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NewSpace 2011: The Next Big ThingJuly 28-30, 2011, Silicon Valley, CA

The Space Frontier Foundation‘s annual conference, NewSpace 2011, is one of the most important commercial spaceconferences in the nation, which will be on July 28-30 at NASA Ames Research Center. Lori Garver, Deputy NASA

Administrator will present the opening keynote on Thursday morning, kicking off a great conference. This is the thirdyear that the conference has been here in Silicon Valley and we are working to grow this into THE premier commercial

space event in the world. The theme of this year’s conference is “The Next Big Thing”.

Thursday, July 28, 2011The Big Thing of TodayProgramming on Thursday will kick off with “The Big Thing of Today”, which will addressthe current state of not only the NewSpace industry, but also the critical partnershipbetween the growing commercial industry and civil space and will feature a roundtable ofthe leadership of the different NASA Centers.

Friday, July 29, 2011The Big Thing of TomorrowFriday will carry on with “The Big Thing of Tomorrow‘’, which will feature a BusinessPlan Competition and our ever popular “War Stories” panel. An international approachto NewSpace will be examined as we lead into a discussion on how business is bringing usever closer to affordable and reliable access to space. Friday will also seek to investigatewhat opportunities and markets exist in the near term

Saturday, July 30, 2011The Future is the Really Big ThingSaturday will focus on “The Future is the Really Big Thing”, which will explore whatopportunities await us in the future and will feature a panel on “The Promise of NewS-pace,” which will be comprised of high-level visionaries from across the industry. Finally,the conference will close Saturday night with the star-studded NewSpace Awards Gala.

Contents

Letter from the Foundation 2

Schedule Overview 3

Detailed Schedule 5

Sponsors and Partners 14

Exhibitors 17

Speaker Biographical Information 22

Conference Team 44

Local Area Maps 45

Notes 48

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Letter from the Foundation

NewSpace 2011 Attendees,

Space is awe-inspiring, exhilarating, thrilling, inspirational... Whateverword you use to describe it, you know it, I know it, and that’s why you’rehere. As a kid, you might have looked up at night and wondered what itwould be like to see stars actually from space, or what the curvature of theEarth would look like with your own eyes. My friends, we’re closer thanever to making that a reality for everyone.

What sets you apart from the others, though, is that you also knowthat space is a place, not a program. It’s a place where things likesuborbital and orbital flights, cutting-edge research, truly clean energy,advanced communication and transportation is all possible and feasible– all while making the world a better place down here on Earth for everyone.

And yet, we’re at a crossroads. As you’re reading this, you might behearing about the last shuttle flight on the news, and how the newsreporters are calling it “the end of the space program.” Or you might bereading about how NASA’s technology budget is about to be gutted...CCDEV, COTS, and other commercial space initiatives are fighting fortheir very existence at the moment. This is all while the Apollo-erapersonalities are shaking their heads and thinking about “what could’vebeen.” Its time to roll up our sleeves and get to work.

We’ve gotten together here at NewSpace 2011 to figure out how theleaders of the space industry world-wide can work together and help eachother turn space into a self-sustaining, growing industry that leads to thepermanent human settlement of space, unbelievable scientific discoveries,cheap and reliable space transportation, and a commercial space industrythat turns into an economic powerhouse.

While youre here, feel free to strike up a conversation in a hallway. Shareideas, interview potential business partners, meet new clients, and watchthe future of commercial space blossom in front of your eyes during theBusiness Plan Competition. Listen to fresh, new ideas from the industry’sbest. And then go grab your tux or your evening gown and come to theNewSpace Awards Gala where we celebrate the best and brightest. Myfriends, the conference is yours.

Onwards and Upwards,

James PuraDirector & NewSpace 2011 Assistant Chair

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Schedule Overview

Schedule Overview

Thursday, July 28, 2011 – The Big Thing of Today07:00am – 08:00am Registration/Networking08:00am – 08:15am Opening Remarks From Jim Muncy08:15am – 09:00am Working Together: Shuttling, Exploring, Settling09:00am – 10:15am Suborbital Spaceflight: Now Boarding10:15am – 10:45am Networking Break10:45am – 12:00pm Orbital Spaceflight and Beyond12:00pm – 01:30pm Lunch: The Potential in Government/Commercial Partnership01:30pm – 02:00pm Public-Private Partnerships: Back to the Future of Space Development02:00pm – 03:15pm NASA Leadership Roundtable: Commercial Partnerships03:15pm – 03:45pm Networking Break03:45pm – 05:00pm Government/Commercial Roundtable I: Customer Base Development for Orbital Science Platforms05:00pm – 05:30pm NASA’s Challenges Certifying and Acquiring Commercial Crew Transportation Services05:30pm – 06:00pm A Commercial Spaceflight Story07:00pm – 08:30pm Young Professionals Networking Dinner08:00pm – 10:00pm Annual SFF Advocates Meeting

Friday, July 29, 2011 – The Big Thing of Tomorrow07:30am – 08:30am Registration/ Networking08:30am – 09:00am Exploring New Markets09:00am – 09:15am NewSpace Incubator09:00am – 10:30am Business Plan Competition10:30am – 10:45am Networking Break10:45am – 12:00pm War Stories from the Entrepreneurial Frontier12:00pm – 01:30pm Lunch: Settlement is a Verb!01:30pm – 02:00pm The International Space Frontier02:00pm – 02:30pm The NewSpace Approach to International Markets02:30pm – 03:00pm Networking Break03:00pm – 04:30pm Government/Commercial Roundtable II: Low Cost, Reliable Access to Space04:30pm – 05:00pm Supporting Commercial Space Development05:00pm – 06:30pm Networking Reception06:00pm – 07:00pm SpaceX Info Session07:00pm – 10:00pm #NewSpaceTweetup!

Saturday, July 30, 2011 – The Future is the Really Big Thing07:30am – 08:30am Registration/Networking08:30am – 09:00am New Technologies and New Directions09:00am – 10:15am Beyond Earth - NEO Destinations10:15am – 10:45am Networking Break10:45am – 12:00pm Hotels to Homesteads: What Technology will Bring us From LEO to Permanent Settlements12:00pm – 01:30pm Lunch: “2061 - Kennedy + 100” The Next Fifty Years in the Space Frontier01:30pm – 02:00pm How Commercial Space Can Enable Science02:00pm – 03:15pm Futuristic Concepts: Visions of a New Tomorrow03:15pm – 03:45pm Networking Break03:45pm – 05:00pm The Promise of NewSpace06:00pm – 10:00pm NewSpace Awards Gala

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We invite you to be part of history. The Space Frontier Foundation will be hosting the 2011 NewSpaceAwards Gala on Saturday, July 30 at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose. Begin the evening at 6pm to meetand mingle with the most influential individuals in the industry. Enjoy drinks, appetizers and top notch

entertainment by the Magnolia Jazz Band in the Siskiyou Room. Following the Advocate pinningceremony at the end of the cocktail hour, the elegance continues next door in the Donner Room with live

jazz, wine, and a candlelit sumptuous multi-course meal prior to the Awards Ceremony. As this is a formalevent, evening wear is recommended.

Let your followers keep up with this conference. Use #NewSpaceCon!

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Detailed Schedule: Thursday, July 28, 2011

Detailed Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, all sessions will be held in the ballroom, with meals being held in the mezzanine/showroom.Exhibitors and Networking will be held in the Fireside room.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

7:00am – 8:00am Registration/Networking

8:00am – 8:15am Opening Remarks From Jim Muncy

Jim Muncy – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, President, PoliSpace

8:15am – 9:00am Working Together: Shuttling, Exploring, Settling

As Deputy Administrator at NASA and a long-time supporter of commercial space develop-ment, Lori Garver has worked tirelessly to promote policy in favor of commercial providers.During her opening keynote, she will not only share her thoughts and experiences working inone of the highest positions at NASA, but will give an inside look at what is being done topromote favorable commercial space policy, develop government/commercial partnerships, andwhat she thinks can be done to make a permanent human presence in space a reality.

Lori Garver – Deputy Administrator, NASA

9:00am – 10:15am Suborbital Spaceflight: Now Boarding

Suborbital spaceflight has long been a stepping stone for groups looking to launch into orbit.However, it has become a popular destination for many space startups due to its huge potentialin markets such as tourism and low-gravity research. With the world on the verge of a spacerevolution, suborbital spaceflight has proven to be a major step in privatizing space.

Gary Martin (moderator) – Director, Code V, NASA AmesDouglas Maclise – Manager, Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program, NASASean Mahoney – Head of Business Operations, Masten Space SystemsKhaki McKee – Program Manager, XCOR AerospaceWill Pomerantz – Vice President, Virgin Galactic

10:15am – 10:45am Networking Break

10:45am – 12:00pm Orbital Spaceflight and Beyond

For decades, orbital spaceflight has been restricted to only the wealthiest government spaceprograms. What can be done to support commercial orbital companies and what are companiesdoing to open up Earth orbit for commercial applications?

Dennis Stone (moderator) – Manager, Program Integration, Commercial Crew and CargoProgram, NASAMaria Collura – Acting Deputy Director, Commercial Crew Program, NASA KSCGarrett Reisman – Astronaut Safety and Mission Assurance, SpaceXMark Sirangelo – Chairman, Sierra Nevada Space SystemsGerard Szatkowski – SmallSat Project Manager, United Launch Alliance

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12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch: The Potential in Government/Commercial Partnership

The new level of partnership between government and commercial space is both excitingand complex. Dr. Nield is the Associate Administrator for the FAA’s Office for CommercialSpace Transportation and has been spearheading ongoing efforts to facilitate and promote safegrowth in the commercial space industry. During the event, he will expand on the interestinginterrelationship between NASA and the FAA in regards to commercial crew plans. Dr. Nieldhas over 30 years of aerospace experience with the Air Force, NASA, and private industry. Hecame to FAA from the Orbital Sciences Corporation, where he served as Senior Scientist forthe Advanced Programs Group.

George Nield – Associate Administrator, Commercial Space Transportation, FAA

1:30pm – 2:00pm Public-Private Partnerships: Back to the Future of Space Development

As Senior Adviser for Commercial Space at NASA and a leader of numerous private spaceorganizations, Charles Miller is highly knowledgeable in all things space. With such diversehigh-level experience in both the public and private sectors, Miller is uniquely qualified todiscuss the importance of public/private partnerships and how they can be utilized in thefuture. He also discusses the NACA model and how it is largely responsible for the commercialairline industry we know today.

Charles Miller – Senior Advisor for Commercial Space, NASA

2:00pm – 3:15pm NASA Leadership Roundtable: Commercial Partnerships

NASA will play a vital role in the development of the commercial space sector, but whatexactly can they do for commercial space? What do they plan to get from helping privatecompanies? Leaders from some of the biggest NASA locations come together to give answersto these questions, and to discuss current developments at their centers, the potential forgovernment/commercial partnerships, and what role they see their centers playing in thefuture of commercial space.

Rebecca Keiser (moderator) – Associate Deputy Administrator for Policy Integration, NASARobert Cabana – Director, NASA KSCArthur Goldman – Deputy Director, NASA MarshallSteve Jurczyk – Deputy Director, Langley Research CenterPete Worden – Director, NASA Ames Research Center

3:15pm – 3:45pm Networking Break

3:45pm – 5:00pm Government/Commercial Roundtable I: Customer Base Development for Orbital SciencePlatforms

With the final shuttle mission currently underway, the International Space Station and privatespace stations - such as Bigelow’s expandable modules - will need both transportation and adiverse customer base. Who will buy time and space aboard orbital platforms? How do wepromote the development of such a market? What capabilities already exist, and how can webest utilize them? And once the market has been established, how will we best utilize payloadspace and launch capability?

Doug Comstock (moderator) – Director, Innovative Partnership Program, NASACorky Clinton – Senior Advisor for Commercial Space, NASA Office of Chief TechnologistKen Davidian – Director of Research , FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST)Jeff Smith – Branch Chief, Radiation & Space Biotechnologies, NASA AmesDennis Stone – Manager, Program Integration, Commercial Crew and Cargo Program, NASAErika Wagner – Senior Director, Exploration Prize Development, X PRIZE Foundation

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Detailed Schedule: Thursday, July 28, 2011

5:00pm – 5:30pm NASA’s Challenges Certifying and Acquiring Commercial Crew Transportation Services

NASA Inspector General Paul Martin discusses his recent report on the difficulties facingNASA as they look to commercial companies to get their astronauts to the International SpaceStation and Low-Earth Orbit.

