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<h1 align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Preliminary Space Access 2019 Conference Agenda</b></span></h1>
<p align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Updated 1/26/19</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>(We're just getting rolling</b> - this list represents <strong>roughly half</strong> of the final SA2019 three-day program. Stay tuned for more details and many excellent program additions in the coming weeks.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Stay tuned to <a href="https://sa2019.erps.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>https://sa2019.erps.org/</b></a> for overall conference info and many excellent program additions in the coming weeks.</span></p>
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<h2><strong>Confirmed speakers/presentations so far</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Breakthrough Starshot</b> will discuss <b>Plans for a Near-Term Interstellar Probe</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Paul Breed/Unreasonable Rocket</b> will discuss <b>Development Of A Low-Cost Modular Launcher</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Bill Bruner</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Cislunar Space Development Company/Dallas Bienhoff</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Mitchell Burnside Clapp</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>CubeCab</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>EXOS Aerospace/John Quinn</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Firefly Aerospace</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Jeff Greason</b> of <b>Electric Sky</b> will discuss <b>Some Advanced Power Transmission &amp; Space Propulsion Concepts</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Masten Space Systems/Dave Masten</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Momentus Space</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Jim Muncy/Polispace</b> will discuss <b>Prospective FAA Launch/Reentry Rules Changes</b> and <b>The Washington Space Scene</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Rocket Lab/Amanda Stiles, Senior Mission Manager</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>John Schilling </b>will discuss <b>Earth Orbit, Cislunar &amp; Mars Practical Payload Capabilities Of Current &amp; Near-Term Launchers</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Rand Simberg</b> will discuss <b>A Co-Orbital Transportation Infrastructure Concept</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b><a href="http://ssi.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Space Studies Institute</a> </b><strong>Hosted Session</strong>
    covering SSI's focus area of <strong>How To Get Things Done Once There</strong>, technology and business aspects of habitats, power generation, resource extraction, manufacturing etc.
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>SpaceIL</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Henry Spencer </b>&amp; <b>Henry Vanderbilt </b>will discuss <b>Some Likely Characteristics Of Usefully Faster Near-Term Inner Solar-System Space Transports</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Jess Sponable</b> will discuss <b>Project History &amp; Management Lessons From DC-X, X-40, and XS-1</b>
    </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Tethers Unlimited</b>
    </span></li>
</ul>
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<h2><strong>Panel Discussions Planned So Far</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Space Startup Party Fouls - </b>Common Startup Errors &amp; How To Avoid Them, as seen by Rocket People (There are a thousand books that will tell you what Venture Capital people look for. Rocket people, not so much...)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>NewSpace Meets Milspace - </b>Both are evolving fast, with overlaps (both business and operational) likely growing with time. Some discussion of what the shared spaces may look like.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We also plan <b>Subject Concentrations</b> this year on</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>SmallSat Launch Startups</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
    <b>Commercial Lunar Cargo Companies</b></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Participants for both currently being recruited - if you haven't yet heard from us, talk to us at <a href="mailto:sa2019program@erps.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sa2019program@erps.org</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We're also interested in <b>Student Space Project Presentations</b> - we're reserving a number of short (5-10 minute) timeslots in the <b>main program track</b> for student/amateur presentations on interesting (not necessarily directly access-related) space projects. Contact us at <a href="mailto:sa2019program@erps.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sa2019program@erps.org</a></span></p>
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