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Space Frontier Conference 8: "Launching the Space Millennium"
September 23-26, 1999, Los Angeles, California, Sheraton Gateway Hotel
The Honorable Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach, CA), Chairman of the House
of Representatives Space Subcommittee, joined other featured speakers, including
NASA's Administrator Daniel S. Goldin, noted science fiction author Ray Bradbury,
Apollo 11 astronaut and space entrepreneur Buzz Aldrin, The SETI Institute's Dr. Jill
Tarter and many other leaders of the entrepreneurial commercial space industry at
one of the world's premier annual gatherings focused on space development and
settlement.
Space Frontier Conference 8, was held September 23-26,1999, at the Sheraton
Gateway Hotel next to Los Angeles International Airport. The conference is a leading
edge space event where entrepreneurs and government space policy makers meet
and discuss exciting business alternatives that will ultimately throw open the doors for
individuals to travel in space.
Every year the conference has been a meeting place for industry players to debate,
partner and invest in new and opportunities for tomorrow. The conferences showcase
commercial space enterprises and frontier enabling technologies. From Mars colonies
to asteroid mining, space tourism to space power, each yearly space Frontier
Conference is an event for anyone who wants to learn first-hand what our tomorrow in
space will look like.
Space Frontier Conference 8 included full-day sessions on Cheap Access to Space,
Near-Earth Asteroids, and Doing Business on Space Stations. There were half-day
sessions on Space Tourism (Beyond the Horizon), Advanced Technologies and
Breakthroughs, and The Moon, Mars, and the Far Frontier. In addition, there was an
Art Show short hosted by the International Association of Astronomical Artists, and a
Space Property Rights dinner show ("Get Off My Rock!").
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Additionally, there was a special Friday night commemoration of the Apollo 12 mission
and the life and accomplishments of its commander, the late Charles "Pete" Conrad
(Captain, USN, Ret.). It was hosted by Richard F. "Dick" Gordon, Jr. (Captain, USN,
Ret.), Apollo 12 Command Module Pilot.
During the Awards Banquet, The Sea Launch Team was given the Foundation's
Vision to Reality award, the Service to the Frontier award was given to Dr. Alfred
Differ, Advocate, Space Frontier Foundation, Kerinia Cusick received the ProSpace
Activist of the Year award, and the Founders' Award was awarded posthumously to
Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill, author of The High Frontier.
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Join the Fight!
Space Frontier
Conferences
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SFC 8 is sponsored
by ProSpace, FINDS,
and Applied Space
Resources.
The High Frontier
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O'Neill's
masterpiece. This
new 3rd Edition
Includes an
introduction by
Freeman Dyson.
Click above to
order The High
Frontier from
Amazon.com.
SFC 8 Agenda
Thursday, September 23, 1999
9:00am - 9:30am Plenary Session Keynote:
Rick N. Tumlinson - President, Space Frontier Foundation
9:30am - 5:00pm
TRACK 1: Cheap Access to Space - Space Transportation Symposium
Dr. Dana Andrews - Boeing Reusable Space Systems
Gene Austin - NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
Pat Bahn - CEO, TGV Rockets
Paul Birkeland - Systems Engineer, Licensing, Kistler Aerospace Corp.
Mitchell Burnside Clapp - Pioneer Rocketplane
Bob Davis - Kelly Space & Technology
Dr. William Gaubatz - Universal Spacelines
Lori Garver - Associate Administrator, NASA
Joe Hawkins - Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, FAA/AST
Gary Hudson - CEO, Rotary Rocket Company
Michael S. Kelly - Chairman, Kelly Space & Technology
Robert Lindberg - Vice President and Program Manager, Orbital Sciences Corp.
Jack London - NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
Jay Penn - Aerospace Corp.
Ron Rosepink - Space Access LLC
Jess Sponable - Universal Spacelines
Henry Vanderbilt - Space Access Society
Ransom Wuller - Chairman, ProSpace
TRACK 2: The Watch: Asteroid Symposium
John Cserep - NEO Project, Space Frontier Foundation
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Dr. Alfred Differ - NEO Project, Space Frontier Foundation
Dr. Tom Gehrels - University of Arizona
Joe Gillin - NEO Project, Space Frontier Foundation
Dr. Alan Hale - co-discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp
Dr. Eleanor Helin - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mike Heney - Chairman, Space Frontier Foundation
Dr. Jeffrey Kargel - U.S. Geological Survey
Dr. John Lewis - University of Arizona
Dr. Brian Marsden - Harvard University
Dr. Subramaniam Muralidharan - University of Arizona
Dr. Steven Ostro - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mark Sonter - Australian Asteroid Mining Consortium
Dr. Jeremy Tatum - University of Victoria
Dennis Wingo - NEO Project, Space Frontier Foundation
12:30pm - 2:00pm Luncheon Speaker:
Ray Bradbury - Author, Lecturer
1:00pm - 6:00pm Art Show & Exhibit Hall Open
Art Show hosted by the International Association of Astronomical Artists
7:00pm - 10:00pm Space Property Rights Dinner Performance: Get Off My
Rock!