Paul Martin – Inspector General, NASA

5:30pm – 6:00pm A Commercial Spaceflight Story

Mark Sirangelo, Chairman of Sierra Nevada Space Systems, shares his experiences of workingwith and leading one of the world’s most high-profile commercial space companies, sheddinglight on why he believes humans should explore space, how we have gotten to where we aretoday, and what role the commercial sector should play in the future.

Mark Sirangelo – Chairman, Sierra Nevada Space Systems

7:00pm – 8:30pm Young Professionals Networking Dinner

Calling all Young Professionals, Students, and Volunteers! Come join each other for a chanceto network with space enthusiasts of our generation over some food and drinks. The dinnerwill begin with a short introduction to the Foundation and some of its partner societies andthen you’re free to mingle. This is an informal event designed for young professionals to meeteach other at the start of the conference. Hosted at the Doubletree Hotel.

Rick Hanton – Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS-USA)Michael Laine – International Space UniversityMy-Linh Truong – Space Frontier FoundationRick Tumlinson – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, Orbital Outfitters

8:00pm – 10:00pm Annual SFF Advocates Meeting

This event is FREE to all Advocates of the Space Frontier Foundation. Although lightrefreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served, we recommend that Advocates eat dinnerbeforehand. This event will be taking place at the Doubletree Hotel.

James Pura – Advocate Coordinator, Space Frontier Foundation

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Friday, July 29, 2011

7:30am – 8:30am Registration/ Networking

8:30am – 9:00am Exploring New Markets

Come hear Virgin Galactic’s CEO as he explains why spaceflight is important to humanity ashis company steps forward, proving the grounds of an unknown market.

George Whitesides – President and CEO, Virgin Galactic

9:00am – 9:15am NewSpace Incubator

Want to start a NewSpace company in Silicon Valley? Come hear how the Silicon Valley SpaceCenter is here to place the next generation of NewSpace startups in a trajectory based on thesame successful model as Silicon Valley computer companies.

Sean Casey – Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Space Center

9:00am – 10:30am Business Plan Competition

The NewSpace 2011 Business Plan Competition is an event which brings together promisingnew business startups working to help develop the final frontier, with investors, business leadersand space advocates. Startup companies developing products/services that are directly space,space-related, or “space scalable” are invited to participate. The judges for the competition areskilled and experienced professionals in the investment and business development communities,hailing from around the country. This year there were 25 entries, and 5 Finalists were selectedto present. The Competition is sponsored by NASA and the Heinlein Prize Trust. Awardsthis year are $25,000 first prize, a $5,000 second price, and $2,500 for a third place finish. Butevery participant receives valuable exposure in the investor community. Judges include:

Hoyt Davidson – Founder and Managing Partner, Near Earth LLCArt Dula – CEO, Excalibur AlmazSteve Goldberg – Partner, VenrockAmaresh Kollipara – Co-founder & Managing Partner, Earth2Orbit LLCXander Mahony – Investment Professional, Draper Fisher Jurvetson


10:45am – 12:00pm War Stories from the Entrepreneurial Frontier

Come hear the good, the bad, and the ugly of starting commercial space ventures from peoplewho’ve lived it through the past three decades. Not for the faint of heart.

Bruce Pittman (moderator) – Flight Projects Director, NASA Ames Space PortalSean Mahoney – Head of Business Operations, Masten Space SystemsJeffrey Manber – Managing Director, NanoRacks, LLCJess Sponable – Chief Engineer of Reusable Boost System, AFRLThomas Taylor – Lunar Transportation Systems, Inc.Max Vozoff – Vice President of Business Development, Innovative Space Propulsion Systems

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Detailed Schedule: Friday, July 29, 2011

12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch: Settlement is a Verb!

Ever since Columbia, national policymakers have begun talking about human settlement ofspace as the “ultimate” goal of human spaceflight or exploration. All too often settlementbecomes an imagined “end state”, either the iconic O’Neill colony or a more vague notion ofmillions of humans spread across the solar system. And when you attempt to assess a givenpolicy, program or technology in the context of that goal, most space professionals end uppushing the goal to the right, making it less threatening to the status quo, and ultimatelyunachievable. But settlement is not the end state: it is actually the normal human activity ofexploring, developing, and inhabiting a new place. Settlement is not a noun, it is also a verbform. The only question is: what is its tense?

Jim Muncy – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, President, PoliSpace

1:30pm – 2:00pm The International Space Frontier

How do commercial satellite companies compete as the most profitable sector of the commercialspace industry in a quickly evolving and highly competitive market? Clay Mowry will presenthis unique insights on the global commercial satellite & launch markets, highlighting currentmarket drivers, trends, and competition.

Clayton Mowry – President, Arianespace Inc.

2:00pm – 2:30pm The NewSpace Approach to International Markets

Bob Richards will present his perspective on international opportunities for NewSpaceventures. He will present how entrepreneurial companies are leveraged for and dependent onpursuing international markets.

Bob Richards – Co-Founder & CEO, Moon Express, Inc.


3:00pm – 4:30pm Government/Commercial Roundtable II: Low Cost, Reliable Access to Space

Scored as a high priority for NASA’s Office of the Chief Technologist, Low Cost, ReliableAccess to Space is a challenge for everyone in the space sector. This discussion will focus onthe business case, technology investments, and market attempts at work in driving costs below$2k per lb.

Preston Carter (moderator) – Director, NASA’s Gamechanging Technologies DivisionJim Ball – Program Manager for Spaceport Development, NASA KSCCharles Miller – Senior Advisor for Commercial Space, NASATom Shelley – President, Space AdventuresJess Sponable – Chief Engineer of Reusable Boost System, AFRLAlfred Tadros – VP U.S. Government Solutions, Space Systems LoralHenry Vanderbilt – Founder, Space Access SocietyMichael Wright – Senior Research Scientist, NASA Ames

4:30pm – 5:00pm Supporting Commercial Space Development

Hoyt Davidson presents conclusions to the NASA study which summarized the key risks con-straining commercial space development, discussed different types of investors and their riskprofiles, looked at historical case studies of space related investments for lessons learned, evalu-ated NASA‘s current commercialization support programs and explored new initiatives to helpmeet NASA’s objectives.This is the first public release of the NASA Report on Commercial Space Industry.

Hoyt Davidson – Founder and Managing Partner, Near Earth LLC

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5:00pm – 6:30pm Networking Reception

6:00pm – 7:00pm SpaceX Info Session

Interested in working for SpaceX? Come hear how SpaceX develops rockets and spacecraftfor missions to Earth orbit and beyond. We are committed to becoming the world’s premierespace services company by substantially improving both the reliability and cost efficiency ofspace transportation, ultimately by a factor of ten. SpaceX was founded with the long-termgoal of enabling humanity to become a space-faring civilization.

7:00pm – 10:00pm #NewSpaceTweetup!

The #NASATweetup is a social event open to the space enthusiastic public and conferenceattendees. It will be held at the Hacker Dojo to integrate hacker entrepreneurship with thecommercial space community. Come join us and enjoy food, beverages, and space giveaways.There will even be a special appearance of Cosmobot, the drink mixing robot! The Dojo is afew blocks from the Ames facility, and there will be carpools from Ames and the conferencehotel available. This event is sponsored by the Space Frontier Foundation, Hacker Dojo, SpaceTravelers Emporium, SpaceUp, Mission Clock, and Yuri’s Night.LOCATION: 140 South Whisman Road Mountain View, CA

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Detailed Schedule: Saturday, July 30, 2011

Saturday, July 30, 2011

7:30am – 8:30am Registration/Networking

8:30am – 9:00am New Technologies and New Directions

Commercial markets will have an ever increasing role in the way that NASA does business,and how NASA will utilize the power of the commercial sector into the 21st century will helpto define the extent of our future in space. Dr. Dan Rasky, as Director for the EmergingCommercial Space Office at NASA Ames, has continually worked towards improving thecommunication and interaction between the commercial sector and NASA, and is uniquelysuited to discuss how this interaction will drive the future of the space program to be the nextbig thing.

Dan Rasky – Director, NASA Ames Space Portal

9:00am – 10:15am Beyond Earth - NEO Destinations

The future of Solar System Exploration, regardless of the midterm goals and steps, will ulti-mately be dependent on the usage of the resources of Near Earth Objects and the Asteroidbelt. How will we go about using these resources, and how can we obtain them will be a criticalquestion to ask in the future of in Space development. Furthermore, assuring that we havethe technology to effectively deflect asteroid hazards as they become apparent will representkey developments in our future explorations. With new directions in our Space program, keydevelopments in this sector are set to rapidly advance into the next several decades.

John Karcz (moderator) – NASA AmesBrad Bailey – Senior Scientist, NASA Lunar Science InstituteBrad Blair – Mining Engineer and Mineral Economist, Space Studies InstituteDavid Morrison – Senior Scientist, NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames Research Center


10:45am – 12:00pm Hotels to Homesteads: What Technology will Bring us From LEO to Permanent Settlements

As recent technological developments point to, near term destinations in LEO are set tobecome “Space Hotels”–small research and lodging facilities capable of supporting a smallnumber of individuals for a short amount of time. Once this happens, the next logicalquestion becomes– ”how will we move forward from today–launching of small hotels into Earthorbit–and move towards larger scale settlement architectures? What kind of technologies andinvestments are we going to need? Panelists will provide a variety of perspectives towards thefuture of this key field.

Taber MacCallum (moderator) – Co-Founder, Paragon Space SystemsJoe Carroll – Tether Applications, IncMarc Cohen – Architect P.C., AstrotectureJohn Hogan – Advanced Life Support Systems, NASA Ames Space BioengineeringIrene Schneider – CEO & Founder, Ihrenes Space Enterprises

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12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch: “2061 - Kennedy + 100” The Next Fifty Years in the Space Frontier

As leader of the team that leased Mir, Founder of the first commercial company to create afully functional spacesuit, and named one of the world‘s top visionaries by Space News, RickTumlinson always seems to be a few steps ahead when it comes to space development. He isa Co-founder of the Space Frontier Foundation and a founding Trustee of the X-Prize so hedoesn’t just predict the future, he makes it happen. He will be giving a presentation titled“‘2061 - Kennedy + 100’ The Next Fifty Years in the Space Frontier”. It’s sure to leaveeveryone truly believing in the bright future of commercial space.

Rick Tumlinson – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, Orbital Outfitters

1:30pm – 2:00pm How Commercial Space Can Enable Science

Commercial Space is entering a new era that promises lower cost and more frequent accessto space. By concentrating initially on the small and the practical, and setting aside currentneeds of the existing market, major strides are being made. Space Scientists need to adoptthis approach. It won’t be easy, but by rethinking priorities and aggressively incorporatingnew technologies, experimental space science can be reborn, inspiring another generation withdramatic new explorations of our Solar System, neighboring planetary systems, and the grandsweep of the Universe beyond.

Webster Cash – Professor, University of Colorado, New Worlds Observer

2:00pm – 3:15pm Futuristic Concepts: Visions of a New Tomorrow

While many methods will certainly be taken to reach the stars, there are a multitude of visionsfor what we will do once we get there. This panel will feature individual panelists thoughtsand visions for getting to the future, and what kind of future in space awaits us.

Esther Dyson (moderator) – Chair, EDventure HoldingsBruce Pittman – Flight Projects Director, NASA Ames Space PortalJohn Spencer – Founder and President, Space Tourism Society


3:45pm – 5:00pm The Promise of NewSpace

What does the future hold for the space industry? What will be the future of NewSpace, andhow will we go about reaching new promise as we set sail on this new sea?

Chris McKay – Planetary Scientist, Space Science Division, NASA AmesRick Tumlinson – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, Orbital OutfittersPete Worden – Director, NASA Ames Research Center

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Detailed Schedule: Saturday, July 30, 2011

6:00pm – 10:00pm NewSpace Awards Gala

Join the Space Frontier Foundation in honoring the winners of the NewSpace Awards at the2011 NewSpace Awards Gala, at the San Jose Doubletree Hotel. The NewSpace Awards aimto recognize outstanding achievements toward advancing NewSpace and opening the spacefrontier. The awards are voted on by the Space Frontier Foundation Board and presented atthe annual NewSpace Conference Gala. Please note that evening wear attire is recommended.

The awards winners to be honored this year are:

• NanoRacks, LLC - Vision to Reality - For outstanding achievement in the developmentand operation of a device, system, or entity that forwards the opening of the SpaceFrontier.

• Live Free or Die, (Troy Rising) - Vision of the Future - For outstanding achievement inpresenting the possibilities of the Space Frontier to the general public.

• Yuri’s Night - Best Presentation of Space - For outstanding achievement in highlightingpast and present events in space exploration and development.

• Rand Simberg - NewSpace Journalism - For outstanding achievement in journalismspotlighting NewSpace.

