Space Access ’03 Conference

Space Access Society

Space Access ’03 Conference

April 24-26, 2003, in Scottsdale Arizona

Book your flights and rooms now, while you can still get good airfare
discounts and while our special-rate room block lasts – it’s currently
reserved for us only through April 4th, after which the hotel can rent
the rooms first-come first-serve. It’s four weeks till Space Access
Society’s eleventh annual conference on the business, politics, and
technology of radically cheaper access to space, Space Access ’03,
Thursday evening April 24th through Saturday night April 26th, 2003,
at the Old Town Hotel & Conference Center in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Our conference will once again be a cross-section of who’s who in the
emerging low-cost launch industry, presenting an informal snapshot of
where things are this spring of 2003. Be there or miss out – part of
our relaxed atmosphere and up-to-the-second inside information is that
we don’t ask for formal papers and we don’t do proceedings.

Confirmed presentations:

• Dave Salt on Small RLVs And On-Orbit Assembly
• Ed Wright, X-Rocket LLC
• Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society
• Henry Spencer on Orbits and Approaches
• Jeff Greason on Reusable Rocket Design Considerations & Tradeoffs
• John Carmack, Armadillo Aerospace
• John M Jurist PhD, CRM Inc, on Biomedical Aspects Of Commercial Suborbital Flight
• Jordin Kare on Laser Launch Developments
• Len Cormier on “Bear Cub” & Other Projects
• Mitch Clapp, Pioneer Rocketplane
• Pat Bahn, TGV Rockets
• Pat Kelley, Vela Technology, on Low Wing-Loading Launch Assist
• Peter Diamandis, X-Prize
• Triton Systems
• XCOR Aerospace on EZ-Rocket & Xerus Spaceplane Developments
• Panel Discussions:
• Low Cost Launch Markets & Finance: Daylight Or Headlight?
• Reusable Launch Regulatory Considerations: FAA AST & Other Factors
• Orbital Space Plane: Opportunity Or Business As Usual?
• Cheap Launch Politics: Survey Of Recent Events & The Usual Brawl
• and possibly a special panel on the loss of Columbia.

We’re still talking to a number of interesting possible speakers;
we expect we’ll end up rounding out things with a half-dozen or so
more presentations. Look for a detailed schedule a week or two out.
(Speakers with specific scheduling requirements, please contact us.)

Our hotel this year is the Old Town Hotel & Conference Center in
Scottsdale Arizona, fifteen minutes from the Phoenix airport by cab or
“Super Shuttle” van, 7353 E Indian School Road, in the heart of
downtown Scottsdale’s restaurant and upscale shopping district. This
comfortable resort hotel has modem jacks and coffeemakers in every
room, and a free full American breakfast daily for registered hotel
guests. Our conference rate is $74.00 per night, single or double,
plus tax, mention “space access” for the rate when you reserve your
room. For reservations call (800) 695-6995 or (480) 994-9203. (Our
Space Access room block is not guaranteed past April 4th – book your
rooms now!)

Space Access ’03 hospitality and registration will open after 6 pm
Thursday, April 24th, 2003. Thursday evening sessions will begin 7:30
pm in the main ballroom. Sessions will run 9 am to 10 pm Friday the
25th and Saturday the 26th, with breaks midmorning and midafternoon
plus longer (on your own) lunch and dinner breaks. (Over forty
restaurants within 1/4 mile.) Conference Registration (in the lower
ballroom lobby) and our reknowned Space Access Hospitality lounge
(suite 406) will be open 8 am Friday and Saturday. Hospitality stays
open till late all nights.

Space Access ’03 registration is $100 in advance, $120 at the door,
$10 off for SAS members. Day rates and $30 Student rate at the door
only. One year’s SAS membership is $30, please include your email
address for Updates. Mail checks (sorry, no credit cards) to:

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