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<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">This year's <strong>Space Access conference</strong> will, as always, be about the technology, business, and politics of <strong>radically cheaper space transportation</strong>. SA2019 will feature the usual <strong>single track program throughout</strong>, filled with <strong>fast-paced presentations</strong> with lively Q&A running <strong>Thursday AM through Saturday evening</strong>, with the traditional <strong>Saturday Night Networking Sessions</strong> (we're currently negotiating for the return of the Pistonless Margarita Pump) plus a <strong>Sunday Morning Continental Breakfast & Schmoozing Session</strong> until noon.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Already confirmed</strong> for this year: <strong>Jim Benford</strong>,<strong>Breakthrough Starshot</strong>, <strong>Paul Breed/Unreasonable Rocket</strong>, <strong>Bill Bruner</strong>, <strong>Cislunar Space Development Company/Dallas Bienhoff</strong>, <strong>Mitchell Burnside Clapp</strong>,<strong>CubeCab</strong>, <strong>EXOS Aerospace/John Quinn</strong>, <strong>Firefly Aerospace</strong>, <strong>Jeff Greason</strong>, <strong>Masten Space Systems/Dave Masten</strong>, <strong>Momentus Space</strong>, <strong>Jim Muncy/Polispace</strong>, <strong>Larry Niven</strong>, <strong>Rocket Lab/Amanda Stiles</strong>, <strong>John Schilling</strong>, <strong>Rand Simberg</strong>,<strong>SpaceIL</strong>, <strong>Henry Spencer</strong>, <strong>Space Studies Institute</strong>, <strong>Jess Sponable</strong>, <strong>Tethers Unlimited</strong>, <strong>Henry Vanderbilt</strong>, plus all-star panels on <strong>Space Startup Party Fouls</strong> and <strong>NewSpace Meets Milspace</strong>. Much, much more to come!</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">See more Program detail at <astyle="color: #ff0000;"href="index.php/news/7-agenda"><strong>SA2019 Program</strong></a> and keep up on the latest overall conference info at<strong><astyle="color: #ff0000;"href="http://space-access.org/updates/sa2019info.html"><strong>SA2019 Info</strong></a></strong></span>.</p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"><strong> Space Access 2019</strong> will be the next round of <ahref="http://space-access.org"><strong>Space Access Society</strong></a>'s conference on the <strong>technology, business, and politics of radically cheaper space transportation</strong>, brought to you this year by the Bay Area's own <ahref="http://www.erps.org/"><strong>Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society</strong></a> in cooperation with SAS.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>And it's coming up fast!</strong> In less than five weeks<strong>SA2019 gets underway</strong>. The Marriott is ten miles from the San Jose Airport, 24 from Oakland - <strong>book your flights soon before fares go up</strong>. And there's no guarantee the Marriott will honor our<strong>special $130 room rates</strong> after March 26th - our rate block is already sold out for Wednesday night, and Thursday-Saturday are going fast, so <ahref="#hotelrooms"><strong>book your room</strong></a> soon also! <strong>Conference Registration</strong> also goes up after the 26th, from the<strong>current $180 advance rate</strong> for Regular membership to $220, other rates also rising. <ahref="#conferenceregistration"><strong>Register now</strong></a>, and join us!</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">SA2019 will feature a <strong>cross-section of the growing cheap access community</strong>, talking about <strong>what's going on now and what happens next</strong>, in an intensive informal atmosphere, single-track throughout so you don't have to miss anything.<strong>Space Access</strong> has been described as a <strong>"Hackers" conference for rocket people</strong>, with better content than other space conferences costing many times more. <strong>It's three days of total immersion in making the future happen.</strong></span></p>
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<pstyle="padding: 8px 30px 0px 30px; margin: 0 0 0 0;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">Our Registration page is here: <spanstyle="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><spanstyle="text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;"><astyle="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;"href="http://www.gdnordley.com/Space%20Access%202019%20Registration">Register for Space Access 2019</a></span></strong></span></span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"><spanstyle="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Conference Registration</strong></span> includes: all programming, Exhibit Hall access, ConSuite</span></p>
