NASA Roundtable: In-Space Services and Commercial Opportunities
Gary Martin (moderator) – Director of New Ventures & Communications, NASA Ames
Dallas Bienhoff – Manager for In-Space and Surface Systems, Boeing
Ron Clark – CEO, Space Orbital Systems
Doug Comstock – NASA Innovative Partnership Program
Dr. Dan Rasky – Director, NASA Ames Space Portal
Dennis Wingo – Skycorp, Inc., CTO, Orbital Recovery Corporation
Closing the Lunar Business Case
Rick Tumlinson (moderator) – Space Frontier Foundation, Orbital Outfitters
Wendell Mendell – NASA Planetary Scientist
Bruce Pittman – NASA Ames Space Portal
Dennis Wingo – Skycorp, Inc., Orbital Recovery
Space Solar Power Panel
Amaresh Kollipara (moderator) – Co-founder & Managing Partner, Earth2Orbit LLC
Joe Carroll – Tether Applications, Inc
Taylor Dinerman – Writer and weekly syndicated columnist
Dr. Feng Hsu – Senior Vice President, Space Energy
Thomas Olson – Exodus Consulting Group
Astronauts for the STS-134 shuttle mission attend a demonstration of the STORRM navigation system that will make docking operations safer and easier for spacecraft flying to the International Space Station (ISS). The demonstration took place on July 20 at Ball Aerospace.
BALL AEROSPACE PRESS RELEASE
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and NASA conducted a successful technology demonstration of an inventive navigation system that will make docking operations safer and easier for spacecraft flying to the International Space Station (ISS). The demonstration that took place at the Ball facility in Boulder, Colo., showcased the dynamic nature of the sensors by simulating crewed and uncrewed docking operations.
ISEC PRESS RELEASE
The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), an independent coalition designed to promote outreach and foster research relating to the construction of an Elevator to Space, announced today that Russian engineer Yuri Artsutanov and American engineer Jerome Pearson, pioneers of the modern Space Elevator concept, will appear at the 2010 Space Elevator Conference.
A Boeing CST-100 crew module docks at Bigelow Aerospace's Sundancer space station. (Credit: Boeing)
The following are notes from Jim Keravala on two separate talks given by NASA officials — Doug Comstock and Charles Miller — on Saturday during the NewSpace 2010 conference. Both men talked about how NASA is working with the private sector to open up space so that it is cheaper and easier to access and use for a variety of activities.
Falcon 9 takes off on its first flight. (Credit: Chris Thompson SpaceX)
NASA Roundtable: Low Cost, Reliable Access to Space
Synopsis: A panel discussion between NASA officials and industry leaders concerning LCRATS – low-cost, reliable access to space. Conclusion: Progress has been made in getting NASA to buy in a market fashion, but much remains undone.
The Real Game Begins
Rick Tumlinson
Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation
Co-founder, Orbital Outfitters
Synopsis: Tumlinson sketches out the past, present and future prospects of the effort to move humans off the Earth to stay. There is still much work to be done.
Notes below by James Keravala
Monday, July 26, 2010, 2-3:30 PM PDT: We welcome back Brian Enke, a Senior Space Research Analyst at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado who researches Mars and asteroid science, artificial intelligence and robotics algorithms, and remote sensing technologies. Brian will be discussing the latest Mars/asteroid science, robotics, Mars mission plans and the “space calculus” he has been developing, Mars settlement concerns, the current state of the space industry, […]
This image shows a 90-mile-wide portion of the giant Valles Marineris canyon system. Landslide debris and gullies in the canyon walls on Mars can be seen at 100 meters (330 feet) per pixel. Credit: NASA/JPL/Arizona State University
NASA PRESS RELEASE
A camera aboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever. Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet.
Rick Scott, Republican candidate for Florida governor
Scott talks space issues: GOP hopeful says nourishing private sector is key to future
Florida Today
On a six-day bus tour of Florida, Republican candidate for governor Rick Scott stopped at Brevard Community College to discuss the space industry’s needs with local officials.
“Clearly the (industrial) talent here is unbelievable,” said the multimillionaire businessman from Naples and first-time office seeker. “We need a team to coordinate their talent with more entrepreneurial spirit.
China builds hypersonic wind tunnel to develop spaceplane China Defense Mashup Chinese Inner Mongolia North Heavy Industries Group recently announced that the group has successfully provided the key element of “JF12 Shockwave Hypersonic wind tunnelâ€, which is the most advanced and creative project in world Hypersonic research area. “JF12 Shockwave Hypersonic wind tunnel†is being constructed for the initiation of China’s future spaceplane project. JF12 Windtunnel is mainly designed by […]
