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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>
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<p align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Updated 1/30/19</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>(We're rolling</b> - this list represents <strong>over two-thirds</strong> of the final SA2019 three-day program. Stay tuned for additional details and a few more excellent program additions in the coming weeks.)</span></p>
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<h2><strong>Confirmed speakers/presentations so far</strong></h2>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="http://arc-engines.com/" target="_blank">Additive Rocket Corporation</a></b>
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on <b>High Impulse, Ultra-Low Cost Additively Manufactured Rocket Engines</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>James Benford</b>
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on <b>Ultrahigh Acceleration Neutral Particle Beam-Driven Sails</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/initiative/3" target="_blank">Breakthrough Starshot</a>/Peter Klupar</b>
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on <b>Plans for a Near-Term Interstellar Probe</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="https://csdc.space/our-goals/" target="_blank">Cislunar Space Development Company</a>/Dallas Bienhoff</b>
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on <b>Elements Of A Cislunar Transport Net: Space Tugs, Moon Shuttles and Propellant Depots</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="http://www.cubecab.com/" target="_blank">CubeCab</a></b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="https://exosaero.com/" target="_blank">EXOS Aerospace</a>/John Quinn</b>
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with <b>An Update On the SARGE Vehicle</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="https://fireflyspace.com/" target="_blank">Firefly Aerospace</a></b>
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on <b>The Alpha Launch Vehicle</b>, plus <b>Highlights of OTV and CLPS</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="http://www.flometrics.com/" target="_blank">Flometrics</a>/Steve Harrington</b>
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on <b>Progress Report: Pistonless Pumps For High-Performance Rocket Propulsion Systems</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>Gerald D Nordley</b>
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on <b>Mass Beam Propulsion, An Overview</b> including <b>Jordin Kare's Sailbeam Concept</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>Jeff Greason</b> of <b>Electric Sky</b>
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will discuss <b>Some Advanced Power Transmission & Space Propulsion Concepts</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="https://www.masten.aero/" target="_blank">Masten Space Systems</a>/Dave Masten</b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="https://momentus.space/development/" target="_blank">Momentus Space</a>/Joel Sercel, CTO</b>
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on <b>Water-Plasma Propelled In-Space Transportation Services</b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>Jim Muncy/Polispace</b> will discuss <b>Prospective FAA Launch/Reentry Rules Changes</b> and <b>The Washington Space Scene</b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="https://www.orbitbeyond.com/" target="_blank">Orbit Beyond</a></b> -
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<b>Lunar Spacecraft & Landers</b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="https://www.rocketlabusa.com/" target="_blank">Rocket Lab</a>/Amanda Stiles, Senior Mission Manager</b>
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on <b>The Electron Launcher & Multi-Burn Kick Stage</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>John Schilling</b> will discuss <b>Earth Orbit, Cislunar & Mars Practical Payload Capabilities Of Current & Near-Term Launchers</b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>Rand Simberg</b> will discuss <b>A Co-Orbital Transportation Infrastructure Concept</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="http://ssi.org/" target="_blank">Space Studies Institute</a></b> <b>Hosted Session</b>
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covering SSI's focus area of <b>How To Get Things Done Once There</b>, technology and business aspects of habitats, power generation, resource extraction, manufacturing etc.
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<b><a href="http://www.spaceil.com/" target="_blank">SpaceIL</a></b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>Henry Spencer</b>
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will discuss <b>Transitioning From Standalone Spaceships To Space Transport Networks</b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>Henry Spencer</b> & <b>Henry Vanderbilt</b>
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will discuss <b>Some Likely Characteristics Of Usefully Faster Near-Term Inner Solar-System Space Transports.</b>
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Thermal rockets aren't practically capable of high enough velocities
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to minimize cosmic-ray and other slow-transit problems.
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A look at some near-term approaches that may be usefully
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faster - and why they may not look at all like you might expect.
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<b>Jess Sponable</b>
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will discuss <b>Project History & Management Lessons From
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X" target="_blank">DC-X</a>,
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-40" target="_blank">X-40</a>, and
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<a href="https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2017-05-24" target="_blank">XS-1</a></b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b><a href="http://www.tethers.com/Capabilities.pdf" target="_blank">Tethers Unlimited</a></b>
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<b><a href="http://unreasonablerocket.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Unreasonable Rocket</a></b>/<b>Paul Breed</b>
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on <b>Development Of A Low-Cost Modular Launcher</b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>Pete Worden, Breakthrough Prize Foundation Chairman</b>,
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on <b>What We Might Do With A StarShot Capability</b>
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</ul>
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<h2><strong>Panel Discussions</strong></h2>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>Extremely High-Velocity Propulsion Concepts: A Survey.
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Jim Benford, Gerry Nordley, Henry Spencer</b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>How To Save Civilization and Make a Little Money, or, This Is All Jerry Pournelle's Fault.</b>
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Recalling Jerry's significant part in the forty-year evolution from "Commercial rockets?
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Security, get this loon out of my office" to "Commercial rockets? How much do you want?"
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Aspects of the story as seen by some who were there.
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<b>Larry Niven, Gary Hudson, Jim Muncy, Jess Sponable, Henry Vanderbilt</b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>Space Startup Party Fouls</b> -
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Common Startup Errors & How To Avoid Them, as seen by Rocket People.
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There are a thousand books that will tell you what Venture Capital people look for.
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Rocket people, not so much.
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<b>Paul Breed, Ben Brockert, Henry Spencer, Henry Vanderbilt</b>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>NewSpace Meets Milspace</b> -
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Both are evolving fast, with overlaps (both business and operational) likely growing with time.
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Some discussion of what the shared spaces may look like.
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<b>Bill Bruner, Mitchell Burnside Clapp, Jess Sponable</b>
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</ul>
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<p style="font-size: 10pt;">
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We also plan <b>Subject Concentrations</b> this year on</p>
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<ul>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>SmallSat Launch Startups</b>
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</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
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<b>Commercial Lunar Cargo Companies</b>'
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</ul>
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<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 style="color: #ff0000;" href="mailto:hvanderbilt@mindspring.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SA2019 program chair</a>
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<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.
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Contact us as above.
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</span></p>
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