<h2><spanstyle="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>SA2019 Conference Program - Presentations Schedule </strong></span><br/><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>updated 3/10/19</strong></span></h2>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"><ahref="index.php/news/10-agenda"><strong> This presentations schedule</strong></a> represents 90% of the final <ahref="index.php/news/10-agenda"><strong>SA2019 three-day program</strong></a>. Things have evolved toward our having <strong>three major focus areas</strong> over the three days of the program: </span><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">On <strong>Thursday</strong>, we feature the current <strong>Entrepreneurial Revolution in Smallsat Launch</strong>. On <strong>Friday</strong>, the near-future transition to <strong>Reusable-Rocket Transport Networks in Earth-Moon Space</strong>. And on <strong>Saturday</strong>, the eventual transition to <strong>Getting There Faster: Advanced High-Energy Space Propulsion</strong>. Stay tuned for minor schedule tweaks, more detail on presentations start-time & duration, and a few final program additions in the coming weeks. </span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">We're still interested in <strong>Student Space Project Presentations</strong> - we have just a few short (5-10 minute) timeslots left in the main program track for student/amateur presentations on interesting (not necessarily directly access-related) space projects. Contact <ahref="mailto:space.access@mindspring.com">space.access@mindspring.com</a></span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"> Keep up on the latest overall conference info at <ahref="http://space-access.org/updates/sa2019info.html"><strong>SA2019 Info</strong></a>.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding: 8px 30px 0px 30px; margin: 0 0 0 0;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"> Regular SA2019 registration is <strong>$180</strong> through March 26th, <strong>$220</strong> thereafter. <strong>Student full-conference advance rate is $60</strong>, rising to $80 after the 26th. <strong>Exhibitor</strong> goes up from $300 to $400, <strong>Patron</strong> up from $400 to $500. Register soon at <ahref="http://sa2019.erps.org/reg/reg.php"><strong>SA2019 online registration</strong></a>. Day rates available at the door. </span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Conference Registration includes</strong>: all programming, Exhibit Hal/Hospitality access.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><br/><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">Register early as the rates will go up after the <strong><spanstyle="color: #0000ff;">pre-reg cutoff => 27 Mar 2019</span></strong>.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><br/><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Register soon</strong> as the <strong>rates will go up</strong> after<strong><spanstyle="color: #0000ff;"> 26 Mar 2019</span></strong>. <astyle="background-color: red; color: white; font: bold 16px/16px; padding: 4px;"href="reg/reg.php">Register Now</a></span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Conference Hotel</strong> is the <ahref="https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sjcfm-fremont-marriott-silicon-valley/"><strong>Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley</strong></a>, 46100 Landing Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">We have negotiated a special deal for the convention, with a room rate of only $130 per night (in Silicon Valley!) so book your room soon to keep you in the heart of the conference. Call <strong>(510) 413-3700</strong>, ask for <strong>Reservations</strong>, and mention <strong>"Space Access 2019"</strong> to get this rate and be in our room block. <strong>Conference-Discount Reservation cutoff is after 26 March 2019</strong> - our special rate may or may not be available after that date. So book your room soon!</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Hotel Note</strong>: Our Wednesday-night $130-rate room block is full. The Marriott is quoting much higher rates for Wednesday outside our block. You might want to look for a better Wednesday 4/17/19 rate nearby at this link. (The Extended Stay America right next door seems to still have reasonable Wednesday rates.) The Marriott does have rooms left at our rates for Thursday-Sunday. Even if you need to stay elsewhere Wednesday night <strong>we would appreciate your coming back to the Marriott after that</strong>, for your added convenience and to <strong>help us make our contractual room-nights obligation</strong>. We regret any inconvenience, and look forward to seeing you all at what's shaping up to be a great conference.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">We have negotiated a special deal for the convention, with a room rate of only <spanstyle="color: #ff0000;"><strong>$130 per night</strong><spanstyle="color: #000000;"> (in Silicon Valley!)</span></span>, so book your room early to keep you in the heart of the conference! Space is limited (it's a very busy hotel). Mention <strong>"<spanstyle="color: #ff0000;">Space Access 2019</span>"</strong> to get this rate and be in our room block! Reservation cutoff is <strong><spanstyle="color: #0000ff;">27 Mar 2019</span></strong>!</span></p>