• Kyle Schember and Ryan Stuit - Service to the Frontier - For outstanding achievementin volunteer service to the Space Frontier Foundation.

The winners of the We Are Space Competition and the Business Plan Competition will berecognized as well.

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Sponsors and Partners

Churchill ClubChurchill Club is Silicon Valley‘s premier business and technology forum. The 25 yearold, 7,000 member, nonprofit organization has built a reputation for dynamic, in-the-news programs featuring Silicon Valley CEOs, up-and-coming executives and nationalleaders. Members of the Churchill Club represent a range of industries, companies,and expertise. Individual and corporate members include influential leaders from Sili-con Valley’s top companies, managers of both technical and non-technical groups, en-trepreneurs, and executives from the service sector. Churchill Club provides an indepen-dent forum where leaders who are driving change exchange ideas, opinions, and view-points. Churchill Club is known for its smart, provocative and often irreverent programs.Churchill Club has hosted noted luminaries Marc Andreessen, Steve Ballmer, CraigBarrett, Michael Capellas, John Chambers, Jim Clark, Larry Ellison, Steve Forbes, BillGates, Andy Grove, William Hewlett, Rich McGinn, Scott McNealy, Lew Platt, SherylSandberg, and Eric Schmidt.

Magnolia Jazz BandThe Magnolia Jazz Band brings fun and elegance to celebrations throughout the SanFrancisco Bay Area. At weddings, parties, and banquets, our fans enjoy the popu-lar standards, jazz classics, and Latin favorites – from a strolling trio to a swingingdance combo. Preview the fun you’ll enjoy at our Awards Gala on July 24. Pleasevisit MagnoliaJazz.com for music samples, testimonials, videos, photos, and our publicschedule.

Moon Express, Inc.Selected by Forbes as one of the ‘15 Names You Should Know’, Moon Express (MoonEx)is a privately funded lunar transportation and data services company based at the NASAAmes Research Park in Silicon Valley. The company was founded by Naveen Jain, aphilanthropist, entrepreneur and technology pioneer who founded Intelius and InfoSpaceand serves as chairman; Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards, a founder of International SpaceUniversity, who serves as CEO; and Dr. Barney Pell, Chief Architect for Bing LocalSearch at Microsoft and former NASA manager, who serves as Vice Chairman and ChiefTechnology Officer. MoonEx has been selected by NASA for a $10M commercial lunardata contact and is competing in the $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE competition.

MoonandBack.comMoonandback Media provides a news content aggregation web site covering space, withemphasis on the personal and commercial spaceflight industry – documenting the dawnof this new epoch in mankind’s history and endeavoring to make young students awareof opportunities for careers in space-related fields.

NASANASA Ames Research Center (Silicon Valley) enables exploration through selected de-velopment, innovative technologies, and interdisciplinary scientific discovery. Ames pro-vides leadership in astrobiology; robotic lunar exploration; technologies for CEV, CLV,and HLV; the search for habitable planets; supercomputing; intelligent/adaptive sys-tems; advanced thermal protection; and airborne astronomy. Ames develops tools fora safer, more efficient national airspace and unique partnerships benefiting NASA’smission.

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Sponsors and Partners

National Space SocietyThe National Space Society’s vision is people living and working in thriving communitiesbeyond the Earth. NSS members promote change in social, technical, economic, andpolitical conditions to advance the day when people will live and work in space.

NewSpace MagazineNewSpace Magazine is a quarterly printed publication that is totally focused on com-mercial spaceflight and space tourism. NewSpace Magazine’s purpose is to explain whatspace tourism is, the technology behind it, and the people making it happen. We lookat the impact space tourism has on society, politics, and the economy. Subscribe onlinetoday and save 30% off the newstand price!

SEDSSEDS, the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, is a group dedicatedto expanding the role of human exploration and development of space. SEDS seeks toeducate the public in such a way as to attain this goal. SEDS has many ways of doingthis, including educational outreach, conferences, and chapter projects.

Silicon Valley Space Business RoundtableThe Silicon Valley Space Business Roundtable (SVSBR) is an organization that encour-ages the growth and development of aerospace-related businesses in California‘s SiliconValley. We closely collaborate with for-profits, universities, other non-profit organiza-tions and government agencies including NASA Ames Research Center. As the westcoast’s only organization of its kind, we provide input to leadership groups to expandthe area’s business base by providing specific recommendations to improve the spacebusiness climate.SVSBR has its sights on the future of high technology. We provide forums by leadingaerospace leaders to educate the industry on initiatives and goals. Our educational out-reach program encourages students to enter these fields through our support of severalschools in the Silicon Valley.

Space Age Publishing Company & International Lunar Observatory AssociationSpace Age Publishing Company, publisher of Space Calendar weekly and Lunar Enter-prise Daily, 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 itsInternational Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) affiliate, Space Age advances andsupports a wide variety of scientific, commercial, international and educational lunar /astro activities and enterprises - such as Stanford on the Moon and the InternationalLunar Observatory - consistent with a human return to the Moon within the decade.Space Age, with ILOA, also promotes the Galaxy Forum Architecture and Ad AstraKansas initiatives – To The Stars.

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

Space NewsPublication of record for commercial space, military space and satellite communicationbusinesses.

Space NewsfeedPublished as an email newsletter and online, Microcom’s Space Newsfeed(http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/) is your free source of news on the space, satellitecommunications, Earth resources, launch, broadcasting, space science and professionalastronomy industries. Written by professionals for professionals we focus on the businessof space.

Space Systems LoralSpace Systems/Loral (SS/L), located in Palo Alto, California, is the world’s leadingprovider of GEO commercial satellites. SS/L applies its highly reliable, cost-effectivetechnologies to space exploration and science missions, and is working to expand thoseactivities in propulsion, power and communications. With six to eight of its satelliteslaunched each year, SS/L can provide frequent access to space by hosting payloads andoffering rideshares to small satellites on its larger spacecraft.

SpaceIsle.comSpaceIsle.com is an international finance center dedicated to space, as independentfinancial advisors. The Isle of Man Government is pro-space and committed to helpingthe Space industry flourish.

SpaceXSpaceX develops rockets and spacecraft for missions to Earth orbit and beyond. We arecommitted to becoming the world’s premiere space services company by substantiallyimproving both the reliability and cost efficiency of space transportation, ultimately bya factor of ten. SpaceX was founded with the long-term goal of enabling humanity tobecome a space-faring civilization.

XCORXCOR Aerospace is located in Mojave, California. The company is in the business ofdeveloping and producing safe, reliable and reusable rocket powered vehicles, propulsionsystems, advanced nonflammable composites and other enabling technologies for spacetransportation.

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ARTSASRC Research and Technology Solutions is an engineering, research and technologyservices company with contracts supporting multiple federal agencies. Our extensiveteam of Ph.D. scientists, engineers and professional management personnel allows us tobring real-world experience to meet the growing demand for solutions to some of themost complex problems in aeronautics, aviation, IT management, and Earth and spacesciences. ARTS has the knowledge and experience to enhance end users’ existing mis-sions; the innovation and creativity to tackle the tough challenges necessary to advancesolutions; and the discipline and rigor to enable the process of taking a concept andmaking it a reality.

DeMont & Breyer, L.L.C.DeMont & Breyer is a patent and trademark law firm established in 1997. We specializein preparing and obtaining patents and trademarks, including the handling of appeals.Our clients range from individual independent inventors to leading companies in U.S.aerospace and defense. Because we focus on prosecution, we have developed a high levelof expertise in what we do. Most of our patent professionals were practicing engineersand research scientists before turning to the practice of law, so we have thorough per-sonal knowledge and experience with technology development and the invention process.We work with each client and inventor individually to obtain the strongest protectionwe know how for their intellectual property.

Jacobs TechnologyJacobs Jacobs Technology is the advanced technology division of the Jacobs Engineer-ing Group, one of the largest engineering and technical services-only companies in theUnited States. We provide a wide range of advanced technology services to governmentand industry in four market areas: Technical and Evaluation Engineering, Operationsand Maintenance Scientific Engineering, and Technical Services Design/Build and Op-erate Test Facilities Enterprise Information Services A couple of tests we’ve worked onin the past include; the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Test in the 11-by-11 foot WindTunnel and the Space Shuttle 3% Scale Model in the 9-by-7 Foot Wind Tunnel. Ourcontract at NASA Ames Research Center supports Testing, Facility Operations andMaintenance for the Wind Tunnels.

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Liberty RocketDrawing upon a rich history of launch vehicles and engine programs, the Liberty launchsystem is a reliable two-stage vehicle with capability to lift all commercial cargo, crewcapsules and lifting bodies to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch vehicleuses a single engine per stage to provide the highest reliability and safety. This reliabilityis enhanced with the integration of flight-proven, human-rated propulsion systems, thecryogenic Ariane 5 core stage designed for the human-rated Hermes program and theadvanced 5-segment booster. From contract signature to on-orbit delivery, Libertyis committed to serving our customer needs by providing a complete launch service.With a lift capacity of 42,500 lbm to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Liberty is capable ofplacing satellites into LEO, Medium Earth Orbit, GTO and Escape orbits. Initialdemonstration test flights could begin as early as 2013 and launch astronauts by 2015at a highly competitive pound-to-orbit fixed cost.

Michael Fox, Cal Poly Pomona Department of ArchitectureThe posters represent work from a design studio taught by Associate Professor MichaelFox that allowed architecture students to make contributions to the conceptual design foralternative means of an Economically Viable Space Station (EVSS). The premise of theapproach is that space tourism in LEO is optimistically viewed as an inevitable near-future reality. Ten examples by the students are highlighted whereby programmaticscenarios were created within the context of a space architecture design studio andapplied to space making at various scales. Heavy emphasis was placed on the individualprogramming. Conceptual development hinged on developing and programming an ideato make an orbital station economically workable. Economic viability was in this casedefined as a space station that could be economically profitable and the ideas rangedfrom tourism to commerce.

National Space SocietyThe National Space Society (NSS) is an independent, educational, grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation of a spacefaring civilization. Founded asthe National Space Institute in 1974, and L5 Society in 1975, which then merged to formNSS in 1987, NSS is widely acknowledged as the preeminent citizen’s voice on space.NSS has over 12 thousand members (and more supporters) and over 50 chapters in theUnited States and around the world. The society also publishes Ad Astra magazine, anaward-winning periodical chronicling the most important developments in space.

Open LunaThe OpenLuna Foundation aims to return mankind to the moon through private enter-prise. Initial goals focus on a stepped program of robotic missions coupled with extensivepublic relations and outreach. Following these purely robotic missions, a short series ofmanned missions will construct a small, approximately 6 person settlement based on alocation scouted by the robotic missions. This settlement will be open for anyone’s use(private individuals to government agencies), provided they respect our ethical conductand heritage policies.

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Phil Mills NewSpace ModelsPhil Mills NewSpace Models; Scratch built and kit NewSpace themed scale models builtto order at reasonable prices! Phil has also won many medals in the real space sectionof the International Plastic Modelling Society annual show “Scale model World” heldin the UK each November. Illustrated is his model of the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaserwhich he won the Gold medal in November 2010.

Solar System ExpressCommercial space companies and future explorers will need navigation software, ad-vanced robotic control systems, and new space hardened hardware architecture. Sol-Xplans to fill that role by designing simple reconfigurable systems. A clean user-interface,OS/embedded system compatibility, and efficient, strongly typed, and structured codeis of the highest priority. Our robotic platforms will increase the safety and productivityof manned space missions and aid humans in the exploration of the solar system.But every great adventure starts at home. Solar System Express technology will beused on Earth first. From teaching and creating games for children, to increasing profitand decreasing carbon dioxide emissions for/from industry. The market power of theEarth‘s developing countries has not yet been tapped. Individually they’re a weakmarket; however, the vast number of them opens endless possibilities. Sol-X imaginesa world that does not define its countries.

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

Space Innovations (SPIN)SPIN is a private virtual studio (established by space architect Dr. Ondrej Doule)connecting worldwide experts in order to accomplish goals given by clients, focusing onconceptual design ideas. SPIN provides conceptual design solutions and consultancywith particular focus on habitatable space in extreme environments. Space Innovationswas established to stimulate private activities in the space sector with the intention topromote human spaceflight, provide space outreach, and educate & inform the broadpublic in the space architecture arena by organizing outreach events.

Space Systems LoralSpace Systems/Loral (SS/L), located in Palo Alto, California, is the world’s leadingprovider of GEO commercial satellites. SS/L applies its highly reliable, cost-effectivetechnologies to space exploration and science missions, and is working to expand thoseactivities in propulsion, power and communications. With six to eight of its satelliteslaunched each year, SS/L can provide frequent access to space by hosting payloads andoffering rideshares to small satellites on its larger spacecraft.

