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NewSpace 2010: Lunch with Tom Nugent: The Story of LaserMotive
LaserMotive is a Seattle-based company developing laser power beaming systems to transmit electricity without wires, for applications where wires are either cost prohibitive or physically impractical. Their first project was to win the NASA-sponsored Power Beaming Challenge, which they did by winning the Level 1 prize of $900,000 in 2009.
NewSpace 2010: The Road Forward to the New Worlds of Tomorrow
What does the future hold for the space industry? What role should NASA play and how should commercial companies (new and old) fit into this plan? What destinations and business cases should be the focus of efforts?
NewSpace 2010: To Mars and Beyond
When humans go to mars, what would be the best use of resources and what should be done to support science, exploration, and development?
NewSpace 2010: Approaching Warp Speed: Advanced Space Propulsion
Up until recently, propulsion systems have been either high thrust or high efficiency, but recent technologies and methods, such as VASMIR, fission-based propulsion, and laser based propulsion look promising.
NewSpace 2010: Space Solar Power
Recently, a number of governments have taken a serious interest in Space Solar Power as a way to alleviate the world’s energy crisis.
NewSpace 2010: Closing the Lunar Business Case
What does it take to close a business case on the moon? What technologies are necessary in order to sufficiently reduce the cost and how can we leverage current technologies in order to reach that level with the least development time and cost?
NewSpace 2010: A New Space Exploration Enterprise
Why should we go to space? What should be our priorities and destinations?
NewSpace 2010: NewSpace Awards Gala
Join the Space Frontier Foundation in honoring the winners of the NewSpace Awards at the NewSpace 2010 Awards Gala. This star-studded event will feature steely-eyed rocket men, futuristic thinkers, and space enthusiasts from all over the world. The NewSpace Awards aim to recognize outstanding achievements toward advancing NewSpace and opening the space frontier.
NewSpace 2010: Suborbital Spaceflight and Beyond
What are the challenges for the suborbital spaceflight industry today and how does suborbital spaceflight fit into the commercial space industry? What role do Virgin Galactic and other companies play now and how should this evolve?
NewSpace 2010: ISS, Open for Business
The ISS is finally complete and more importantly should be available for a wide variety of users at least though 2020. This panel will discuss the exciting capabilities and future potential of this orbiting wonder.
