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The High Frontieris Gerard K.

O'Neill'smasterpiece. Thisnew 3rd Edition

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Freeman Dyson.Click above toorder The HighFrontier fromAmazon.com.

Space Frontier Conference 8: "Launching the Space Millennium"September 23-26, 1999, Los Angeles, California, Sheraton Gateway Hotel

The Honorable Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach, CA), Chairman of the Houseof Representatives Space Subcommittee, joined other featured speakers, includingNASA's Administrator Daniel S. Goldin, noted science fiction author Ray Bradbury,Apollo 11 astronaut and space entrepreneur Buzz Aldrin, The SETI Institute's Dr. JillTarter and many other leaders of the entrepreneurial commercial space industry atone of the world's premier annual gatherings focused on space development andsettlement.

Space Frontier Conference 8, was held September 23-26,1999, at the SheratonGateway Hotel next to Los Angeles International Airport. The conference is a leadingedge space event where entrepreneurs and government space policy makers meetand discuss exciting business alternatives that will ultimately throw open the doors forindividuals to travel in space.

Every year the conference has been a meeting place for industry players to debate,partner and invest in new and opportunities for tomorrow. The conferences showcasecommercial space enterprises and frontier enabling technologies. From Mars coloniesto asteroid mining, space tourism to space power, each yearly space FrontierConference is an event for anyone who wants to learn first-hand what our tomorrow inspace will look like.

Space Frontier Conference 8 included full-day sessions on Cheap Access to Space,Near-Earth Asteroids, and Doing Business on Space Stations. There were half-daysessions on Space Tourism (Beyond the Horizon), Advanced Technologies andBreakthroughs, and The Moon, Mars, and the Far Frontier. In addition, there was anArt Show short hosted by the International Association of Astronomical Artists, and aSpace Property Rights dinner show ("Get Off My Rock!").

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Additionally, there was a special Friday night commemoration of the Apollo 12 missionand the life and accomplishments of its commander, the late Charles "Pete" Conrad(Captain, USN, Ret.). It was hosted by Richard F. "Dick" Gordon, Jr. (Captain, USN,Ret.), Apollo 12 Command Module Pilot.

During the Awards Banquet, The Sea Launch Team was given the Foundation'sVision to Reality award, the Service to the Frontier award was given to Dr. AlfredDiffer, Advocate, Space Frontier Foundation, Kerinia Cusick received the ProSpaceActivist of the Year award, and the Founders' Award was awarded posthumously toDr. Gerard K. O'Neill, author of The High Frontier.

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SFC 8 AgendaThursday, September 23, 1999

9:00am - 9:30am Plenary Session Keynote:Rick N. Tumlinson - President, Space Frontier Foundation

9:30am - 5:00pmTRACK 1: Cheap Access to Space - Space Transportation SymposiumDr. Dana Andrews - Boeing Reusable Space SystemsGene Austin - NASA/Marshall Space Flight CenterPat Bahn - CEO, TGV RocketsPaul Birkeland - Systems Engineer, Licensing, Kistler Aerospace Corp.Mitchell Burnside Clapp - Pioneer RocketplaneBob Davis - Kelly Space & TechnologyDr. William Gaubatz - Universal SpacelinesLori Garver - Associate Administrator, NASAJoe Hawkins - Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, FAA/ASTGary Hudson - CEO, Rotary Rocket CompanyMichael S. Kelly - Chairman, Kelly Space & TechnologyRobert Lindberg - Vice President and Program Manager, Orbital Sciences Corp.Jack London - NASA/Marshall Space Flight CenterJay Penn - Aerospace Corp.Ron Rosepink - Space Access LLCJess Sponable - Universal SpacelinesHenry Vanderbilt - Space Access SocietyRansom Wuller - Chairman, ProSpace

TRACK 2: The Watch: Asteroid SymposiumJohn Cserep - NEO Project, Space Frontier Foundation

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Dr. Alfred Differ - NEO Project, Space Frontier FoundationDr. Tom Gehrels - University of ArizonaJoe Gillin - NEO Project, Space Frontier FoundationDr. Alan Hale - co-discoverer of Comet Hale-BoppDr. Eleanor Helin - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryMike Heney - Chairman, Space Frontier FoundationDr. Jeffrey Kargel - U.S. Geological SurveyDr. John Lewis - University of ArizonaDr. Brian Marsden - Harvard UniversityDr. Subramaniam Muralidharan - University of ArizonaDr. Steven Ostro - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryMark Sonter - Australian Asteroid Mining ConsortiumDr. Jeremy Tatum - University of VictoriaDennis Wingo - NEO Project, Space Frontier Foundation

12:30pm - 2:00pm Luncheon Speaker: Ray Bradbury - Author, Lecturer

1:00pm - 6:00pm Art Show & Exhibit Hall Open Art Show hosted by the International Association of Astronomical Artists

7:00pm - 10:00pm Space Property Rights Dinner Performance: Get Off MyRock!