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Space Travelers EmporiumThe Space Travelers Emporium is a classroom, project lab, and meeting place operatedby the San Diego Space Society for local space enthusiasts, plus a storefront and spacetravel agent (Zero-G flights, suborbital space flights, astronaut training) that providesboth financial support for the lab and outreach to the community.

SpaceUpSpaceUp is a space unconference; participants decide the topics, schedule, and structureof the event. Everyone who attends SpaceUp is encouraged to give a talk, moderate apanel, or start a discussion. Hugely successful SpaceUps have been held in San Diego,Washington DC, and Houston, and events are planned for LA, Huntsville, Florida,London, and elsewhere around the world in the coming months.

SpaceXSpaceX develops rockets and spacecraft for missions to Earth orbit and beyond. We arecommitted to becoming the world’s premiere space services company by substantiallyimproving both the reliability and cost efficiency of space transportation, ultimately bya factor of ten. SpaceX was founded with the long-term goal of enabling humanity tobecome a space-faring civilization.

Students for the Exploration and Development of SpaceSEDS, the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, is a group dedicatedto expanding the role of human exploration and development of space. SEDS seeks toeducate the public in such a way as to attain this goal. SEDS has many ways of doingthis, including educational outreach, conferences, and chapter projects.

Synthesis InternationalSynthesis International LLC [synthesis] is a technical consulting firm whose work in-cludes the world’s foremost practice in architecture for human spaceflight. Synthesisoffers a wide range of design and engineering services in Human-Machine Interface,systems integration, product design and innovation, sustainable architecture and op-erations. We are a Texas-based LLP and Small Woman-Owned Business comprisedof architects, designers and engineers with an array of expert affiliates. Our team’ssubject matter, expertise and portfolio extend to healthcare and household products,aerospace cockpit and cabin design, biologically based waste management and systemsengineering.

The Mars SocietyThe Mars Society is an international space advocacy non-profit organization dedicatedto promoting the human exploration and settlement of the planet Mars. It was foundedby Robert Zubrin and others in 1998 and attracted the support of notable science fictionwriters and filmmakers, including Kim Stanley Robinson and James Cameron. Theorganization works to educate the public, the media and government of the benefits ofMars exploration, networking the communities involved and exploring the possibilitiesof privately-funded missions to the red planet.

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Yuri’s NightYuri‘s Night is an annual celebration of humanity’s past and future in space, held eachApril 12 in commemoration of the first flight of Yuri Gagarin (on 4/12/1961) and thefirst launch of the Space Shuttle (on 4/12/1981). In 2011, over 100,000 space enthusiasts,artists, scientists, and partygoers in 75 countries joined together to celebrate 50 years ofhuman spaceflight with movies, stargazing, dancing, informational presentations, andother forms of education and entertainment.

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Speaker Biographical Information

Jim Ball – Program Manager for Spaceport Development, NASA KSCJim Ball is Kennedy Space Center‘s Deputy Manager of Center Planning and Develop-ment and also serves as the Program Manager for Spaceport Development. He providesstrategic leadership to plan the Center’s future development, and establish cooperativepartnerships with industry that help achieve NASA goals, including the transition ofKSC to a multi-user space launch complex supporting both government and commer-cial providers. From 1987-1989, he promoted NASA’s commercial space developmentinitiatives during an assignment with the Office of Commercial Programs at NASAHeadquarters. He left the agency to become Director of Marketing for SPACEHAB,Inc. before returning to NASA in 1991 to lead a revitalization of the KSC visitorprogram and oversee a six-year, $100 million renovation and expansion of visitor facili-ties that included the privately-financed Apollo/Saturn V Center. He is a graduate ofFlorida International University in Miami.

Brad R. Blair – Mining Engineer and Mineral Economist, Space Studies InstituteBrad Blair has spent twenty years developing technical and economic systems to enableplanetary surface in-situ resource utilization (ISRU). As a professional space consultantto NASA, Bechtel Nevada, Raytheon and the Canadian Space Agency, he has authoredor co-authored a number of technical reports and over 50 conference papers on topicsrelated to accessing the wealth of space for the benefit of mankind. He holds a Bachelor‘sdegree in Engineering Geology, and Master’s degrees in Mining Engineering and MineralEconomics from the Colorado School of Mines. Recently, Blair has worked with ahandful of entrepreneurial start-up companies and a law firm working on the challengesfor space commerce, governance, and property rights.

Robert Cabana – Director, NASA KSCRobert D. Cabana is the tenth director of NASA‘s John F. Kennedy Space Centerin Florida where he manages a team of approximately 2,200 civil servants and about13,000 contractor employees. Prior to his appointment to Kennedy in October 2008,the former space shuttle astronaut served as the director of NASA’s Stennis SpaceCenter in Mississippi. Originally from Minneapolis, Minn., Cabana graduated fromthe U. S. Naval Academy in 1971, with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics andwas commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. Cabana was selected as anastronaut candidate in June of 1985, completing his training in 1986. He has flown fourspace shuttle missions serving as the pilot of Discovery on STS-41 in October 1990, thepilot of Discovery on STS-53 in December 1992, the commander of Columbia on STS-65 in July 1994, and the commander of Endeavour on STS-88, the first space stationassembly mission, in December 1998.

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Joe Carroll – Tether Applications, IncMr. Carroll was born in San Francisco and grew up in the Bay Area. He received a BAin Philosophy in 1969 from Catholic University of America. Over the next 12 years heworked as a math teacher, store manager, photographer, and solar energy researcher.Since 1981 his main focus has been advanced space transportation concepts, with anemphasis on the use of long tethers to sling payloads into higher or lower orbits. Heproposed 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 outtether concepts for spacecraft stationkeeping and controlled deorbit without rockets. Healso developed the deployer and wire for the Plasma Motor Generator (PMG), whichtested electrodynamic reboost in 1993. He has also worked on several electrodynamicconcepts, including reboost of the Mir station, and a NIAC study of debris removal byelectrodynamic tether which he will discuss at the Sunday panel. He has also workedon unmanned and manned reentry vehicle concepts for NASA MSFC and Ames andseveral startups. Mr. Carroll has 5 patents: 3 on electrodynamic tether operation (withEugene Levin), and two on enhanced “tile-type” thermal protection materials (withco-inventors from NASA Ames). His most recent work was design lead for the NavalResearch Lab on a high-voltage electron collection experiment which was launched 2months ago.

Preston Carter – Director, NASA’s Gamechanging Technologies DivisionPreston Carter is the director of NASA’s Game Changing Technologies Division. He isan aerospace engineer with extensive experience in the development of advanced con-cepts, research and development, project management, hardware design, manufacture,test, operations and customer support, with systems related to space vehicles, advancedaeronautical vehicles, high-speed flight, and propulsion. Mr. Carter is the inventorof two revolutionary engine technologies: Cart Engine, a constant volume combustionaerospace engine technology, and SECCO2, an external combustion shaft power engineutilizing supercritical carbon dioxide. Mr. Carter was formerly the Director of DefensePrograms at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and was a program manager atthe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for many years as a leader in high-speed flight and space assess. Preston Carter received his undergraduate degree fromthe University of Washington in aeronautics and astronautical engineering.

Sean Casey – Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Space CenterDr. Sean Casey is a Senior Scientist with USRA‘s SOFIA program since 1997 and hasserved as the management and technical lead for SOFIA’s science instrument develop-ment program, lead for science instrument integration and commissioning, and scienceliaison for the review of system level requirements for SOFIA‘s final operating capability.Prior to joining USRA, Dr. Casey was a Principal Scientist for Hughes STX in NASAGoddard’s Infrared Astrophysics Branch with a focus on infrared instrumentation andobservations aboard NASA‘s Kuiper Airborne Observatory and the National ScienceFoundation’s Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica. While at Goddard, Dr.Casey‘s work was recognized as an example of NASA’s goal for “more efficient and costeffective methodologies to [instrument] design and construction...” and resulted in sev-eral Center and Agency group achievement awards. Dr Casey is a co-author on over 34science publications and has a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Chicago anddual MBAs from the Berkeley Haas and Columbia Schools of Business.

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Webster Cash – Professor, University of Colorado, New Worlds ObserverDr. Webster Cash is Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences & Professor ofAerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He decided toforego his interest in medieval history at the age of 8 years when his parents took him to apublic lecture on Project Ozma the first SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence)project. A few years later, as a freshman at MIT he became an X-ray Astronomerand joined the ranks of Space Scientists, helping in the search for Black Holes. Hegraduated in Physics in 1973 and moved to the University of California at Berkeleywhere he completed his PhD in Physics, launching the first imaging Extreme Ultraviolettelescope on a sounding rocket. In 1979 he joined the Department of Astrophysical andPlanetary Sciences at the University of Colorado where he has remained to this day,helping found the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy and even taking a turnas Department Chair.

Dr. Raymond Clinton – Senior Advisor for Commercial Space, NASA Office of ChiefTechnologistDr. Raymond (Corky) Clinton Jr. of NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center inHuntsville, Ala., is the manager of the Science Directorate’s Microgravity Science andApplications Department. He leads a team of more than 450 researchers, engineers andsupport personnel who develop research programs that enable NASA’s exploration ofspace.

Marc M. Cohen – Architect P.C., AstrotectureDr. Marc M. Cohen is a licensed architect who has devoted his career to design, re-search and development in aerospace, particularly human spaceflight. His interest inspaceflight was sparked from a young age viewing missions like Vangaurd 2, Sputnik 3,and Explorer 3. He went on to pursue a career in future architecture at Princeton andColumbia. In December of 1979, he began his career at NASA Ames Research Center inthe Facilities Engineering branch. While there, he earning his California ArchitectureLicense. In 2010, Dr. Cohen began his new venture by incorporating Marc M. Cohen,Architect P.C., a California Professional Service Corporation, with the nom d’espacebeing Astrotecture or Cohen Astrotecture. This new venture seeks to focus on research,planning, and design for all gravity regimes.

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Maria Collura – Acting Deputy Director, Commercial Crew Program, NASA KSCMaria was born and raised in Titusville, Florida and is a second generation NASA/KSCemployee who started her career in 1991 as an Orbiter payload electrical systems en-gineer in the Space Shuttle Program. Ms. Collura transferred to the Dryden FlightResearch Center (DFRC) in 1996 working as a lead systems engineer on several flighttest projects. She eventually led, developed and implemented the Flight TerminationSystems and Range Safety Systems Offices as special assignments. Maria also becamethe Deputy Project Manager responsible for management of subcontractor membersof the Earth Research and Sensor Technology (ERAST) Project. In 2001, Maria wasoffered an Agency-delegated position for Range Safety at KSC. In this capacity, sheformulated the Agency’s first policy and requirements for Range Safety in support ofthe Columbia Return to Flight efforts. Maria served in increasing capacities withinthe Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Directorate culminating in the ConstellationSpace Transportation Planning Office Safety Chief. In 2009, Ms. Collura joined theSpace Transportation Planning Office where she served as the Acting Deputy Direc-tor. When the office transitioned to the Commercial Crew Program, she maintainedthis position and is currently responsible for assisting in the management of developinga National capability for human access to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and NASA crewtransportation to and from the International Space Station (ISS). Ms. Collura earnedher Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1990 from the University of CentralFlorida.

Doug Comstock – Director, Innovative Partnership Program, NASADouglas A. Comstock is the director of NASA‘s Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP).The IPP provides leveraged technology for NASA’s mission directorates, programs andprojects through investments and technology partnerships with industry, academia, gov-ernment agencies and national laboratories. Comstock also is responsible for directingthe IPP portfolio of technology investments and partnering mechanisms including SmallBusiness 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 providebroad societal benefits from the nation‘s investment in NASA’s space and aeronauticsmissions, and for encouraging and facilitating partnerships with the emerging commer-cial space sector including the agency’s purchase of emerging commercial services. Com-stock has undergraduate degrees from the University of Washington in both mechanicalengineering and architecture. He did his graduate studies at the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology and received masters degrees in both aeronautics and astronautics, andtechnology and policy.

