Sunday, May 23, 2010

Prizes and the 2010 ISDC

It's almost time for the National Space Society's 2010 International Space Development Conference. According to the Preliminary Program (PDF), there are quite a few presentations related to space prizes. Here are the ones that I noticed:

Thursday

10:00 - 10:45 -- Report on the 8th Space Investment Summit. ... Douglas Comstock, (Director, Innovative Partnerships Program ... Doug, whose responsibilities include NASA's Centennial Challenges (directly managed by Andrew Petro), is on a panel.

12:00 - 1:45 pmLuncheon.* Speaker: Peter Diamandis (Founder/CEO, X-Prize Foundation) [Louvre 2,3]

TRACK A [Avedon CD] 3:00 - 3:45 -- Google X-Prize Update. Jason Calaiaro (Astrobotic); Kevin Myric (Synergy Moon)

Friday

2:00 - 2:45 -- Winning the Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Centennial Challenge. Dave Masten (President/CEO, Masten Space Systems)

3:00 - 3:45 -- (2) A Business Strategist’s Look at NewSpace. Ken Davidian (Office of Commercial Space Transportation, FAA) - Ken is the former manager of NASA's Centennial Challenges, among other things.

Saturday

9:00 - 9:45 -- The "NewSpace" Paradigm: The Role of the New Space Entrepreneurs. ... Dave Masten (President/CEO, Masten Aerospace) - Dave is on a panel.

Sunday

[Warhol AB ] 9:00 - 9:45 -- (1) An Open Source Approach to the Google X-Prize. Michael Barrucco (Team FRED); Sean Casey (Team FRED)

TRACK A

9:00 - 9:45 -- AIAA International Space Settlement Design Competition. Anita Gale (The Boeing Company)

11:00 - 11:45 -- NSS-NASA Space Settlement Design Competition: International Collaboration by Students from Three Countries.

3:00 - 3:45

(1) NSS-NASA Ames Space Settlement Design Competition. Presentations by two student teams.
(2) Competitions, Grants, and Educational Opportunities in Aerospace. Kevin Simmons (Einstein Fellow, National Science Foundation)


TRACK B

4:00 - 4:45(1) NSS-NASA Space Settlement Design Competition. Presentations by two student winning teams

5:00 - 5:45 -- (1) NSS-NASA Space Settlement Design Competition. Presentations by two student winning teams.