Societal Benefits: Presentations
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
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.