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Ken Davidian – Director of Research , FAA Office of Commercial Space Transporta-tion (AST)Ken Davidian currently works as the Director of Research in the Federal Aviation Ad-ministration‘s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) in Washington, D.C..Mr. Davidian is also the Chair of the IAF Entrepreneurial and Investment Commit-tee and a member of the AAS as VP of Strategic Communications. Starting in 1983,Mr. Davidian spent the first years of his career at the NASA Lewis Research Centerin Cleveland, Ohio, working for the Space Propulsion Technology Division in the areaof analytical and experimental research on the performance of liquid rocket engines.Between 1997 and 1999, Mr. Davidian was assigned by NASA to work as the Assis-tant Director of Operations for the Summer Session Program (SSP) at the InternationalSpace University (ISU) in Strasbourg, France. Upon his return to the center (which hadbeen since renamed to the NASA Glenn Research Center), Mr. Davidian worked in thePlans and Programs Office. In 2001, Mr. Davidian left government service and enteredthe private sector in many positions. He has worked for Paragon Space DevelopmentCorp. as a consultant in the role of Director of Operations for Cargo Lifter DevelopmentGmbH near Berlin, Germany, as Director of Operations for the X PRIZE Foundationin St. Louis, Missouri, and then again for Paragon, as corporate Program Manager inTucson, Arizona. In 2004, a move to Washington, D.C. provided Mr. Davidian theopportunity to work on Centennial Challenges, NASA’s prize program. He started asa contractor and then reentered civil service when he was hired by NASA Headquar-ters in 2007, becoming both the Program Manager for Centennial Challenges and theESMD Commercial Development Policy leader. Mr. Davidian received his BS degreein Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Ohio State University in 1983,and an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in1987. He attended the ISU SSP in 1989.

Hoyt Davidson – Founder and Managing Partner, Near Earth LLCMr. Davidson is the founder and Managing Partner of Near Earth LLC. Previously,he was a Managing Director in the Telecomm Group at Credit Suisse First Boston.Mr. Davidson‘s investment banking career began in 1987 as an associate and one ofonly approximately 100 bankers at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He was part ofthe phenomenal growth and success of DLJ to over 1,000 bankers by the time of itsacquisition by CSFB in 2000. At DLJ, Hoyt Davidson was a co-founder of the firm’sSpace Finance Group, Wall Street‘s first dedicated industry coverage group for thesatellite industry. Mr. Davidson was one of two Managing Directors of the SpaceFinance Group. The group raised over $25 billion for satellite related entities andheld a number one market share for several years. Prior to investment banking, HoytDavidson was a Senior Research Engineer in the Space Systems Division of LockheedMissiles and Space Company before leaving to get his MBA at MIT’s Sloan School. Mr.Davidson also earned his undergraduate degree in Physics from MIT.

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Art Dula – CEO, Excalibur AlmazArt Dula is a space lawyer, a patent attorney, the literary executor for major sciencefiction author Robert A. Heinlein, and the CEO of the private spaceflight company, Ex-calibur Almaz. Since 1980, Art Dula has co-founded several aerospace companies. Ea-gle Aerospace provided engineering expertise for NASA and U.S. aerospace companies.Space Services, Inc., secured the first US regulatory approval of a private space launch.In 1982, it launched the first private U.S. space vehicle, the Conestoga, from MatagordaIsland, Texas. Spacehab, Inc., built payload bay modules for the U.S. space shuttle.Space Commerce Corporation was the first U.S.-Russian aerospace joint venture, whichsold a Soviet Proton rocket launch to Hughes Aerospace in 1987, and marketed remotesensing radar images. Tethers Unlimited, Inc., won seven patents on space tether sys-tems, and secured over $2 million in research contracts. Starcraft Boosters, Inc., hascontracts with US Air Force and NASA for the StarBooster launching system. Excal-ibur Almaz, Ltd., owns several Almaz Space System space capsules and space stations,and intends to begin launching its spacecraft as early as 2013.

Esther Dyson – Chair, EDventure HoldingsEsther Dyson is an active investor in a variety of mostly disruptive start-ups. Herportfolio of private space and air travel investments includes Coastal Aviation Software,XCOR Aerospace, Space Adventures/Zero G, Icon Aircraft, and Airship Ventures. Shehas flown weightless on Zero-G four times, and hopes to go up again soon. She is also theorganizer of Flight School, an executive workshop for air and space entrepreneurs. (Ittook a break this year in the face of a crumbling economy, but will return for the fourthtime 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 boardsof 23andMe, Meetup, WPP Group, Eventful.com, Evernote, Boxbe and Yandex, theleading Russian search company. Dyson sold her business EDventure Holdings, alongwith 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 softwaremarketplace 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.

Lori Garver – Deputy Administrator, NASALori Beth Garver is the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration (NASA). She was nominated on May 24, 2009, by President BarackObama, along with Charles Bolden as NASA Administrator. She was confirmed bythe United States Senate by unanimous consent on July 15, 2009. Garver was the leadcivil space policy advisor for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign and helped guidethe agency review team for NASA during the post-election transition. She worked atNASA from 1996 to 2001, first as a special assistant to the NASA administrator andsenior policy analyst for the Office of Policy and Plans, and then as the AssociateAdministrator for the Office of Policy and Plans.

Steve Goldberg – Partner, VenrockSteve Goldberg joined Venrock in 2009 after having been CEO of several early stagecompanies including DataRunway, Vidient, Arcwave, and CoWave Networks. He wasVice President of Research and Development at Nokia Internet Communications andVP and GM of the Wireless Communications Division at Cylink Corporation. Stevehas also held senior management and engineering positions at Trimble Navigation andHewlett Packard. Additionally, Steve enjoys teaching and public speaking, and hasdelivered a number of academic and industrial courses in the areas of wireless, telecom,and signal processing.

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Arthur (Gene) Goldman – Deputy Director, NASA MarshallArthur E. “Gene” Goldman is the deputy director of NASA‘s Marshall Space FlightCenter in Huntsville, Ala. Named to the position in March 2010, Mr. Goldman providesexecutive leadership and shares overall direction of the center’s senior management.From 2008 until appointment to his current position, Mr. Goldman was the director ofNASA‘s John C. Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. His responsibilitiesincluded managing center activities, implementing NASA’s mission in the area of rocketpropulsion testing and developing and maintaining world-class rocket propulsion testfacilities, and served as deputy director at Stennis for two years before that. Prior tothat position, he served two years as manager of the Space Shuttle Main Engine Projectat the Marshall Center, and from 1999 to 2004, Mr. Goldman was deputy manager ofthe Space Shuttle Main Engine Project. Mr. Goldman began his NASA career in 1990as a project engineer in the Marshall Shuttle Project Integration Office, responsible forintegration of shuttle elements and systems integration. He was awarded a bachelor’sdegree in civil engineering in 1977 from Mississippi State University in Starkville. In1983, he earned the Registered Professional Engineer-Civil certification. He completedthe Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., in2002 and the Congressional Operations Program at George Washington University inWashington in 2003. In 2010, he was inducted into the Meridian Community CollegeHall of Fame in Miss., for career achievement.

Dr. John Hogan – Advanced Life Support Systems, NASA Ames Space Bioengi-neeringDr. John Hogan is an environmental scientist in the Bioengineering Branch at NASAAmes Research Center, where he supports NASA’s Life Support and Habitation Sys-tems Program. His major research interests include developing biological and physico-chemical technologies for regenerative air, water and solid waste treatment systems,food production, and systems analysis. Selected projects include the development ofoptimized biological solid waste reactors/simulators, biological air filtration, and thecapture and compression of carbon dioxide. He is also investigating the applicationof closed-loop life support principles to forward sustainable practices in terrestrial sys-tems. Prior to joining NASA, he was research faculty at Rutgers, The State Universityof New Jersey in the Department of Environmental Sciences, where he participated ina NASA funded program developing biologically-based, sustainable systems for long-term extraterrestrial human habitation. John received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. inEnvironmental Sciences at Rutgers University.

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Steve Jurczyk – Deputy Director, Langley Research CenterStephen G. Jurczyk serves as the deputy director of NASA Langley Research Center.As deputy, Jurczyk will assists in the general management of the center, helping plan,organize and direct center and intercenter activities to advance research significant tonational aerospace programs and objectives. Before being named to his new position,Jurczyk served as director of the Research and Technology Directorate, and began hisNASA career at Langley in 1988 as an electronics engineer in the Electronic SystemsBranch where he developed advanced systems for several atmospheric remote sensinginstruments and space data systems. In 1993, he was detailed to NASA Headquarterswhere he managed the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and formulated the tech-nology development strategy for the Earth Science Enterprise. From 1994 to 1997, hewas the instrument systems engineer and, later, the spacecraft systems manager forthe Landsat 7 Project at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. In1997, Jurczyk returned to Langley as head of the Electronic Systems Branch in theAerospace Electronics Systems Division. In 2002, Jurczyk was selected as deputy direc-tor for Flight Systems in Langley’s Systems Engineering Competency. Jurczyk earnedbachelor and master of science degrees in electrical engineering from the University ofVirginia in 1984 and 1986 respectively.

Rebecca Spyke Keiser – Associate Deputy Administrator for Policy Integration,NASARebecca Spyke Keiser was named NASA‘s associate deputy administrator for policyintegration in August 2010. In this position, Keiser reports directly to Deputy Admin-istrator Lori Garver as the primary coordinator for agency-level policy efforts. She helpsimplement a wide range of initiatives in support of NASA’s goals, and integrates theefforts of the agency‘s various strategic planning offices to ensure consistency with theWhite House and legislative direction. Keiser previously had served since August 2009as the executive officer for the deputy administrator, a role in which she managed theoffice’s staff, provided policy analysis and advice, and facilitated communication acrossthe agency. Prior to that, Keiser was chief of staff for the Exploration Systems MissionDirectorate at NASA Headquarters, where she led the front office team responsible forcommunications and cross-directorate policy formulation. She also was the executiveofficer for former NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale from 2005 to 2008. Keiser‘scareer includes extensive international relations experience. She has served in NASA’sOffice of International and Interagency Relations as the lead for France, Spain, and Por-tugal, and the human spaceflight lead for Asia. Keiser earned a Bachelor of Arts degreein Japanese Studies from Wellesley College, a Master of Science degree in Politics of theWorld Economy from the London School of Economics, and a doctorate in InternationalStudies from the University of South Carolina.

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Amaresh Kollipara – Co-founder & Managing Partner, Earth2Orbit LLCAmaresh is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Earth2Orbit, LLC, which is a globalprovider of satellite launch services. Earth2Orbit works with the Indian Space ResearchOrganization to provide commercial launch services to a variety of satellite clients. Inaddition to his role at Earth2Orbit, Amaresh serves as a management consultant andfinancial 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 annualSpace Venturing Forum, an entrepreneurial event hosted by the National Space Society.Amaresh enjoyed a successful career with the Strategy group of Accenture, where hemanaged key strategy offerings and developed recommendations for Global 500 clientssuch as Cisco, HP, and Siemens. He specialized in creating business cases, operationalplans, Internet strategies, and M&A assessments. He has been influential in pricingmulti-million dollar private equity deals as well as in assisting clients to strategicallyallocate large-scale investments. Amaresh holds an MBA degree from the GraduateSchool of Business at Columbia University. He also earned a B.A. in Molecular and CellBiology with an emphasis in Neurobiology from the University of California at Berkeley.

Taber MacCallum – Co-Founder, Paragon Space SystemsMr. Taber McCallum was a founding member of the Biosphere 2 Design, Development,Test & Operations team, and a crew member in the first two-year (and twenty minute)mission living and working inside the three-acre materially closed ecological systemwhich supported the life of the eight human inhabitants. Demonstrating the viability ofartificial biospheres, Biosphere 2 was designed for research applicable to environmentalmanagement on Earth and the development of closed loop human life support technologyfor long duration space travel. Taber was responsible for the design, implementation andoperation of the atmosphere and water management systems as well as the self-containedpaperless analytical laboratories for Biosphere 2 that tested air, water, soil and tissue.As a crew member he served as Safety Officer, Assistant Medical Officer and AnalyticalChemist, responsible for operation of all the analytical systems and much of the medicalanalysis and health monitoring systems. He co-founded Paragon in 1993, serving asChief Executive Officer since its formation. He is also co-designer and patent holder forthe Autonomous Biological System (ABS), a long duration plant and aquatic animal lifesupport system. He was also the design lead for the Jet Propulsion Lab Mars GreenhouseExperiment Module (GEM) payload, and Mars GEM payload environmental control andplant life support system. He conceived and is presently involved in the design of a novelMars space suit portable life support system technology funded by NASA, life supportand thermal control systems for commercial manned orbital and suborbital spacecraft,as well as hazardous environment life support technology for U.S. Navy divers, in whichhe is the test diver.

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Douglas Maclise – Manager, Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program,NASADougal Maclise is the current manager of the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research(CRuSR) Program. He also leads the ISHM Technology Maturation Group within theIntelligent Systems Division at Ames Research Center. He has a Bachelors degree inMechanical Engineering and a Masters degree in BioMedical Engineering. Over thenineteen years that he has worked at NASA, he has managed a wide variety of projectssuch as physiology experiment payloads for the Shuttle, the consolidation of seven re-source tracking databases, a real-time imaging payload for the Solar-Powered PathfinderUAV and the development of the Advanced Diagnostics and Prognostics Testbed. Forthe last five years he has focused on the systems engineering and application aspectsof Integrated Systems Health Management while working on the Second GenerationReusable Launch Vehicle, Orbital Space Plane and the Constellation vehicles the AresI and V rockets, the Orion crew vehicle and Altair lunar lander.