10:00pm Hospitality Suite Opens
Friday, September 24, 1999
9:00am - 9:30am Opening Remarks:
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin
9:00am - 6:00pm Art Show & Exhibit Hall Open
Art Show hosted by the International Association of Astronomical Artists
9:30am - 12:30pm Breakout Session: Commercial Space Pilots Workshop
Dr. Melchor J. Antunan - Federal Aviation Administration
Bob Ray - pilot, American Airlines
Dr. Harvey Wichman - Claremont McKenna College
Ed Wright - Chairman, Seattle Space Enterprise Symposium
9:30am - 5:00pm Doing Business on Space Stations
Sponsored by Constellation Services International, Inc.
Shubber Ali - VP, Bay Enterprises
Eric Anderson - Space Adventures
Bill Carswell - Research Scientist, University of Alabama
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Andrew Eddy - Canadian Space Agency
Dr. Jamie Floyd - Space Development Corporation
Alex Gimarc - Space Studies Institute
Mark Gittleman - VP, Oceaneering Space Systems
Henry Kunkell - Boeing, TransHab
Charles Lauer - SpaceVision
Jeffrey Manber - Senior Advisor, Energia Ltd.
Jim Muncy - Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation
Kelly Parker - Palladia Systems
Lon Rains - Space News
Dan Tam - Special Assistant to the NASA Administrator for Commercialization
Bob Werb - Orbital Properties
Dennis Wingo - Skycorp
Ransom Wuller - ProSpace
5:00pm - 7:00pm Advocate Dinner
(open to Space Frontier Foundation Advocates only)
5:00pm - 7:00pm Breakout: Poster Session
12:30pm - 2:00pm Luncheon Speaker
7:00pm - 9:00pm FINDS Reception:
A commemoration of the Apollo 12 mission and the accomplishments of its
Commander, the late Capt. Charles P. "Pete" Conrad (USN, Ret.). The event will be
hosted by Capt. Richard F. "Dick" Gordon, Jr. (USN, Ret.), Apollo 12 Command
Module Pilot.
9:00pm - 12:00am Hospitality Suite Opens
Sponsored by Applied Space Resources
Saturday, September 25, 1999
9:00am - 9:30am Opening Remarks
9:00am - 6:00pm Art Show & Exhibit Hall Open
Art Show hosted by the International Association of Astronomical Artists
9:30am - 12:30pm Citizen Explorers & Space Tourism
Dr. Buzz Aldrin - ShareSpace & Apollo 11 Astronaut
Eric Anderson - Space Adventures
Dr. Alan Binder - Lunar Prospector Principal Investigator
Dr. Patrick Collins - National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
Robert Haltermann - Space Transportation Association
Jason Klassi - Expedition Earth
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Lonnie Schorer - Resident Cruise Ships
John Spencer- Space Tourism Society
Peter Wainwright- Spacefuture.com
Dr. Harvey Wichman - Claremont McKenna College
12:30pm - 2:00pm Luncheon Speaker:
The Honorable Dana Rohrabacher, Chairman of the House Space and Aeronautics
Subcommittee (R-Huntington Beach, CA)
Luncheon Sponsored by ProSpace
1:00pm - 5:00pm Special Session: Kids-in-Space
Sponsored by Applied Space Resources
2:00pm - 5:00pm "Beyond the Horizon" Advanced Technologies &
Breakthroughs
Moderator: Benigno Muniz Jr., Senior Staff Engineer, Hughes Space &
Communications
Dr. Marshall Burns, President, Ennex Corp.
Joe Carroll, President and Founder, Tether Applications
Dr. Costas Cassapakis, President, L'Garde, Inc.
Dr. Leik Myrabo, Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Seth Potter, Engineering Specialist, Reusable Space Systems Division, The
Boeing Company
Dr. William L. "Red" Whittaker, Fredkin Research Professor of Robotics at the
Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
7:00pm - 10:00pm Banquet: Awards & Space Gala
9:00pm - 12:00am Hospitality Suite
Sponsored by Space Tourism Club
Sunday, September 26, 1999
9:00am - 9:30am Keynote:
Dr. Kenneth Cox - NASA/Johnson Space Center
9:00am - 1:00pm Art Show & Exhibit Hall Open
Art Show hosted by the International Association of Astronomical Artists
9:30am - 12:30pm The Moon, Mars, & the Far Frontier
Greg Bennett - Bigelow Aerospace
Steve Durst - Space Fax Daily
Al Globus - AsterAnts
Jay Manifold - VP, Applied Space Resources
Greg Nemitz, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, TransOrbital, Inc.
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Denise Norris - CEO, Applied Space Resources
Mark Sonter - Australian Asteroid Mining Consortium
Prof. Madhu Thangavelu - University of Southern California, Space Exploration
Architectures
12:30pm - 2:00pm Luncheon Speaker:
Dr. Jill Tarter - Director of "Project Phoenix", The SETI Institute
2:00pm - 3:00pm Closing Ceremony - "Launching The Millennium"
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