Government Space Plane Concepts and Programs:
- Lt. Col. Jess Sponable, USAF Phillips Laboratories, Military Spaceplanes
- Steve Stoyanof, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Future X
- Craig Johnson, Lockheed Martin Skunkworks, Military Spaceplanes
- Paul Klevatt, Boeing/Huntington Beach, Military Spaceplanes
Luncheon: Jerry Rising, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Commercial Space Plane Concepts and Projects:
- Michael Kelly, Kelly Space and Technology, Towed RLV
- Dr. Buzz Aldrin, Starcraft Boosters Inc., Starbooster flyback launcher
- Gary Hudson, Rotary Rocket Company, SSTO
- Mitchell Burnside-Clapp, Pioneer Rocketplane, Air Launch RLV
- Dr. Adam Sienbenhaar, Aerojet Gencorp RBCC, Strutjet engines
FINDS Reception: $250,000 Space Rocket Prize Announcement
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Opening Session: Cities in Space – Alpha Town to O'Neill:
- Rick Tumlinson, Space Frontier Foundation
Opening the Space Station to Business:
- Dennis Stone, NASA Johnson Space Center
- Chuck Lauer, Orbital Properties Inc.
- John Muratore, X-38 Program Manager, NASA Johnson Space Center
- Dr. Tom Rogers, Sophron Foundation
Luncheon: Dr. Harrison Schmitt, Lunar He3
Cheap Access to Space Update Panel:
- Charles "Pete" Conrad, Universal Space Lines, Introduction
- Bob Werb, Space Frontier Foundation, Moderator
- Leaders of the RLV Industry, Speakers
Workshop: New Rocketeers, the Cheap Access to Space Prize
Space - Open for Business:
- Charles Chafer, Celestis Corp., Space Burials
- Dr. Harrison Schmitt, University of Wisconsin, Lunar He3
- Dr. William "Red" Whittaker, Carnegie Mellon University, Tele-Robotics
- Dr. George Friedman, Space Studies Institute, USC microrover demo
Awards Banquet: Annual Awards/ Ufaux band
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Spaceports, Space Liners and Space Hotels:
- Andrea Seastrand, CSTA, Spaceports
- Richard Hora, Eclipse Spacelines, Space Lines
- Patrick Collins, Space Tourism
- Jay Penn and Charles Lindley, Aerospace Corp., Space Tourism
Workshop: Financing the Future – SBIRs, Venture Capital and Space Investment
Luncheon: Dr. John Lewis, University of Arizona
Scouting the Horizon:
- Dr. Robert Zubrin, Pioneer Astronautics, Non-Gov't Mars Exploration
- Dr. Alan Binder, Lunar Prospector Mission, Asteroid Mining
- Jim Benson, Space Development Corp., Asteroid Mining
- Dr. John Lewis, University of Arizona, Asteroid Mining
- David Gump, Lunacorp, Return to the Moon
- John Mankins, NASA HQ, Space Solar Power
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