara Meschberger

3:35 - midafternoon break

4:05 - Jim Muncy of PoliSpace - What's What In Washington

4:45 - Panel Discussion: Crowdfunding Your Venture

5:30 - Panel Discussion: Post-LEO Policy

6:10 - end of Saturday program

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