Sean Mahoney – Head of Business Operations, Masten Space SystemsSean has made a career of building organizational capacity in emerging industries. Hejoined Masten in December 2010 as Director of Business Operations to compliment theteam‘s engineering capabilities, enabling the engineering core to focus on rocket devel-opment. With the Masten team Sean is leading the business initiatives everything otherthan building or selling rockets. After a career in technical sales and management withAT&T Enterprise Hosting, Sean earned an MBA from Emory University’s GoizuetaBusiness School and has since focused on entrepreneurial ventures, launching and as-sisting businesses in a series of emerging technology endeavors. Beyond business, Seanhas worked on a wide variety of projects, serving as a guest lecturer and volunteeringhis time with several environmental organizations.

Xander Mahony – Investment Professional, Draper Fisher JurvetsonXander Mahony is an Investment Professional at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, focusing ontechnology investments across sectors. Prior to joining DFJ, Xander was an analyst atSloane Robinson, a global emerging market hedge fund based in London. At SloaneRobinson, Xander concentrated mainly on China and India, and also the technology,transportation, telecoms and luxury goods sectors. Prior to working in finance, Xanderstarted three companies, including an online music service with a proprietary algorithmfor personalizing the price of digital music. Xander has a BA in Computer Science fromOxford University and has completed Level III of the CFA program. Whilst at Oxford,Xander was captain of the varsity karate team, raced for the varsity go-karting teamand played basketball and soccer at the inter-college level. Xander also qualified for theEngland Under 20s bridge team.

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Jeffrey Manber – Managing Director, NanoRacks, LLCFor twenty-five years Jeffrey Manber has been working successfully to bring about openmarkets for commercial utilization of space. In the unmanned arena he worked forthe chairman of PanAmSat, the pioneering satellite firm that busted up the Intelsatmonopoly, which lead to commercial, non-government international satellite communi-cations, and hence the modern era of CNN and mobile international phone services.PanAmSat later underwent a billion dollar IPO. NanoRacks is the only company todevelop, own and market commercially its own research hardware as part of the U.S.National Lab on International Space Station. As Managing Director of NanoRacks,Jeffrey has overseen the growth of the company since its formation in September of2009. Today, with over 50 payloads under contract, representing both American andforeign customers, NanoRacks has begun implementing the business model of commer-cial utilization of low-earth orbit. Sometimes, everyone involved at NanoRacks, andtheir NASA colleagues, are surprised how much progress is being made in realizing fi-nally a robust era of commercial use of low earth orbit, where NASA serves as customer,regular and technology developer and a company like NanoRacks is the operator andmarketer of space goods and services, with commercial capital at risk.

Gary Martin – Director, Code V, NASA AmesGary L. Martin was named NASA‘s Space Architect on October 11, 2002. In thisposition, Mr. Martin leads the development of strategic architectures and identifieshigh-level requirements for systems that will accomplish the Nation’s space explorationvision. Mr. Martin began his career at NASA in 1990 representing the needs of themicrogravity science community to the designers of the Space Station. He was theBranch Chief for Advanced Programs (1992-94) within the Microgravity Sciences andApplications Division and then the Division‘s acting Deputy Director (1994-96). Mr.Martin spent four years (1997-2000) at Goddard Space Flight Center, first as a ProgramIntegration Manager for two space science organizations (Structure and Evolution of theUniverse and the Astronomical Search for Origins) and then as the Chief of a new officecreated to manage technology programs for Headquarters, such as, the Cross-EnterpriseTechnology Program, Earth Science Technology Office and the Agency’s Small BusinessInnovative Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Mr. Martin movedback to Headquarters in 2000 and served as Assistant Associate Administrator for Ad-vanced Systems in NASA’s Office of Space Flight from July 2000 until the appointmentto be Space Architect in 2002. Mr. Martin holds the following degrees: Colorado StateUniversity, B. A. Anthropology and Minor Criminal Justice; Virginia CommonwealthUniversity, B. S. Applied Math and Physics; and George Washington University, M. S.Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Astronautical Engineering.

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Paul Martin – Inspector General, NASAPaul K. Martin was confirmed by the United States Senate as NASA Inspector Generalon Nov. 20, 2009. Prior to his NASA appointment, Martin served as the Deputy Inspec-tor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Inthat capacity, he assisted the Inspector General in managing the audit, inspection andinvestigative activities of the office‘s 425 employees. From 2001 to 2003, he served asCounselor to the Inspector General, and from 1998 to 2001 he served as Special Coun-sel to the Inspector General. Before joining the Department of Justice OIG, Martinspent 13 years at the U.S. Sentencing Commission in a variety of positions, including6 years as the Commission’s Deputy Staff Director. Martin was one of the SentencingCommission’s first employees when the agency was created in 1985, and helped developthe first set of federal sentencing guidelines. Martin began his professional career as areporter with The Greenville News, a daily newspaper in Greenville, S.C. He holds aB.A. in Journalism from The Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor fromThe Georgetown University Law Center.

Chris McKay – Planetary Scientist, Space Science Division, NASA AmesDr. Christopher P. McKay, Planetary Scientist with the Space Science Division of NASAAmes. Chris received his Ph.D. in AstroGeophysics from the University of Colorado in1982 and has been a research scientist with the NASA Ames Research Center since thattime. His current research focuses on the evolution of the solar system and the originof 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 Atacamadesert 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 ScienceLaboratory mission for 2011. He is the deputy program scientist for Constellation - theNASA program for future human exploration of the Moon and Mars.

Khaki McKee – Program Manager, XCOR AerospaceKhaki Rodway McKee has been the Program Manager at XCOR Aerospace for six years.Her primary focus is managing XCOR‘s government and government-related commercialcontracts. She also oversees XCOR’s marketing communications, as well as writing thecompany’s technical reports, papers, and proposals. Prior to working at XCOR, Khakiwas the Program Manager for the Borehole Research Group (BRG) at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, NY where she was the Program Manager forBRG‘s annual $5 million Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) contract. In addition, she haswritten published documents on ODP well-logging science, and use of remote sensingin archaeology and heritage conservation. She has a MS in Historic Preservation fromColumbia University ’s School of Architecture and a BA from Rutgers.

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Charles Miller – Senior Advisor for Commercial Space, NASAMr. Miller is President of Space Policy Consulting, Inc., the President and CEO ofConstellation Services International, Inc., a Member of the Board of Directors of theSpace Frontier Foundation, and led the “Public-Private Partnerships‘’ section of theNSSO’s Space-Based Solar Power study. Miller is currently under contract to the U.S.Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in the area of Operationally Responsive Spaceaccess and is helping the AFRL be a smarter partner with the emerging space trans-portation industry. SPC supports a number of ongoing AFRL activities in the reusablelaunch vehicle area. Mr. Miller is also the founding President and CEO of Constella-tion Services International, Inc. (CSI), which is a NewSpace company that specializesin commercial on-orbit space operations which is an ideal knowledge niche to advise onSBSP. CSI was founded in 1998, and is an entrepreneurial space services company thatis focused on commercial opportunities in Earth orbit. CSI is developing, and patenting,a number of innovative solutions for orbital space markets, including LEO ExpressSMSpace Cargo System for delivering cargo to space stations that uses over 99% existingtechnology, and the Lunar ExpressSM system that uses existing technology to enablea near-term human trip around the Moon. Miller has raised over $2 million in privateinvestments for CSI to date. CSI has successfully completed 4 NASA contracts to daterelated to commercial ISS cargo services, and has an existing Space Act Agreement withNASA to cooperate on the development of CSI‘s LEO Express system. Prior to CSIand Space Policy Consulting, Mr. Miller was the founding Chairman and President ofProSpace where he served from 1996 to 1999. Under Mr. Miller’s leadership, ProSpacewas instrumental in the passage of space-related legislative initiatives, including theCommercial Space Act of 1998, funding for NASA‘s X-33, Future-X and Space SolarPower programs, and the U.S. Air Force’s RLV Technology Development program. Mr.Miller studied engineering at the California Institute of Technology and has a BS inBusiness Administration (Finance) from the California State University of Chico.

David Morrison – Senior Scientist, NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames Re-search CenterDavid Morrison is the senior scientist at the NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA AmesResearch Center, Moffett Field, Calif., where he participates in a variety of researchprograms in astrobiology – the study of the living universe. Dr. Morrison obtained hisdoctorate in astronomy from Harvard University. He is the author of more than 155technical papers and has published a dozen books. He has been a science investigatoron NASA’s Mariner, Voyager and Galileo space missions. Morrison is recipient of theDryden Medal for research of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,the Sagan Medal of the American Astronomical Society for public communication, andthe Klumpke-Roberts award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for contributionsto science education. He has received two NASA Outstanding Leadership medals andhe was awarded the Presidential Meritorious Rank for his work as director of space atNASA Ames. Morrison was a founder of the multidisciplinary field of astrobiology, andhe 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 hisleadership since 1991 in defining the hazard of asteroid impacts and seeking ways tomitigate this risk. Asteroid 2410 Morrison is named in his honor.

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Clayton Mowry – President, Arianespace Inc.Clayton Mowry has worked for over 18 years in the commercial launch and satellitesectors serving in government, as the leader of an industry trade association and as anexecutive for the world‘s leading launch services company. Mr. Mowry joined Washing-ton, D.C.-based Arianespace, Inc. as its President and Chairman in 2001. As the headof the Arianespace’s U.S. subsidiary, he is responsible for managing the company‘s sales,marketing, strategy, government relations and corporate communications activities. Be-fore joining Arianespace, Mr. Mowry served for six years as executive director at theSatellite Industry Association (SIA), a non-profit alliance of U.S. satellite operators,manufacturers and ground equipment suppliers. Prior to his role at SIA, he workedas a satellite/launch industry analyst and senior international trade specialist with theU.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. Clayton Mowryreceived a Master of Business of Administration (MBA) from Georgetown University inWashington, D.C., and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in politics and government from OhioWesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.

James A. Muncy – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, President, PoliSpaceJames A. Muncy founded PoliSpace, an independent space policy consultancy, in early2000 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 NASAspaceflight programs, and government managers of Air Force military space projects.Immediately prior to establishing PoliSpace, Muncy spent over five years working for theU.S. House of Representatives. Before joining congressional staff in late 1994, Muncyspent nine years as a space policy and marketing consultant for various clients includingNASA, NOAA, several private firms, and the not-for-profit space community, while alsosecuring a graduate degree. In the mid-1980’s he worked for two and a half years asa policy assistant in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy underPresident Reagan. Muncy began his career in space policy in 1981 as a staff advisorin the Office of Congressman Newt Gingrich. Muncy co-founded the Space FrontierFoundation in 1988 and served as its Chairman of the Board for six years. Earlier hehad served on the Board of Directors of both the National Space Society and the L5Society. Muncy holds an MS in Space Studies from the Center for Aerospace Sciencesat the University of North Dakota and a BA from the University of Virginia, where hewas an Echols Scholar.

George Nield – Associate Administrator, Commercial Space Transportation, FAADr. George C. Nield serves as the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Trans-portation at the FAA. He has over 30 years of aerospace experience with the Air Force,at NASA, and in private industry. Dr. Nield came to FAA from the Orbital SciencesCorporation, where he served as Senior Scientist for the Advanced Programs Group.His previous assignments include working as an Astronautical Engineer at the Spaceand Missile Systems Organization, a Flight Test Engineer at the Air Force Flight TestCenter, and an Assistant Professor and Research Director at the USAF Academy. Hewas the Manager of the Flight Integration Office for the Space Shuttle Program at theNASA Johnson Space Center, and later worked on both the Shuttle/Mir Program andthe International Space Station Program. A graduate of the United States Air ForceAcademy, he holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from StanfordUniversity, and an MBA from George Washington University. He is also a Flight TestEngineering graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School. Dr. Nield is a registered Profes-sional Engineer and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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Bruce Pittman – Flight Projects Director, NASA Ames Space PortalBruce Pittman is the President of the Silicon Valley Space Club and a Founding Memberof the Alliance For Commercial Enterprise in Space, and has been involved in hightechnology product development, project management and system engineering for over30 years. He spent 11 years working at the NASA Ames Research Center working on anumber of flight projects including Pioneer Venus, IRAS, and several advanced studiesprograms, and is now back at Ames under a Space Act Agreement as the Director, FlightProjects for the NASA Commercial Space Portal/ACES. He has also worked with NASAas 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 hehas 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 haveraised more than $700 million in private financing and Bruce helped New Focus growfrom 150 people to 2000 people in 2 years and where revenues increased from $25 millionto $150 million including a very successful IPO. Bruce co-founded Profit EngineeringTechnologies a high tech consulting firm in 1994 to develop tools and methodologiesto assist project teams and organizations to perform better, produce superior resultsand have more fun doing it. Bruce has provided training, consulting and mentoring toa number of Fortune 100 companies and government. Bruce has a BS in MechanicalEngineering from U. C. Davis and a MS in Engineering Management from Santa ClaraUniversity.

