2018 Agenda

(last updated November 27, 2018)

All activities at New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum unless otherwise stated.

Tuesday, October 9

2nd Annual ISPCS Golf Event (more info)
Sonoma Ranch Golf Course

Sponsored by: Special Aerospace Services

Community Partnership Luncheon (separate registration required)
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum

ISPCS Speaker & Sponsor Reception (by invitation only)

Sponsored by: Arrowhead Center, Inc.

Opening Reception
Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces

Sponsored by: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Wednesday, October 10

Morning Run
Departing Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces

Breakfast

Sponsored by: Barnett’s Las Cruces Harley Davidson

Introduction
Opening Entertainment
Opening Remarks: Pat Hynes, ISPCS Curator
Master Moderator: Wayne Hale, Director of Human Spaceflight and Energy Services, Special Aerospace Services

Opening Entertainment – Video
Opening Remarks – Video

Sponsored by: Lockheed Martin

Keynote Address:  Tipping Point?: We’ve already tipped!
Mark T Vande Hei, Technical Assistant, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA

For a multitude of reasons, our NASA-Industry-Multinational team is primed for expansion of commercial opportunities off the Earth. With continued human access to low Earth orbit, human exploration of the Moon, and commercial utilization of the lunar surface, we’ll make leaps forward on our path to Mars.

Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Sponsored by: UTC Aerospace Systems

Keynote Address: Innovation and Accountability – Transforming Commercial Space Regulations for the 21st Century
Kelvin Coleman, Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, FAA

The U.S. Government has dedicated itself to encouraging American leadership in space commerce. The Department of Transportation has made deploying innovation and reducing regulatory burden a priority. In support of these goals, the Department of Transportation is fundamentally changing how it licenses launches and reentries. The Department plans to move from prescriptive regulations to a performance-based framework. This framework would primarily consolidate and revise parts 415, 417, 431, and 435 into a single regulatory part that states safety objectives and leaves design or operational solutions up to the applicant. The objective is to simplify the licensing process and enable novel operations.

Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Sponsored by:  CEAVCO

Morning Break

Sponsored by:  United Launch Alliance

Keynote Address: Updates in Commercial Spaceflight – A D.C. Perspective
Eric Stallmer, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation

As a recent appointee to the National Space Council Users Advisory Group, and a member of COMSTAC, and multiple Federal Aviation Administration Aviation (FAA) rule making committees, Eric Stallmer and Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) are at the forefront of the commercial space industry when it comes to national policy. His talk will address a range of issues facing the industry with a special focus on the White House Space Policy Initiatives. From the forward leaning stance of the administration on all things space to the new NASA administrator, the time is ripe for the CSF’s 80+ members companies, and the industry as a whole, to continue to innovate and flourish.

Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Sponsored by:  Commercial Spaceflight Federation

Panel Discussion: Law, Policy and the Meaning of Commercial Space
Chair: Franceska Schroeder, Principal, Fish & Richardson

Panelists:
Audrey Powers, Deputy General Counsel, Blue Origin
Kelly Garehime, Associate General Counsel, United Launch Alliance
Caryn Schenewerk, Senior Counsel and Senior Director, Space Flight Policy, SpaceX

What does it mean to be a U.S. commercial space company? Space tourism, launch services for commercial satellites, cargo missions to the International Space Station – are they all commercial space activities? Are there unique laws and policies that apply to commercial operators or do the same apply to all entities engaged in space activities? What will be the impact on your business of the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce regulatory burdens, streamline licensing and regulation of commercial space activities, and reshape U.S. and international frameworks. This panel analyzes these questions to help you navigate successfully the laws and policies that apply to your commercial space business.

Social Q&A
Full Panel Video

Lunch

Sponsored by: Space Foundation

Keynote Address: Commercial Partnerships as a Tipping Point for NASA Science 
Steven Clarke, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is actively looking for opportunities to build on private sector investments and utilize innovative public-private partnerships to advance objectives as well as generate diverse ideas. In this session, Mr. Clarke will discuss how SMD is endeavoring to develop a tipping point for NASA – via a commercially viable, long-term exploration campaign that meets high priority science goals while simultaneously fulfilling strategic knowledge gaps for future human exploration of the Moon, Mars, and other destinations.

Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Keynote Address: Tipping Point in Human Spaceflight: From 500 to 5000
George Whitesides, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Galactic

The next few years will see hundreds and eventually thousands of people traveling into space, increasing the total number of individual astronauts by a factor of 10. What impact will this have on humanity? What implications does this have for future intercontinental transportation? What effect will this have on education and science? Whitesides will sketch out thoughts on these questions from the perspective of Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company, and provide an update on the leadup towards commercial spaceflight operations at Spaceport America.

Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Sponsored by:  City of Las Cruces

Keynote Address: Public Private Partnerships Spur Development of Commercial Space Markets and Returns to Earth Economy
Greg Autry, Assistant Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship & Director, Southern California Commercial Spaceflight Initiative, Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

NASA’s COTS program produced two CRS partners delivering services with full redundancy of systems and facilities. While CRS expands to include new suppliers, Commercial Crew systems are approaching launch. The White House and Congress have committed to a bold exploration agenda and are aggressively supporting space defense and space commerce. This history of success and rare political alignment are driving aggressive investment in space startups. Continued commitment to public-private partnerships in the new lunar program would offer the swiftest and most cost effective path forward. They would also spur the development of a commercial cislunar market delivering manifold returns to our economy and people.

Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Spotlight Address: Space Entrepreneurship: The Result of Vision, Failure, and Networks 
Michael Provenzano, President, CubeRover

Enabling entrepreneurship. Carnegie Mellon set up an environment to enable companies, students and faculty to interact, take risks, grow from failure, and in the case of the CubeRover, create an investible technology. The power of passion and combined contributions explain how a team of empowered individuals achieve their own Tipping Point.

Full Spotlight Video

Spotlight Address: Alpha Space & MISSE: Promoting Commercial Human Spaceflight by Enabling Supply Chain Growth Through Simplifying Access to Space for Technology Development 
Mark Gittleman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alpha Space Test & Research Alliance

Mark Gittleman has been working to help build a commercial human spaceflight industry for 30 years. He will address how a small startup space company, Alpha Space Test & Research Alliance, is enabling companies large and small to bring space products to market faster and cheaper than ever before, and how the resulting growth in the supply chain can help lead to a genuinely commercial human spaceflight industry.

Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Full Spotlight Video

Spotlight Address: Longer Lifespan: The Added Value of Satellite Servicing With Northrop Grumman
Bob Richards, Vice President, Human Spaceflight Systems, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Sector

The Spotlight talk will describe the current status of Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) program and our next generation satellite servicing approach. Also a short introduction of Northrop Grumman’s road-map for commercial servicing vehicles.

Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Full Spotlight Video

Sponsored by: Northrop Grumman

Afternoon Break

Sponsored by:  Las Cruces Space Festival and Virgin Galactic

Keynote Address:  Commercial Suborbital Flight – A Tipping Point 10 Years In The Making 
Tim Chen, Program Manager, NASA Flight Opportunities

In 2008, NASA, the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) began a collaboration with commercial suborbital transportation providers to explore the opportunities for science, technology, education and workforce development enabled by frequent, affordable, autonomous and human-tended suborbital research. Now, 10 years later, the Flight Opportunities program enables low-cost access to the spaceflight environment for students, researchers, and technologists on commercial low-gravity simulating aircraft, high-altitude balloons and reusable suborbital rockets. In this session, newly appointed FOP Program Manager Tim Chen will highlight recent program and industry successes and address changes currently being drafted to further capitalize on the success of commercial suborbital industry.

Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Sponsored by:  New Mexico State University

Dan Rasky, Chief, Space Portal Office, and Senior Scientist/Engineer, NASA Ames Research Center

The Space Portal was formed at the NASA Ames Research Park in 2005. A key element of its charter was to: Provide a “friendly front door” for the commercial development of space for NASA and public benefit. Specific goals included:

• Increasing customers, suppliers, and investors for space products and services
• Accelerating affordable and responsive access to and from space for a broader community
• Encouraging participation of non-traditional organizations and funding sources in commercial space activities
• Pursuing partnership strategies for sustainable space exploration, development and eventual settlement

This talk will describe the “journey” taken by the Space Portal, beginning with an ad-hoc discussion group, to support these goals and detailing some our more notable milestones and achievements. With the recent news of SpaceX being on track to recapture the majority of the global commercial satellite launches for 2018 for the first time for the US since the late 1990’s, a strong argument can be made that we have reached the tipping point for commercial space.

Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Sponsored by:  NASA- Office of STEM Engagement Organization

Industry Reception
Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces

Dinner
Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces
Sponsored by: JACOBS

After Hours Reception
Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces

Thursday, October 11

Morning Run

Departing Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces

Breakfast

Sponsored by: Dickerson’s Group

Opening Remarks
ISPCS Curator: Pat Hynes
City of Las Cruces Mayor: Mayor Miyagishima
Master Moderator: Ariane Cornell, Head of Astronaut Strategy & Sales and Head of North American New Glenn Sales, Blue Origin

Full Video

Keynote Address: Augmenting Space Exploration 
Victor Luo, Lead Project Manager, OpsLab, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Virtual and augmented reality promise to transport us to places that we can only imagine. When joined with spacecraft and robots, these technologies will extend humanity’s presence to real destinations that are equally fantastic. NASA’s Operations Laboratory at JPL is spearheading several ambitious projects applying virtual and augmented reality to the challenges of space exploration. Through partnerships with multiple VR and AR companies, scientists on the Curiosity Mars Rover mission are exploring the Martian terrain, engineers are experimenting with new ways to design & assemble spacecraft, and astronauts on the International Space Station are preparing to perform their work more efficiently than ever before. The lead of these projects at NASA will share their progress so far, the challenges that lie ahead, and their vision for using VR and AR to increase our accessibility to space.

