Space Access ’11 Successful

Space Access ’11 Conference Successful

Our latest Space Access Conference wrapped up last Saturday evening with the awe-inspiring sight of NewSpace notables singing rocket-margarita-propelled karaoke in the hotel bar.  Only one speaker in the final published agenda had to cancel, and his reason was impossible to argue with – his Zeppelin was running late.  (Seriously – choppy weather had delayed his space observation instrument test on a modern Zeppelin airship flight out of Moffet Field.)  Speaking of weather, a number of guests from places like the UK and Seattle said we’d gone overboard on the Arizona hospitality, importing a day of their native climates Saturday (forties and raining) but we strive to make everyone feel welcome!  (The rest of the conference was more spring-like.)

Seriously, we state in our program book that the goal for our Space Access Conference** “..is to get industry, political, and entrepreneurial players together in a relaxed informal atmosphere to trade ideas, make deals, and move this fledgling industry forward.”  Our latest conference seems to have accomplished that once again.  Watch for news of next year’s Space Access ’12 as we start organizing it in the coming months.

For one wide collection of links to coverage of the conference, see https://www.hobbyspace.com/AAdmin/archive/SpecialTopics/Events/2011/SpaceAccess-2011.html.

** Not to be confused with the “First Conference on Space Access” someone is putting on this fall in Paris (at ten times our price.)  We’re glad they think it’s a good idea, even if it did take them nineteen years since our first conference to catch on.