Will Pomerantz – Vice President, Virgin GalacticWill is an explorer, an entrepreneur, and an advocate dedicated to opening the spacefrontier. He is currently the Vice President for Special Projects at Virgin Galactic,the world‘s first spaceline. Part of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group of companies,Virgin Galactic is building on the legacy of the X PRIZE-winning SpaceShipOne effortby bringing a new fleet of commercial spacecraft into regular service for private, civil,and scientific passengers. Will is also is a Trustee of the Students for the Explorationand Development of Space (SEDS), the world‘s largest student space organization. From2005 - 2011, he worked at the X PRIZE Foundation, the world-leading incentive prizeorganization. As Senior Director of Space Prizes, he served as the primary authorand manager of the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE and the $2 million NorthropGrumman Lunar Lander X CHALLENGE. Will is a graduate of Harvard University,the NASA Academy, and the International Space University. He is married to Mrs.Diana Trujillo Pomerantz, a Systems Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Will and Diana have both served as coaches for the Zero Gravity Corporation, loggingmore than 45 minutes of weightless time on parabolic flights.

Dan Rasky – Director, NASA Ames Space PortalDr. Daniel J. Rasky is the Director for the Emerging Commercial Space Office atNASA Ames, and also a Senior Scientist with NASA. He is a Co-Founder and Directorfor the Space Portal whose mission is to “Be a friendly front door for emerging and non-traditional space companies”. He recently completed a one-year Interagency PersonnelAssignment (IPA) with the Space Grant Education and Enterprise Institute (SGEEI),where he served as a Senior Research Fellow supporting a number of emerging spacecompanies and other organizations. This included provided expert consulting to SpaceXon the design and development of the heatshield for their Dragon capsule. SpaceX haschosen to use the PICA heatshield material, invented by Dr. Rasky and associates atNASA Ames, for Dragon.

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Garrett Reisman – Astronaut Safety and Mission Assurance, SpaceXGarrett Reisman is responsible for working with NASA to prepare SpaceX‘s Falcon 9rocket and Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts. Reisman’s experience as an operatorof both American and Russian spaceflight hardware will help SpaceX in the develop-ment of human interfaces including controls, displays, seats, suits and environmentalcontrol systems. Reisman came to SpaceX from NASA where he served as an astronautstarting in 1998. He has flown on two space shuttle missions, during which, he loggedover 3 months in space including over 21 hours of extravehicular activity (EVA) in 3spacewalks. Dr. Reisman served with both the Expedition-16 and the Expedition-17crews as a Flight Engineer aboard the International Space Station. Reisman holds aB.S. in Economics and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics fromthe University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology. He is an FAA Certified Flight Instructor.

Bob Richards – Co-Founder & CEO, Moon Express, Inc.Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards is a space entrepreneur and futurist. He is a Co-Founder ofthe International Space University, Singularity University, SEDS, the Space GenerationFoundation and Google Lunar X PRIZE competitors Odyssey Moon Ltd. and MoonExpress, Inc., where he currently serves as CEO. As Director of the Optech SpaceDivision from 2002-2009, Bob led the company‘s technology into orbit in 2004 andto the surface of Mars in 2007 aboard the NASA Phoenix Lander, making the firstdiscovery of falling Martian snow. Bob studied aerospace and industrial engineeringat Ryerson University; physics and astronomy at the University of Toronto; and spacescience at Cornell University where he became special assistant to Carl Sagan. Bob isan evangelist of the “NewSpace” movement and has been a catalyst for a number ofcommercial space ventures. He is the recipient of the K.E. Tsiolkovski Medal (Russia,1995), the Space Frontier “Vision to Reality’‘ Award (USA , 1994), the Arthur C. ClarkeCommendation (Sri Lanka, 1990) and Aviation & Space Technology Laurel (USA, 1988).He is a contributing author of “Blueprint for Space” (Smithsonian Institution 1992);“Return to the Moon” (Apogee Books 2005) and “The Farthest Shore” (ISU Press2009). In 2005 Bob received a Doctorate of Space Achievement (honoris causa) fromthe International Space University for “distinguished accomplishments in support ofhumanity’s exploration and use of space.”

Brice Russ – Assistant Director, Yuri’s NightBrice Russ is the Assistant Director of Yuri‘s Night, the World Space Party. He alsoserves as the Media Team Chair, where he has managed all organizational PR andpublicity efforts, been interviewed by the Los Angeles Times and MSNBC.com, andedited the Yuri’s Night Blog. Brice is a member of the Yuri‘s Night Board of Directorsand has been part of the Yuri’s Night Executive Team since 2006. Brice specializesin space outreach efforts through social and digital media; he recently won an Excel-lence Award from the National Space Society for his work as Chair of the NSS SocialNetworking Committee. He previously served as the New Media Coordinator for the4Frontiers Corporation, and has written freelance articles on NewSpace and space advo-cacy for Ars Technica and various space-sector blogs and publications. Brice is currentlya doctoral student and instructor for the Department of Linguistics at The Ohio StateUniversity, where he is researching linguistic variation in social media. He received hisundergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Irene Schneider – CEO & Founder, Ihrenes Space EnterprisesAn entrepreneur by nature Irene Schneider is founder of ISE IHRENES SPACE EN-TERPRISES. With a superb team of experts, ISE is the first US commercial scien-tific consulting firm to specialize in offering comprehensive space radiation protection,space radiation mission planning, and dosimetry projections for commercial and non-commercial space missions. ISE’s goal is to support and nurture the emerging commer-cial space industry by providing the much needed independent tailored mission radiationanalysis and design support for the several critical elements of a successful human spacemission, such as pre- and post-mission radiation analysis, simulation code development,and systems engineering as well as providing the design for novel space architecturesand space habitation studies. Irene holds a Masters degree in Geosciences from thePennsylvania State University (Penn State) with a specialty in space radiation environ-ments and planetary habitability. She also holds a BS in Physics (with honors) from theUniversity of South Florida (USF). She has a long life passion in addressing the criticalemergency scenarios that can arise if astronauts on a space mission would be exposedto a mayor solar storm potentially compromising mission success and the health of theastronaut crews.

Tom Shelley – President, Space AdventuresTom Shelley was appointed president of Space Adventures, Ltd. in June, 2010. SpaceAdventures is the only company that provides opportunities to the world‘s marketplaceto experience space. Mr. Shelley joined the company in mid-2006 as the vice presidentof sales and marketing focusing on the development of the orbital spaceflight program,during which time Space Adventures successfully completed a total of five spaceflightmissions. Space Adventures has facilitated the flights of all the self-funded privatespace explorers, including Dennis Tito, Mark Shuttleworth, Gregory Olsen, AnoushehAnsari, Charles Simonyi, Richard Garriott and Guy Laliberte. With each client, Mr.Shelley played an active role in mission development and execution. He also refined thecorporate sponsorship program, in which he successfully aligned corporate partners withclient objectives. He continues to lead the sales prospecting effort for the company’sentire portfolio of space experiences that include a proposed historic return to the Moon,flights to the edge of space and the company’s high-profile flights to the InternationalSpace Station. A graduate of the University of Manchester, Mr. Shelley began hiscareer marketing quality management system audit services for the British StandardsInstitution, before shifting gears and joining the commercial spaceflight industry.

Mark Sirangelo – Chairman, Sierra Nevada Space SystemsMark Sirangelo is the Chairman of Sierra Nevada Space Systems, a leading producerof satellites, propulsion systems and space sub-systems and is also the Executive VicePresident of Sierra Nevada Corporation, a billion dollar aerospace and defence firm.Mr. Sirangelo was the Chairman & CEO of SpaceDev, Inc., prior to its merging withSierra Nevada Corporation. Prior to SpaceDev, he was the CEO of the QuanStarGroup, an advanced technology commercialisation and investment company that iden-tified promising technology companies and actively assisted in their growth. In additionto QuanStar, Mr Sirangelo founded and acted as Chairman and CEO of a major globalcommunications firm, was an officer in an international investment bank and was anentrepreneurial managing partner in high growth technology design firm.

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Jeff Smith – Branch Chief, Radiation & Space Biotechnologies, NASA AmesJeffrey Smith is Branch Chief of the Radiation and Space Biotechnologies group. As acomputer scientist with the Gravitational Biology Research Branch, he also applies theadvanced computer visualization/simulation technologies of the Center to his specificresearch interests in Space Life Sciences. Dr. Smith’s continuing projects include 1)the Virtual Glovebox Project, a new technology for astronaut training that integratesadvanced computer hardware and software technologies to provide a realistic immersivevirtual environment for conducting simulated biology research tasks in space, and 2)Procedural Identification, Task Analysis and Computer Aided Design for the VirtualGlovebox, which use Human Performance Modeling tools to design optimized proceduresfor biology research in space.

John Spencer – Founder and President, Space Tourism SocietyJohn Spencer, M. Arch. is a space architect who has built a career that balancesthe design and development professions. He is a pioneer in what he calls “The DesignFrontier.” He is considered a leading expert in creation and design of real space facilitiesand space ship interiors for NASA and private space enterprise, as well as space andfuture-themed simulation attractions, resorts, camps and media for the general public.He is the founder and chief designer of the Space Experience Design Studio (SED). Over$300 million has been invested into building his original space/future themed concepts todate. Since 1982 he has been pioneering the field of space tourism. He has modeled thespace tourism industry after the cruise lines and super yachts. In 1995 he founded thenonprofit Space Tourism Society (STS) of which he is president. He is also the author,with Karen L. Rugg, of the book Space Tourism - Do You Want to Go? Published byApogee books in 2004. He has been quoted in more than 90 TV shows, documentaries,and articles in magazines and newspapers on Space Tourism.

Jess Sponable – Chief Engineer of Reusable Boost System, AFRLJess is currently the Chief Engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratories ReusableBoost System (RBS) Flagship program. During his civilian service at AFRL Jess hasserved in many positions, including the focus area lead for space access & long rangestrike, the future capability lead for prompt global strike, the program manager forthe Fully Reusable Access to Space Technology program, and as a program manageron loan to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). At DARPAJess managed several programs that matured technology for dramatically more efficientinter-orbit transfer, next generation space tugs, on-orbit spacecraft servicing and smallsatellites. He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1978 and holds advanced degreesin Astronautical Engineering, Systems Management and is a graduate of the DefenseSystems Management College. During his military career he held many diverse jobsranging from Atlas launch operations at Vandenberg AFB to pioneering jobs developingand launching the first generation of Global Positioning System satellites and maturingtechnology for the National Aero-Space Plane program. In 1981 he was selected asan Air Force Manned Spaceflight Engineer and trained as a Space Shuttle payloadspecialist prior to the Challenger accident. During the 1990’s he served as the ProgramManager of the Delta Clipper-Experimental (DC-X) program and later served in theSpace Vehicles Directorate managing many programs; including the military spaceplanetechnology initiative, the X-40A flight test vehicle, low cost expendable launch andstage technology, solar thermal orbit transfer vehicle technology and numerous studiesadvocating the need for responsive space access and operations. After leaving the AirForce in 1998, Jess spent three years at Universal Space Lines working for Pete Conrad,the Apollo 12 and Skylab commander.

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Dennis Stone – Manager, Program Integration, Commercial Crew and Cargo Pro-gram, NASADennis Stone is Assistant Manager for Commercial Space Development in NASA‘s Com-mercial Crew & Cargo Program at the Johnson Space Center. This Program managesNASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) initiative. During bothCOTS competitions, he chaired the Business Committee. He also negotiated the Pro-gram‘s agreements with unfunded commercial space transportation partners. He leadsefforts 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 In-tegration, 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 servesas 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 hasbachelor 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.