Background Documents:

• Virtual + Augmented Reality at JPL Ops Lab

Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Spotlight Address: The Future All Payloaders Hope For-Commercial WiFi Service in Space
Brian Barnett, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Solstar Space

Using a short video and photographs, M. Brian Barnett will describe and show how the first commercial WiFi service on a commercial spacecraft succeeded.  On April 29th, 2018, Solstar used its WiFi service inside Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule to post the first commercial tweet from space using the Schmitt Space Communicator SC-1x payload. What this means is that future payloaders can have real time, convenient access to their WiFi-enabled payloads, machines, and colleagues in space using a smartphone or any other internet connected device. This is truly a tipping point advancement for commercial space and is an enabling technology for researchers and companies.  Solstar provides the WiFi, our customers decide how they want to use it to advance their research and business objectives.

Background Documents:

• Solstar Launch
• FOX News video coverage
• New Mexico firm hopes to offer Wi-Fi for space travelers
• Santa Fe start up calls Wi-Fi space launch test a success
• New Shepard reaches space on eighth flight

Powerpoint Slides (PDF)
Launch Footage Courtesy Blue Origin
Full Spotlight Video

Sponsored by:  Commercial Space Progress Foundation

Spotlight Address: Responding to The Changing Nature of Space Actors
Ian Christensen, Director of Private Sector Programs, Secure World Foundation

As new companies, and organizations, in the commercial sector increase in activity and become the driving force in the space sector – the innovations they introduce require reciprocal; innovation and evolution in both domestic and multicultural mechanisms for space policy and law. This evolution is necessary to provide a sustainable space environment that provides a benefit at a global scale.

Background Documents:

• SpaceNews Op-ed | Regulatory Reform is Not One-off Event By Ian Christensen and Brian Weden
• Space Policy Directive-2, Streamlining regulations on Commercial Use of Space
• June 2018 Agreed Guidelines For The Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities, United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
Full Spotlight Video

Sponsored by: Secure World Foundation

Morning Break

Sponsored by: Milagro Coffee Espresso, Inc.

Keynote Address: Money in Space: How Social Scientists Can Help Get Commercial Space Over The Tipping Point
Matthew Weinzierl, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

As commercial space reaches ever higher, new economic, political, and management challenges and opportunities arise. Scholars of these disciplines have started to take notice, and they are eager to bring their expertise to bear. But to help you most – to uncover and share insights into what drives success in space – these researchers need your help to identify which problems to tackle, which stories to study, and which questions to ask.

Background Documents:
Space, the Final Economic Frontier (PDF)

PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Panel Discussion:  From the Launch Pad to the Board Room 
Chair: Joeletta Patrick, Acting Manager, National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, and Manager, Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), Education Office, NASA HQ

Panelists:
Andy Aldrin, Professor at Florida Institute of Technology and Director at the ISU Center for Space Entrepreneurship at FIT and Commerce and the Aldrin Space Institute
Dan Dumbacher, Executive Director, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
George Sowers, Professor, Colorado School of Mines

A new generation of space professionals is now taking on the future of the space industry in higher education. Each experience is different, each of their programs is relevant today. Our community continues to sharpen its iron as we prepare the next generation of space professionals.

Social Q&A
Full Panel Video

Sponsored by:  New Mexico Space Grant Consortium

Lunch

Press Announcement
Brian Barnett, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Solstar Space

Keynote Address: Pushing the Limits in Space, Always
Mike Lewis, Chief Technology Officer, NanoRacks

Having commercially launched 700 payloads and counting to the International Space Station, NanoRacks continues to challenge status quo. Through our satellite deployment, hosted payloads, microgravity research platforms, and consistent attention to customer satisfaction, our team seeks to offer services with streamlined access to the space environment. Each step, each improvement and addition of capability is our commitment to grow the business in space for our customers. Not to mention, we have some bigger plans underway, including the first commercial Space Station Airlock and commercial in-space habitats.

Background Documents:

• NanoRacks Awarded Study to Help Develop Vibrant Future Commercial Space Economy

Michael Lewis ISPCS Slide 9
Michael Lewis ISPCS Slide 16
Michael Lewis ISPCS Slide 18
Social Q&A
Full Keynote Video

Keynote Address:  Dual Use of Airport Infrastructure: Colorado Air and Spaceport
Dave Ruppel, Airport Director, Colorado Air and Space Port

The recent licensing of the 11^th U.S.spaceport, is another indicator of the growth of commercial spaceflight. Mr. Ruppel will discuss the dual use of airport infrastructure and how it will facilitate sustainability in operating as both an air and spaceport as well as permit commercial spaceflight companies to operate with aviation style operations in the near future. He will provide the context of how the spaceport discussion evolved in Colorado and what it might mean for future spaceport development.

PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
Social Q&A
Colorado Air and Space Port ISPCS 2018
Full Keynote Video

Sponsored by:  SpaceCom