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Space Frontier Conference 9: Odyssey's Horizon
Los Angeles, California October 19-22, 2000
THE place to be for anyone interested in space is Space Frontier Conference 9!
This year's conference will feature the latest news about MirCorp and the world's
FIRST commercial space station, the latest on the New Moon Race, a special
session on space enrepreneurism, and Extreme Space, where $15,000 in grant
money will be awarded to young space innovators.
Among our speakers and presenters will be Dennis Tito, scheduled to be MirCorp's
first Citizen Explorer; CNN's Miles O'Brian; Mars experts Pascal Lee and Chris
McKay, and a host of new launch vehicle developers, lunar explorers,
businesspeople and visionaries working to open the Space Frontier.
New sessions at this year's conference include:
Entrepreneurial Space a panel of investment professionals will discuss what it
takes to put together a viable business plan - and then will offer feedback on
selected business plans! After incorporating this feedback, the companies will then
have a chance to present their plans to a wider audience of technology investors.
Visit the Entrepreneurial Space page for additional info - including how to submit
your business plan for consideration!
Extreme Space The Call For Papers is out, and $15,000 in grant money from
FINDS is waiting to be awarded! Extreme Space is looking for new, creative
approaches to the obstacles to opening the space frontier and establishing
permanent human settlemets in space from a new generation of visionaries. The
Space Studies Institute is teaming with FINDS and the Space Frontier Foundation
to host this event. Visit the Extreme Space page for rules and information on how
to enter!
Click here for the Full Conference Agenda, and see what this year's conference
has to offer!
Sponsoring Organizations:
Conference Sponsor:
RNR Ventures, LLC
RNR Ventures is a venture capital firm with its vision firmly on the future of
business. Through RNR's involvement with several space companies, the firm is
convinced that space represents the next big industry for investment and
development.
Conference Co-Sponsors:
Celestis, Inc. is the world leader in post cremation memorial spaceflight. Since the
company's first launch the cremains of nearly 100 people are in Earth orbit.
Celestis has added to its market with the addition of the Lunar Service (orbit or
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surface), the Voyager Service (deep space) and Ad Astra radio message services.
The next Celestis Earthview Service launch is scheduled for January 2001.
The California Space and Technology Alliance is officially designated by the
state of California as The California Space Authority.
Constellation Services International, Inc. - The Future of Orbital Commerce
ProSpace - The Citizens' Space Lobby
Applied Space Resources - Developing the world's first commercial Lunar
Mission.
Hotel Information:
Manhattan Beach Marriott
1400 Parkview Avenue
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266-3714
Phone: 310-546-7511, Fax: 310-546-7520
Located 3 miles south (10 minutes by car) from
LAX. We have a special conference room rate
of $99 per night -ask for the rate when you register.
The Space Frontier Foundation is an organization dedicated to the human settlement of space in our
lifetime. Our goals include protecting the Earth's fragile biosphere and creating a freer and more
prosperous life for each generation by using the unlimited energy and material resources of space. Our
purpose is to unleash the power of free enterprise and lead a united humanity permanently into the Solar
System. We are transforming space from a government-owned program into a dynamic and inclusive
frontier open to all people.
For more information call 800-78-SPACE (800-787-7223)
or send us your comments
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SFC 9 Agenda
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Buy Books by Foundation
Advocates and Friends:
Andrew Chaikin's A Man
on the Moon is the
definitive guide to the
Apollo program. Click
above to order from
Amazon.com.
Space Frontier Conference 9: Odyssey's Horizon
Los Angeles, California October 19-22, 2000
Preliminary Agenda and Confirmed Speakers
EVENTS
Space Frontier
Conferences
Return to the Moon
Conferences
Other Events
The High Frontier is
Gerard K. O'Neill's
masterpiece. This
new 3rd Edition
Includes an
introduction by
Freeman Dyson.
Click above to order
The High Frontier
from Amazon.com.
Space Frontier Conference 9 Agenda http://archive.spacefrontier.org/Events/SFC9/SFC9agenda.html
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Thursday, October 19, 2000
8:00 am Registration
9:00 am Welcome: Michael K. Heney, SFC9 Conference Chair
Keynote Address: Rick N. Tumlinson, President, Space Frontier
Foundation
9:30 am Space Transportation: Private Sector
11:00 am Break
11:15 am Space Transportation: Public Sector
1:00 pm Luncheon
2:30 pm Entrepreneurial Space
3:30 pm Break
4:00 pm Space Policy and Legal Issues
Friday, October 20, 2000
9:00 am Welcome: Michael K. Heney, SFC9 Conference Chair
Keynote Address: Margo Deckard, SPS Project Manager, Space
Frontier Foundation
9:30 am Space Solar Power
11:00 am Break
11:15 am The New Moon Race
1:00 pm Luncheon
2:30 pm Doing Business on Space Stations
8:00 pm FINDS Reception
Saturday, October 21, 2000
9:00 am Welcome: Rick N. Tumlinson, President, Space Fronteir Foundation
9:30 am The Watch
11:15 am Break
11:30 am Extreme Space
1:00 pm Luncheon: Speaker: Dennis Tito, First scheduled customer to Mir
2:30 pm Citizen Exploration and Space Tourism
4:00 pm Break
4:15 pm Citizen Exploration and Space Tourism (continued)
7:30 pm Reception
8:00 pm Banquet
Sunday, October 22, 2000
9:20 am Welcome: Michael K. Heney, SFC9 Conference Chair
9:30 am Beyond The Horizon
11:00 am Break
11:15 am Free Space Habitats and Resources
12:15 pm Mars
1:00 pm Luncheon: Speaker: Dr. Pascal Lee, Principal Investigator, NASA's
Haughton Mars Project: "Mars on Earth - Mars Analog Research in
Polar Environments"
2:30 pm Citizens and Space
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The Space Frontier Foundation is an organization dedicated to the human settlement of space in our
lifetime. Our goals include protecting the Earth's fragile biosphere and creating a freer and more
prosperous life for each generation by using the unlimited energy and material resources of space. Our
purpose is to unleash the power of free enterprise and lead a united humanity permanently into the Solar
System. We are transforming space from a government-owned program into a dynamic and inclusive
frontier open to all people.
For more information call 800-78-SPACE (800-787-7223)
or send us your comments
Return to the Space Frontier Foundation Home Page
Copyright 1996 - 2008 Space Frontier Foundation. All rights reserved.
All work contained herein is protected by United States copyright/ intellectual property law.
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