----- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: latest SA'05 conference info, with detailed agenda > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:07:58 -0700 > > Latest Info on Our Upcoming Conference, > Space Access '05, April 28-30, Phoenix Arizona > > Space Access '05 gets underway in less than a week - if you haven't > already made your travel arrangements, do it now! Rooms are still > available at our hotel, but cheap airfares are going away fast. > > Quick notes: > > - We've negotiated an extension on our $79 conference hotel room > rate, but it's only available if you call our hotel (Four Points by > Sheraton Phoenix Metrocenter, 602 997-5900, mention "space access") > between 8 am and 4 pm weekdays Mountain Standard Time (EDT-3) since > outside those hours calls automatically get switched to the Sheraton > national reservations center, which no longer has our rate listed. > - If you still have any difficulty booking a room at our rate for SA'05, > drop us a note at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ASAP. Thanks! > - Preregistrations must arrive at our mailbox by Wednesday April 27th > at the latest. > - We will have use of a credit card machine this year, at the > conference only - a local science fiction convention organization is > loaning us the use of their account. As long as you don't have a > problem with a charge from "Leprecon Inc" showing up on your account, > you can register at-the-door for Space Access via credit card. We will > also (as always) accept personal checks or cash. > - The forecast for our dates is clear and sunny, highs around eighty, > overnight lows in the sixties. Bring sunblock if you plan to hang out > by the pool or walk around a lot during the day! > > > Semi-Final Conference Agenda > (Subject to change - if we've scheduled you at an impossible time, > contact us ASAP and we'll figure out a way to fix it.) > > Thursday, April 28th > > noonish, depending on how setup goes: > - Space Access '05 Hospitality opens, Suite 317 (just off the hotel lobby > elevators, two floors up) > - Registration opens, in the "library" (between the hotel lobby and the > Mesquite Room where our sessions will be) > > (Note - that overworked A/V tech in t-shirt and jeans doing setup > Thursday is NOT the Executive Director; leave him alone to get his job > done. The Executive Director is the one who'll show up a bit later > dressed respectably; he'll be glad to chat.) > > 2 pm - brief welcome, Henry Vanderbilt, Executive Director of SAS > 2:05 - Henry Spencer, "Sustainable Spaceflight Beyond LEO" > 3:15 - Wes Kelly, Triton Systems > 3:45 - break > 4:15 - George Herbert, Venturer Aerospace, "Manned Capsules For Earth > Orbit and Beyond" > 4:55 - Lt. Cole Doupe, AFRL, with DARPA/Air Force FALCON Small Launcher > and ARES Reusable Rocket Stage Demonstrator briefings > 5:40 - Steve Harrington, Flometrics, with a pistonless pump demo > 6 pm - break for dinner > 8 pm - Registration closes > 8 pm - Jordin Kare, on "Laser Launch: It's Steamship Time" > 8:50 - Gerry Nordley, Tethers Unlimited > 9:20 - Parker E C Bradley, Heron Aerospace, "Cannon Assisted Rocket > Launches: Opening A New Commercial Frontier" > 9:50 - Henry Cate, "Bootstrapping LEO Tethers" > 10:10 - Vincent Cate, "Regolith Return Tether" > 10:30 - end of Thursday sessions > late - Hospitality closes > > Friday, April 29th > > 8 am - Registration and Hospitality open > 9 am - Tim Hughes, majority counsel to the House Science Committee, > on the intent behind various sections of the recent Space Launch > Amendments Act > 9:40 - George Nield, Deputy Associate Administrator for Commercial > Space Transportation, FAA AST > 10:20 - break > 10:50 - Michelle Murray, FAA AST, on the mechanics of the rulemaking > process whereby new law becomes detailed regulations > 11:30 - panel discussion - Various Regulatees discuss what they're > looking for from the current rulemaking process begun by the > recent Space Launch Amendments Act > 12:20 - break for lunch > 2 pm - Eric Anderson, Space Adventures > 2:40 - XCOR Aerospace > 3:30 - break > 4 pm - Jim Muncy, PoliSpace > 4:40 - Pat Bahn, TGV Rockets > 5:10 - panel: Questions To Ask Before You Wire The Money: A Space > Startup Investor's Checklist. Fleming, Olson, Pistritto, ? > 6 pm - break for dinner > 8 pm - Registration closes > 8 pm - Brooke Owens, X-Prize/X-Prize Cup > 8:40 - David Hoerr, author of "The Rocket Company" > 9:10 - Charles Pooley, Microlaunchers > 9:40 - panel: "When Physics, Economics, and Reality Collide - The > Challenge of Cheap Orbital Access" - Jurist, Dinkin, Livingston > 10:30 - end of Friday sessions > late - Hospitality closes > > Saturday, April 30th > > 8 am - Registration and Hospitality open > 9 am - John Powell, JP Aerospace > 9:50 - Len