<pstyle="padding: 0px 30px 0px 30px; margin: 0 0 0 0; font-size: 9pt;">(Hotel Note: Our Wednesday-night $130-rate room block is full. The Marriott is quoting rates in the high $300's for Wednesday now. You might want to look for a better Wednesday 4/17/19 rate nearby at <ahref="https://www.google.com/maps/search/hotels+near+Fremont,+CA/@37.4884595,-121.9623804,14z/data=!4m6!2m5!5m3!5m2!1s2019-04-17!3i1!6e3"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer"><spanstyle="color: #ff0000;"><strong>this link</strong></span></a>. The Marriott does still have rooms left at our rates for Thursday-Sunday. We regret any inconvenience, and look forward to seeing you all at what's shaping up to be a great conference.)</p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><spanstyle="color: #333333;">Space Access 2019</span></strong><spanstyle="color: #333333;"></span><spanstyle="color: #333333;">is looking to hear from </span><strong><spanstyle="color: #333333;">SmallSat Launch</span></strong><spanstyle="color: #333333;"></span><spanstyle="color: #333333;">and </span><strong><spanstyle="color: #333333;">Commercial Lunar Payload</span></strong><spanstyle="color: #333333;"></span><spanstyle="color: #333333;">companies interested in presenting. We're also interested in </span><spanstyle="color: #333333;"><strong>Student Space Project Presentations</strong> - </span><spanstyle="color: #333333;">we're reserving a number of short (5-10 minute) timeslots in the main program track for student/amateur presentations on interesting (not necessarily directly access-related) space projects.</span></span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><spanstyle="color: #333333;">Send your topic or panel ideas to: </span><strong><ahref="mailto:hvanderbilt@mindspring.com"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer"><spanstyle="color: #ff0000;">SA2019 program chair</span></a></strong></span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">We will have an <strong>Exhibitor Room</strong> across the hall from the main Presentations. Exhibitor memberships will get you 1 Regular membership, an 8' table in a 10' x 10' area, and two chairs. Your second person can get a regular Regular membership! Space is limited and will be assigned on a first come first served basis. When space is filled we will create a waitlist.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">We will have a combined Hospitality space and <strong>Exhibitor Room</strong> in the Fremont mini-ballroom, right across the foyer from the main SA2019 Presentations Ballroom. <strong>Exhibitor membership</strong> will get you one Regular membership, a 6' or 8' display table, and two chairs. Space is limited and will be assigned on a first come first served basis. When space is filled we will create a waitlist. Register at the <strong>$300 Exhibitor Rate</strong> while it's still available at <ahref="http://sa2019.erps.org/reg/reg.php"><strong>SA2019 online registration</strong></a>.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">As with past years, we will be providing a live stream of the video and audio of the Presentations to the Exhibits Room and the ConSuite. We hope to record the presentations for posterity.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">Would you like a hard copy of all the Presentations from this conference? We are exploring this possibility and will be working with presenters to see if it's practical and feasible.</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">No conference can run smoothly without the help of lots of dedicated people. If you'd like to help organize and run this conference, we'd like to hear from you!</span></p>
<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">Send us a note at: <spanstyle="color: #ff0000;"><astyle="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;"href="mailto:sa2019help@erps.org">sa2019help@erps.org</a></span></span></p>
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<pstyle="padding-left: 30px;"><spanstyle="font-size: 10pt;">Send us a note at: <ahref="mailto:sa2019help@erps.org">sa2019help@erps.org</a></span></p>
R. J. Dev. Kwan
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