Applications: Presentations
Internat'l Network of 50 CubeSats in LEO for Lower Thermosphere & Reentry Research
Powerpoint presentation by Von Karmann QB50 Institute Team to CubeSat Workshop, August 9, 2009. Describes international student opportunity to participate in building and launching 50 identical CubeSats for thermosphere and reentry research with launch costs provided. A 3 month international mission is planned. Contact info provided. Nov 17, 2009 Workshop scheduled with related website.
CubeSats: Thoughts from an Industry Perspective
MacGillivray's (Mgr. NanoSat Programs, Boeing) presentation (Powerpoint) at the CubeSat Workshop, August 9,2009, Logan Utah. Compares requirements and applications of CubeSats by university educators and students vs industry. Boeing launched a CubeSat demonstrator that has been functioning successfully for over 21 months and transmitting data. Boeing has an ongoing interest in future commercial applications of CubeSats.
World (New) Space Programs & Projects
Lindsey's presentation on non-U.S. "newspace" vehicles and technologies given at the 2009 Annual NewSpace Conference in Arizona provides a window to projects that are not often seen here.
AIAA Panels on Space Economy, Jul 27, 2009 | Notes
Davidian took valuable Twitter notes (read in reverse # order) during this AIAA-sponsored event titled, "AIAA Space Economy: Stimulating Economic Growth Today & Tomorrow". It provides a broad overview of current assessments, projections for the future, and recommendations for increased R&D, international collaboration and commercial utilization of space.
Opening Remarks - Bob Dickman, Executive Director, AIAA
David Logsdon, Executive Director, Space Enterprise Council/TechAmerica
Panel I
Edward Morris, Executive Director of Strategic Business Development, ITT Space Systems
John Porter, CEO, Astrogenetix
Pierre Chao, Managing Partner, Renaissance Strategic Advisors
Panel II
Molly Macauley, Senior Fellow and Director, Academic Program, Resources for the Future
Patrick Liu, Market Analyst, AIAA
Closing Remarks
Douglas Comstock, Director, Innovative Partnerships Program, NASA
Lunar Commercial Communications: Catalyzing a New Industry
An assessment of the challenges and opportunities for commercial communications technology and services applications to the Earth-Lunar system.
Impact of Space on Society
“A presentation to the international Congress on Space Research on its 50th Anniversary. “During the last fifty years, space has had a profound impact on our societies. It has facilitated the globally interdependent world in which we live. It has altered our sense of our place in the universe. It has created technically competent workforces, stimulated our economies, enhanced our lives, vastly increased our knowledge of Earth, our solar system and the universe beyond. It is my fervent hope that in the years ahead we will be called upon to do so much more. We can make it a much better world for all of our societies, if only we are set loose and supported to do so.” Fisk provides the top-level benefits story that needs to accompany the economic opportunities of entrepreneurial space for broad public understanding and support of this new enterprise.
Obama-Biden Space Policy Analysis
This presentation developed by the Strategic Space Development company covers the “Obama Administration’s Impact on Space Policy” beginning with the campaign and extending just after the election on 5 Nov ’08 when it was written. It covers civil, military and commercial space and focuses on the proposed increasing integration of these sectors and cross-government collaboration. Commercial space comes out looking strong in this analysis.
Paths to Space Settlement: Space Tourism, Space Solar Power, Planetary Defense
Globus presented this at the Aerospace Technology Working Group that met at NASA ARC, Dec. ’08. Among many other things, he is a master of the short pithy statement. One that he made recently (below) in an email provides insight into the role that the Russian and US space agencies played in catalyzing space tourism.
“The International Space Station’s (ISS) most important legacy may be jump-starting space tourism. Consider: the first space tourist, Dennis Tito, was supposed to go to the Soviet era Mir space station. Under pressure from NASA, Russia de-orbited the Mir which resulted in Mr. Tito going to the ISS instead. Now the Mir was a terrific space station, but by the time of Tito’s trip it was also old, smelly, crowded and probably not all that nice. The ISS was brand new, shiny, much more roomy, etc. Mr. Tito came back to Earth with glowing accounts of how great space is. Would his experience have been as good on Mir?”
Can Knowledge Management Help Innovation?
The CSG contains a rich knowledge base of entrepreneurial space content and opinions. The short, focused presentation shows how such knowledge can be used by science-based companies to further innovation. One of the goals of the CSG is to foster collaborative innovation, so please comments on the value you see here for our community.