Space Enteprise Symposium
Seattle, Washington
Museum of Flight
Saturday, November 13, 1999

Agenda All speakers subject to change.
8:45 am - 9:00 am	Opening Remarks
	Rick Tumlinson - President, Space Frontier Foundation The Space Frontier Foundation is a public policy research and advocacy group that works with government and business leaders to promote industry initiatives and government policies that will open the space frontier to the people of Earth.
9:00 am - 10:30 am	Cheap Access to Space and Reusable Launch Vehicles
	Gary Hudson - President and CEO, Rotary Rocket Company Rotary Rocket Company is developing a revolutionary reusable, piloted, single-to-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle called Roton. Rotary recently completed the first successful flights of its Roton ATV atmospheric test vehicle.
	Dr. Bill Gaubatz - President, Space Clipper International Space Clipper International is a division of Universal Space Lines, a company founded by Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad and other members of the former McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper team, which built and flew the Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X) for the US military and NASA.
	Mike Kelly - Chairman and CTO, Kelly Space and Technology KST is developing the Eclipse Astroliner, a commercial spaceplane that will be towed off the ground by a Boeing 747. The company also has a contract to develop a new Space Transportation Architecture for NASA.
	Debra Facktor Lepore - Payload Systems Manager, Kistler Aerospace Kistler Aerospace is a Kirkland, Washington-based company developing a reusable two-stage rocket, the K-1. Kistler plans to test-launch the K-1 from Australia next year and conduct operational launches from Australia and Nevada.
	Rob Wolfe - Chief Engineer, Pioneer Rocketplane A California-based company working on a spaceplane that uses mid-air refueling before boosting into orbit. Pioneer plans to relocate to the new commercial spaceport near Cedar City, Utah.
10:35 am - 12:05 pm	Spaceports and Space Tourism
	Bill King - Director of Aerospace Programs, Washington State CETD Bill King is director of the Washington State Spaceport project, a government effort promoting the establishment of a launch site for reusable launch vehicles near Grant County International Airport at Moses Lake.
	Pat Ladner - Executive Director, Alaska Aerospace Development Corp. The Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation manages Alaska's commercial spacport, the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island.
	Thomas Arnold - Director, Idaho Office of Spaceport Development The state of Idaho is proposing a commercial spaceport in the high country near the Snake River.
	Eric Anderson - General Manager, Space Adventures Space Adventures is a travel company that offers zero-gee training and other space-related tours and vacaitions to the general public. It is working with commercial rocket companies to ofer suborbital space travel to the public in the near future.
	David Ashford - Managing Director, Bristol Spaceplanes Bristol Spaceplanes is a British company developing a four-place suborbital rocketplane for astronaut training and space tourism.
	Jeff Greason - President, XCOR Aerospace XCOR Aerospace is developing rockets for space tourism and sport aviation, including the engine for a full-scale flying replica of the Bell X-1, the first plane to break the sound barrier.
12:10 pm - 1:40 pm	Luncheon
Speaker TBA Menu Options:     Roasted Cedar Plank Salmon     Panko Grilled Breast of Chicken     Spinach Lasagna
1:40 pm - 3:10 pm	Commercial Space Exploration and New Technology
	Jim Benson - President, SpaceDev, Inc. SpaceDev recently announced the first commercial customer for its privately financed Near Earth Asteroid Prospector mission. SpaceDev also offers low-cost Mars and lunar missions using a standard spacecraft bus.
	Dr. Alan Binder - Director, Lunar Research Institute; President, Lunar Exploration, Inc. Through the Lunar Research Institute, Dr. Binder developed and ran the highly successful Lunar Prospector mission, which confirmed the existance of ice at the north and south poles of the Moon. Dr. Binder plans to develop follow-on missions through LRI and Lunar Exploration, Inc.
	David Gump - President, LunaCorp LunaCorp is developing an unmanned lunar rover mission, Lunar Icebreaker, to explore for ice at the lunar pole. LunaCorp is working closely with Dr. Alan Binder and Dr. Red Whittaker.
	Dr. Red Whittaker - Director, Field Robotics Laboratory, The Robotics Institute, Cargenie Mellon University The Field Robotics Laboratory is developing mobile robots for commercial space exploration. Current projects include LunaCorp's Lunar Icebreaker and Solar Blade, a miniature vehicle that will be the first spacecraft to propel itself without engines, using the pressure of the Sunšs light on a solar sail.
	Denise Norris - President, Applied Space Resources ASR is developing a robotic sample return mission, Lunar Retriever. Using technology similar to Russian landers of the 1960's, Lunar Retriever will collect rocks and soil samples for sale to scientific and educational institutions, NASA, and private collectors.
	Dr. Robert Hoyt - President, Tethers Unlimited, Inc., Deorbit Corporation Tethers Unlimited is a Washington-based company developing an orbital tether with applications for commercial satellites, space stations, and other applications. Deorbit Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary developing a commercial tether for deorbiting outdated satellites.
3:20 pm - 4:30 pm	Finance, Policy, and Markets for New Space Ventures Sponsored by Constellation Services International
	Shubber Ali - Vice President of Strategy, Bay Enterprises Shubber Ali is a space industry consultant who managed the Space Practice at KPMG Peat Marwick. He has experience in developing business planning and market strategy for spaceports, launch vehicles, and satellite communications.
	Dr. Earl Renaud - Chief Operating Officer, TGV Rockets TGV Rockets is developing a piloted reusable sounding rocket for microgravity, high-altitude research, and other scientific applications.
	Charles Miller - President, Constellation Services International Constellation Services will provide satellite retrieval and repair services, using existing technologies, at a fraction of the cost of satellite replacement.
	Ransom Wuller - President, ProSpace America ProSpace, the Citizens' Space Lobby, works to support government policies that open the space frontier.
4:40 pm - 6:10 pm	Space Station Commercialization and Business Opportunities Sponsored by Constellation Services International
	Charles Lauer - Partner, Spacevision Spacevision plans to use the Internation Space as a base for freeflying commercial remote-sensing cameras.
	Dennis Wingo - President, Skycorp Skycorp plans to use the International Space Station as an assembly site for commercial communications satellites.
	Bob Werb - Partner, Orbital Properties LLC Orbital Properties is a consulting and property development company that originated and is promoting the concept of space business parks.
	John Cassanto - President, Instrumentation Technology Associates Instrumentation Technology Associates provides flight-proven hardware for microgravity experiments, including protein crystal growth experiments for commercial drug development.
	Michael Harrington - Associate Director, Engineering Programs, Center for Macromolecular Crystallography, University of Alabama The CMC is a NASA-sponsored Center for Commercial Development working with companies such as Merck, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Schering-Plough, Vertex, and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals to determine protein structure and interactions for drug design.
6:15 pm - 10:00 pm	Russian Cosmonaut Reception
	Guest of Honor - Yuri Prikhodko Champagne, prime rib, roast lamb, roast turkey, and other food sponsored by FINDS - the Foundation for International Nongovernmental Development of Space.