10:00pm Hospitality Suite Opens

Friday, September 24, 1999

9:00am - 9:30am Opening Remarks:NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin

9:00am - 6:00pm Art Show & Exhibit Hall OpenArt Show hosted by the International Association of Astronomical Artists

9:30am - 12:30pm Breakout Session: Commercial Space Pilots WorkshopDr. Melchor J. Antunan - Federal Aviation AdministrationBob Ray - pilot, American AirlinesDr. Harvey Wichman - Claremont McKenna CollegeEd Wright - Chairman, Seattle Space Enterprise Symposium

9:30am - 5:00pm Doing Business on Space StationsSponsored by Constellation Services International, Inc.Shubber Ali - VP, Bay EnterprisesEric Anderson - Space AdventuresBill Carswell - Research Scientist, University of Alabama


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Andrew Eddy - Canadian Space AgencyDr. Jamie Floyd - Space Development CorporationAlex Gimarc - Space Studies InstituteMark Gittleman - VP, Oceaneering Space SystemsHenry Kunkell - Boeing, TransHabCharles Lauer - SpaceVisionJeffrey Manber - Senior Advisor, Energia Ltd.Jim Muncy - Co-founder, Space Frontier FoundationKelly Parker - Palladia SystemsLon Rains - Space NewsDan Tam - Special Assistant to the NASA Administrator for CommercializationBob Werb - Orbital PropertiesDennis Wingo - SkycorpRansom Wuller - ProSpace

5:00pm - 7:00pm Advocate Dinner(open to Space Frontier Foundation Advocates only)

5:00pm - 7:00pm Breakout: Poster Session

12:30pm - 2:00pm Luncheon Speaker

7:00pm - 9:00pm FINDS Reception:A commemoration of the Apollo 12 mission and the accomplishments of itsCommander, the late Capt. Charles P. "Pete" Conrad (USN, Ret.). The event will behosted by Capt. Richard F. "Dick" Gordon, Jr. (USN, Ret.), Apollo 12 CommandModule Pilot.

9:00pm - 12:00am Hospitality Suite OpensSponsored by Applied Space Resources

Saturday, September 25, 1999

9:00am - 9:30am Opening Remarks


9:30am - 12:30pm Citizen Explorers & Space TourismDr. Buzz Aldrin - ShareSpace & Apollo 11 AstronautEric Anderson - Space AdventuresDr. Alan Binder - Lunar Prospector Principal InvestigatorDr. Patrick Collins - National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)Robert Haltermann - Space Transportation AssociationJason Klassi - Expedition Earth


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Lonnie Schorer - Resident Cruise ShipsJohn Spencer- Space Tourism SocietyPeter Wainwright- Spacefuture.comDr. Harvey Wichman - Claremont McKenna College

12:30pm - 2:00pm Luncheon Speaker:The Honorable Dana Rohrabacher, Chairman of the House Space and AeronauticsSubcommittee (R-Huntington Beach, CA)Luncheon Sponsored by ProSpace

1:00pm - 5:00pm Special Session: Kids-in-SpaceSponsored by Applied Space Resources

2:00pm - 5:00pm "Beyond the Horizon" Advanced Technologies &BreakthroughsModerator: Benigno Muniz Jr., Senior Staff Engineer, Hughes Space &CommunicationsDr. Marshall Burns, President, Ennex Corp.Joe Carroll, President and Founder, Tether ApplicationsDr. Costas Cassapakis, President, L'Garde, Inc.Dr. Leik Myrabo, Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDr. Seth Potter, Engineering Specialist, Reusable Space Systems Division, TheBoeing CompanyDr. William L. "Red" Whittaker, Fredkin Research Professor of Robotics at theRobotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

7:00pm - 10:00pm Banquet: Awards & Space Gala

9:00pm - 12:00am Hospitality SuiteSponsored by Space Tourism Club

Sunday, September 26, 1999

9:00am - 9:30am Keynote:Dr. Kenneth Cox - NASA/Johnson Space Center


9:30am - 12:30pm The Moon, Mars, & the Far FrontierGreg Bennett - Bigelow AerospaceSteve Durst - Space Fax DailyAl Globus - AsterAntsJay Manifold - VP, Applied Space ResourcesGreg Nemitz, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, TransOrbital, Inc.


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Denise Norris - CEO, Applied Space ResourcesMark Sonter - Australian Asteroid Mining ConsortiumProf. Madhu Thangavelu - University of Southern California, Space ExplorationArchitectures

12:30pm - 2:00pm Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Jill Tarter - Director of "Project Phoenix", The SETI Institute

2:00pm - 3:00pm Closing Ceremony - "Launching The Millennium"

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