International Space Development Conference 2021 - June 26, 2021

The National Space Society (NSS) is presenting the International Space Development Conference® 2021 (ISDC® 2021) virtually on June 24-27, 2021. June 26th Schedule:

9:00 AM PDT Anita Gale, NSS Chief Executive Officer, National Space Society Board of Directors
9:02 AM Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director & Founder, Future Ventures with Bruce Pittman, National Space Society Board of
Directors
Presenting of NSS Space Pioneer Award to Steve Jurvetson
9:20 AM How Humans Will (Or At Least Should) Explore Mars
Dr. Pascal Lee, Mars Institute, SETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center
9:45 AM Human-Machine Collaboration in Aquanautics for Astronautics
Stephen Daire, CEO, Protean Industries, NSS Space Ambassador
9:50 AM Ocean and Space Exploration Parallels
Dr. David Gallo, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, RMS Titanic, Inc. with Dr. Anthony Paustian, NSS Director of
Branding and Communications
10:25 AM NSS Chris Pancratz Activist of the Year Award, 2021
Greg Autry, NSS Vice President of Space Development, National Space Society Board of Directors presented by Anita Gale,
NSS Chief Executive Officer, National Space Society Board of Directors
10:40 AM Lunar Settlements and Education
Dr. Sandra Häeuplik-Meusburger, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) and Sabrina Kerber, UAV Pilot & Analog
Astronaut, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
10:55 AM Economics in Space
Jim Plaxco, NSS Space Ambassador
11:00 AM Ceres Megasatellite as Alternative to Planetary Living
Dr. Pekka Janhunen, Research Manager, Finnish Meterological Institute
11:15 AM MMAARS Training NextGen Anslig Astronauts to be Super Spaceheros
Dr. Susan Ip-Jewell, CEO/Co-Founder of MMAARS, Inc, (Mars-Moon Astronautics Academy & Research Science)
11:25 AM CubeSats
Kevin L. Simmons, CEO, BLUECUBE Aerospace, NSS Space Ambassador
11:45 AM Phil Plait, The Bad Astronomer with Geoffrey Notkin, President Emeritus, National Space Society, National Space Society
Board of Governors
Presenting of NSS Space Pioneer Award to Phil Plait
12:10 PM Space Policy: Space Solar Power - Is It Finally Time to Harness the Sun? Brett Jones (VP Communications and Digital
Media, Beyond Earth Institute), Jonathan G. Thorvilson (Motivator, Beyond Earth Institute) and Tony DeTora (VP of Policy
Coherence & Co-Founder, Beyond Earth Institute)
12:30 PM SPS in 2021
John C. Mankins, Mankins Space Technologies, Inc., National Space Society Board of Directors
12:45 PM Space Solar Power and Ancillary Services Beaming Mission Development
Gary Barnhard, CEO, Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc., National Space Society Board of Directors
1:00 PM Revisiting O’Neill's Work
Dr Richard James Soilleux, British Interplanetary Society
1:35 PM The Origins of the Pro-Space Movement
Mark Hopkins, NSS Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, National Space Society Board of Directors
1:45 PM The Scientific Feasibility of Space Settlement
Hannah Rens, Systems Engineer, Boeing Space, Defense, and Security, National Space Society Board of Directors
2:10 PM Moonbase Design
Stevan Akerley, NSS Space Ambassadors Program Director
2:30 PM The Outposts Program
Jeffrey Manber, CEO, Nanoracks with David Dressler, NSS Conference Coordinating Committee Chairman
2:45 PM The Next 20 Years in NewSpace
Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director & Founder, Future Ventures with Rod Pyle, Editor-in-Chief, Ad Astra Magazine
3:10 PM Space Settlement Design Competition
Presenting: Colin Houts, John Mo, Margaret Yu and Adam Moss
3:25 PM Q&A
4:25 PM END

To learn more about the event go to: https://isdc2021.nss.org/