Gerard “Jake” Szatkowski, PhD – SmallSat Project Manager, United Launch Al-lianceDr. Szatkowski earned a BS, 2 Masters, and a PhD in electro-mechanical control sys-tems, and a Masters in Engineering Business Management from Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute, in Troy, New York. Since then he has worked 35 years on space vehicles in,flight & ground launch systems avionics for EELVs, satellite control & telemetry anal-ysis products, and hardware/software systems verification for dual-fault-tolerance. Hecurrently works at United Launch Alliance as the Project Manager in Advance Pro-grams for secondary payload accommodations on the Atlas and Delta launch vehiclesfor both government and commercial customers, and is coordinating development ofseveral small spacecraft carriers systems.

Alfred Tadros – VP U.S. Government Solutions, Space Systems LoralAl Tadros is Vice President of Civil and DoD Business at Space Systems/Loral (SS/L).In this role he is responsible for applying SS/L‘s best value solutions to U.S. Governmentmission needs, developing and maintaining relationships with U.S. Government agenciesand managing sales and marketing activities. Mr. Tadros has worked at SS/L for morethan 20 years in increasingly responsible positions and has most recently helped to drawattention to the value commercial satellite technologies and system solutions bring togovernment missions. Before being named to his current position, he was the Directorof U.S. Government Programs for five years and prior to that he was Payload Manager,MTSAT Program. In that role, he was the responsible engineer for integrating theworld’s most advanced geostationary meteorological imager for the country of Japan.Mr. Tadros holds a Bachelors Degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Masters Degreein Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Thomas Taylor – Lunar Transportation Systems, Inc.Thomas C. Taylor is an entrepreneur, inventor and a Professional Civil Engineer incommercial aerospace. His goal is building commercial space projects including anunmanned transportation cargo service* to orbit and beyond for payloads like LTScommercial Lunar logistics and Space Solar Power with EP LLC. Since 1979, Tom hashelped to form 23 different entrepreneurial startups with 4 successful enough to raise$1.2B (private equity total financing) and become private commercial space companies,but each took almost a decade to unfold. After 34 years, Tom continues to enjoyworking in the trenches 4-12 years with each of these successes and especially enjoyedworking with Walter Kistler and Bob Citron, the Founders of most of the successfulstartups, including SPACEHAB, Inc., Lunar Transportation Systems, Inc., GLOBALOUTPOST, Inc., and Exploration Partners LLC.

Rick Tumlinson – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation, Orbital OutfittersNamed by Space News as one of the world‘s top “Visionaries’‘ and one of the hundredmost influential people in the space movement, Rick is a Texan and was a protegeof Gerard K. O’Neill at the Space Studies Institute, founder of the Space FrontierFoundation (whose first $50 came from the Heinleins), a founding trustee of the X Prizeand a lead witness 6 times at House and Senate hearings on the future of NASA, theU.S. space program and space tourism. Rick helped create or find funding for manyNewSpace firms and projects and ran the $25 million Foundation for the InternationalNon-governmental Development of Space (FINDS). He co-founded LunaCorp, whichproduced the first commercial to be shot in space, signed up Dennis Tito as the firstcommercial space flight participant and led the team which leased the Russian Mir spacestation for a year (the world‘s first commercial space facility.) He helped kick-start theLunar Prospector project which discovered water on the Moon, was a member of the AirForce’s DC-X single stage rocket team, produced the first paid political announcementfor space, was the Sci Fi channel‘s founding space expert, and did the core media usedto fund the International Space University, the X-33 and other projects. Rick was one ofonly 20 outsiders invited by the White House to witness President Bush’s announcementof his space exploration initiative to return to the Moon and go to Mars.

Henry Vanderbilt – Founder, Space Access SocietyHenry Vanderbilt is founder of the Space Access Society, organized to do annual confer-ences that bring people together to discuss how to accomplish radically different spacetransportation costs.

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Max Vozoff – Vice President of Business Development, Innovative Space PropulsionSystemsMax Vozoff received his Bachelors Degree with Honors in Electrical & Communica-tions Engineering in 1993 from Curtin University of Technology in Perth, WesternAustralia, and a Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering (Astronautics) from theUniversity of Southern California in 2002. After 8 years designing communicationshardware in commercial industry, Max moved to NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL) where he spent 6 years contributing to missions including GRACE, Jason, COS-MIC, ST3/Starlight, ST5, OSTM, UAVSAR and other technology development pro-grams, as well as habitat Systems Engineering and numerous advanced concept studies.From 2005-2010, Max worked for SpaceX, serving as Senior Mission Manager, ProgramManager for the COTS development, Product Manager for the Dragon spacecraft andDirector of Civil Business Development. He led SpaceX’s successful responses to theNASA COTS solicitation and the subsequent CRS ISS cargo services solicitation. Hewas responsible for managing cargo Dragon development through ISS Safety Reviewprocess and led SpaceX‘s commercial crew and Human Rating initiatives for Dragon.Other responsibilities included advanced concept development for heavy lift launch ve-hicles, reuseable boosters and lunar landers. He also conceived and marketed “Drag-onLab” a free-flying application of the Dragon spacecraft for scientific research, in-spacetechnology demonstration and educational mission. Max is currently consulting in com-mercial space Business Development, commercial crew, aerospace applications, programmanagement and successful government/commercial partnerships and procurements.

Erika Wagner – Senior Director, Exploration Prize Development, X PRIZE Founda-tionDr. Erika Wagner joined the X PRIZE Foundation as founding Executive Director ofthe X PRIZE Lab @ MIT, where she developed the X PRIZE Grand Challenges courseand a cross-disciplinary research program in prize theory. Now, as Senior Directorof Exploration Prize Development, Dr. Wagner has returned to her engineering roots,leading the design of new X PRIZEs and X CHALLENGEs in the areas of space, oceansand advanced transportation. She continues to teach at the X PRIZE Lab@UW, whereshe holds an appointment in the Evans School of Public Affairs. Prior to joining XPRIZE, Dr. Wagner served at MIT as Science Director and Executive Director of theMars Gravity Biosatellite Program, a multi-university spacecraft development initiativeto investigate the physiological effects of reduced gravity. Her interdisciplinary academicbackground includes a bachelor‘s in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University,a master’s in Aeronautics & Astronautics from MIT, and a PhD in Bioastronautics fromthe Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.

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George Whitesides – President and CEO, Virgin GalacticGeorge Whitesides is the CEO of Virgin Galactic, the US based and regulated SpaceTourism Company. Virgin Galactic has developed the WhiteKnightTwo and Space-ShipTwo air launched space system over the past six years using technology developedby Scaled Composites based on the X Prize winning SpaceShipOne which was pilotedtwice into space and now hangs in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. In his roleas CEO, Whitesides is responsible for all aspects of the business, guiding VG to commer-cial operations at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Most recently, Whitesides servedas Chief of Staff for NASA, where he was the recipient of the Distinguished ServiceMedal, the highest honor that the agency confers. Prior to his role at NASA, White-sides served as Executive Director of the National Space Society and Chairman of theReusable Launch Vehicle Working Group of the Federal Aviation Authority Commer-cial Space Transportation Advisory Committee. Whitesides’ earlier career experience inthe aerospace industry took place at Orbital Sciences Corporation, Blastoff Corporationand the Zero Gravity Corporation. A licensed private pilot and certified parabolic flightcoach, Whitesides is a graduate of Cambridge and Princeton Universities and a formerFulbright Scholar.

Simon (Pete) Worden – Director, NASA Ames Research CenterDr. Simon (Pete) Worden (Brig. Gen., USAF, ret.) is the center director at NASAAmes Research Center where he leads a staff of nearly 2,500 civil servants and con-tractors and oversees an annual budget of approx. $800 million providing the criticalR&D support that makes NASA‘s and the nation’s aeronautics and space missions pos-sible. In just three years, Worden has completely transformed Ames, reinvigoratingthe center‘s workforce and taking a leadership role in important, cost-effective smallsatellite missions. Worden has also put Ames on the critical path for all major NASAspace exploration missions through effective use of the center’s unique wind tunnels,arc jets, intelligent systems and supercomputer facilities and capabilities. Worden‘s‘GreenSpace’ initiative has brought Ames‘ remote sensing capabilities to bear on airtraffic safety, fighting forest fires, and the study of climate change. And Ames’ new Sus-tainability Base facility will serve as a model for future eco-friendly, high-performancefederal buildings. In recognition of these outstanding achievements, Worden was namedthe Federal Laboratory Consortium‘s Laboratory Director of the Year for 2009. Priorto becoming Ames’ director, Worden was a Research Professor of Astronomy, OpticalSciences and Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona where his primary researchdirection was the development of large space optics for national security and scientificpurposes and near-earth asteroids. worden retired in 2004 after 29 years of active servicein the United States Air Force.

Michael Wright, PhD – Senior Research Scientist, NASA AmesMichael Wright received his PhD from the university of Minnesota in 1997 in AerospaceEngineering. Since that time, he has worked at NASA Ames Research Center, special-izing in Entry, Descent and Landing technologies, aerothermodynamics, and thermalprotection systems. He is the primary developer of aerothermodynamics code “DPLR”,2007 NASA software of the year, and has supported EDL for many flight missions, in-cluding Stardust, Phoenix, Huygens, MSL, and Orion. Michael currently splits his timeas the PI of the EDL technology development project in ETDD and the Project Scientistfor Hypersonic EDL Technologies in the ARMD Fundamental Aeronautics Program. Heis also the co-chair (with Mark Adler/ JPL) of the EDL roadmapping effort within theNASA Office of the Chief Technologist.

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Conference Team

Ryan McLinko (Sierra Nevada Corporation) – Conference ChairJames Pura (Boeing) – Assistant Conference ChairWilliam Watson (Space Frontier Foundation) – Executive DirectorBruce Pittman (NASA Ames) – Programming CoordinatorBrad Cheetham (University Of Colorado Boulder) – VIP LiaisonGary Marx (Space Frontier Foundation) – Day Manager FridayDan Pastuf (University at Buffalo) – Day Manager SaturdayJames Tumber (Boston University) – Day Manager ThursdayNick Caiello (Rochester Institute of Technology) – A/V ManagerJonathan Card (Space Frontier Foundation) – TreasurerMarimikel Charrier (Space Frontier Foundation) – PR ManagerCameron Crowell (Virginia Tech) – Exhibits ManagerSara Meschberger (University of Arizona ) – Registration ManagerNastia Soukhareva (Virginia Tech) – Volunteer ManagerMy-Linh Truong (Riegl USA) – Catering ManagerAlyssa Voightmann (Boeing) – Awards Gala ManagerBrian Young (Jet Propulsion Lab) – Program Book/Management Site ManagerMarcus Bautista (Space Frontier Foundation) – Networking Events ManagerOrian Breaux (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) – Assistant Registration DeskDarrell Cain (Space Frontier Foundation) – Assistant Exhibits ManagerMatthew Cannella (University of Colorado at Boulder) – Assistant Day Manager FridayJenissa Garcia (ITT Systems Division) – Assistant Day Manager SaturdayMatt Green (Qualcomm) – Assistant A/V ManagerRick Hanton (SEDS USA) – Assistant A/V ManagerCurtis Iwata (Georgia Tech) – Assistant Day Manager ThursdayRachelle Ornan (Boeing) – Assistant Awards Gala ManagerAnna Perez (Space Generation) – Assistant Catering managerJustin Siples (Texas Space Alliance) – Assistant Website ManagerBrandon Seifert (University of Colorado at Boulder) – Assistant Registration DeskPye Pye Zaw (Arizona State University) – Assistant Volunteer ManagerBen Corbin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) – General VolunteerPaul Fuller (California State University) – General VolunteerJoel Stein (Virginia Tech) – General VolunteerDaniel Zhou (Purdue University) – General Volunteer

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Local Area Maps

Local Area Maps

Map of the conference center

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Map of NASA Ames Research Center

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Local Area Maps

Mountain View Area: NASA Ames at Moffett Field, CA 94035.A marks hotel complex, B marks NASA Ames.

Doubletree San Jose2050 Gateway PlaceSan Jose, CA 95110

San Jose Airport Garden Inn1740 N. First St.San Jose, CA 95112

Fairfield Inn & Suites, San JoseAirport1755 N. First St.San Jose, CA 95112

From hotels to Ames

• Head northwest on N 1st St(0.3 mi)

• Merge right onto US-101N(0.1 mi)

• Take exit 398 for Moffett Blvdtoward NASA Pkwy (8.3 mi)

• Turn right onto Moffett Blvd(0.2 mi)

From Ames to hotels

• Exit Moffett Field on MoffettBlvd

• Turn left to merge onto US-101 S toward San Jose (0.3mi)

• Take exit 389 for Brokaw Rdtoward First St. (8.2 mi)

• Keep right at the for, followingsigns for Airport Pkwy

Rainbow Cab Co: (408) 271-9900 Yellow Checker Cab: (408) 773-1900 Metro Taxi Cab: (408) 437-9000

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