Presentations from the 2009 NSS International Space Development Conference in Orlando, Florida.
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Buzz Aldrin, Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 11 and former Chairman of the NSS Board of Directors, gives a keynote luncheon presentation at the 2009 National Space Society International Space Development Conference.
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Elon Musk, Co-founder of PayPal and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), of which he is CEO. Second half of keynote luncheon presentation.
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Richard Garriott, sixth private citizen to conduct a space mission aboard the International Space Station. Keynote luncheon presentation.
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Will Whitehorn, President of Virgin Galactic. Presentation at the 2009 National Space Society International Space Development Conference. 55 minutes.
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Jeff Greason, President of XCOR Aerospace. Presentation at the 2009 National Space Society International Space Development Conference.
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George Nield, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, FAA.
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Chris Lewicki, Mission Manager for the Phoenix Mars Lander.
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Andrew Chaikin, author of numerous books on space history.
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Conference Introduction and Welcome: Jeff Kottkamp, Florida Lt. Governor, and George Whitesides, Senior Advisor to the NASA Administrator and former Executive Director of the National Space Society.
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Space Investment Summit: Presentations focus on the latest developments in the rapidly growing space tourism industry (vehicles, funding, destinations, timeframes, numbers of customers and more), as well as new cross-industry business opportunities.
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Google Lunar X Prize Panel: Will Pomerantz, X Prize Foundation, Moderator; Dave Masten, Masten Space Systems; Ruben Nunez, Omega Envoy; Bob Richards, Odyssey Moon; Scott Zeeb, TrueZer0.
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COTS (Commercial Orbital Transportation Services) Panel: Alan Lindenmoyer, Manager, Commercial Crew & Cargo Program, NASA; Gwynne Shotwell, President, SpaceX; Robert T. Richards, Vice President and COTS/CRS Program Director Advanced Programs Group, Orbital Sciences Corporation.
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Commercial Space Panel: Ken Davidian, Program Lead for Research at the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation; Carissa Christensen, Tauri Group market research firm; Lon Levin, executive, entrepreneur and NSS Governor; John Schumacher, NASA Chief of Staff.
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Constellation Panel: Geoffrey Yoder, Director, Constellation Systems Dvision, NASA; James Chilton, Vice President, Exploration Launch Systems, Boeing; Larry Price, Deputy Program Manager, Orion CEV, Lockheed Martin.
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Ares Panel: Steve Cook, Manager, Ares Projects, NASA; Charlie Precourt, Vice President, ATK Launch Systems; Dean J. Nunez, J2-X Deputy Program Manager, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.
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Space Media 2.0 Panel: William Pomerantz, X PRIZE Foundation; Robert Pearlman, collectSPACE; Jeff Foust, The Space Review; Michael Mealling, Masten Space Systems; Benjamin & Cariann Higginbotham, Spacevidcast.com.