Cormier, PanAero LLC, "Space Van 2009" > 10:20 - break > 10:50 - Chuck Lauer, Rocketplane LLC > 11:30 - Rick Tumlinson, Space Frontier Foundation > 12:00 - Dave Masten, Masten Space > 12:20 - break for lunch > 2 pm - Registration closes > 2 pm - John Carmack, Phil Eaton, Russ Blink, Armadillo Aerospace > 2:50 - Mitchell Burnside Clapp, Pioneer Rocketplane Inc > 3:30 - break > 4 pm - Dennis Wingo, Orbital Recovery > 4:40 - David Anderman, Constellation Services > 5:20 - Tom Taylor, Lunar Transportation Systems > 6 pm - break for dinner > 8 pm - Dr. Jerry Pournelle > 8:40 - panel: Cheap Access Politcs: Where To Next? Vanderbilt, > Tumlinson, Case, Muncy, ? > 9:30 - Wrapup session, with feedback from the floor. > 10:30 - Space Access '05 sessions end > late - Hospitality closes - see you next time! > > You'll notice we run a single program track throughout, so you don't > have to miss a thing. This does mean we need to make the schedule a bit > intensive. Intensive, but also relaxed and informal - dress is casual, > speeches are kept to a minimum, and we don't do formal banquets. All > meals are on-your-own, so you can get together with the people you want > to be talking to at one of the many good places to eat and drink, in the > hotel or within a few minutes walk. Plus of course, there's our world- > reknowned Space Access Hospitality suite, serving fine finger-food and a > variety of beverages (non-adult per agreement with the hotel, but you > can always bring something up from the hotel bar) open from 8 am till > the small hours of the morning for your relaxation and conversation. > > > Hotel: > > Our hotel is the Four Points by Sheraton Metrocenter, 10220 N Metro > Parkway East, Phoenix Arizona 85051, 602 997-5900 for reservations, > mention "Space Access" for our $79 conference room rate ($109 for cabana > suite), rate good for up to three days before and after our conference > dates of April 28th - 30th. The Four Points is in Phoenix's > "Metrocenter" shopping complex, fourteen freeway miles from the Phoenix > airport (cab rates in Phoenix vary; it's $12 by blue "Super Shuttle" > airport van) with fifty bars and restaurants and two hundred stores > within walking distance. Rooms have a work desk, coffee maker, etc, and > the hotel has wireless internet, a heated olympic-sized pool, spa, > fitness center, and free parking. We're quite pleased to be bringing > you a newer hotel in a better location for the same rate as last year. > > Directions: From the Phoenix airport, follow the signs for Interstate 10 > West. > > - Once on I-10 West, look for exit 143 to I-17 North in a few miles. > (I-10 and I-17 connect twice in Phoenix - don't worry, either way you > find I-17, take it north.) > > - Once on I-17 North, take it to exit 207, Dunlap Road. Turn left at > the top of the ramp (west) onto Dunlap. (Ignore the Sheraton visible > just northeast of this intersection - it's the wrong one.) > > - Stay right once on Dunlap; you'll be taking the first right (north) a > hundred yards or so up Dunlap, onto 29th Ave. > > - The first road you'll hit will be the loop road around the > Metrocenter Mall, Metro Parkway. Turn right on Metro Parkway East, and > follow it about a half mile (1/3rd of the way around the loop) and the > Four Points Sheraton will be on your left. > > Coming in from the west on I-10, take exit 143 to I-17 north then follow > the above directions from there. > > Coming in from the north down I-17, take exit 208, Peoria Ave. Turn > right onto Peoria, take your second left onto 28th Drive, take your > second left onto Metro Parkway East, and the Four Points will be a > couple hundred yards down on your right. > > Space Access '05 will once again be a mix of the usual suspects and some > interesting new additions, once again providing an intensive informal > snapshot of where this fast-moving new cheap space access industry has > gotten to as of spring 2005. Be there! > > Space Access '05 registration once again holds steady at $100 in advance, > $120 at the door, $10 off for SAS members. $30 Student rate, no member > discount. Day rates available at the door only. One year's SAS > membership is $30, please include your email address for Updates. > > Mail checks (sorry, no credit cards for preregistration) to: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Space Access Society, 5515 N 7th St #5-348, Phoenix AZ 85014. > > > Name _____________________________ email _______________________________ > > > Affiliation, if any (for badge) ________________________________________ > > > Address ________________________________________________________________ > > > SA'05 ______ SAS ($30) ______ Total Enclosed ______ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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