Technical Session I: New Ways to Get to Orbit

RASCAL: DARPA’s Solution to Responsive, Affordable, Micro-Satellite Space Access

Preston Carter, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Owen Brown, Booz Allen Hamilton
Tharen Rice, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Jason Tardy, CENTRA Technology, Inc.

3:00 PM

The Falcon Launch Vehicle - An Attempt at Making Access to Space More Affordable, Reliable and Pleasant

Elon Musk, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
Hans Koenigsmann, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
Gwynne Gurevich, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation

3:15 PM

Flight Tests of XCOR’s EZ-Rocket and Progress toward a Microgravity and Microspacecraft Launcher

Dan DeLong, XCOR Aerospace, Inc
Joan Horvath, Takeoff Technologies LLC

3:29 PM

The Inexpensive Injection of Mini-Satellites into GEO

G.M. Webb, Commercial Space Technologies, Ltd
A. Fadeev, Centre for Ground Space Infrastructure Operations
N. Pestmal, Commercial Space Technologies, Ltd

3:44 PM

A New Space Launch Vehicle: Low Cost Access to Space Using Surplus Peacekeeper ICBM Motors

Scott Schoneman, Orbital Sciences Corporation
Mark Chadwick, Orbital Sciences Corporation
Lou Amorosi, Orbital Sciences Corporation

3:59 PM

Global Space League Upcoming Ride-Along Opportunities

Joan Horvath, Takeoff Technologies LLC
Charlie Chao, Santa Clara University Robotic Systems Laboratory
Christopher Kitts, Santa Clara University Robotic Systems Laboratory
Jeff Patterson, Global Space League Inc.
Ron Phillips, Digital Radiance Inc.
Rex Ridenoure, Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation
Donna Shirley, Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority
Randy Stewart, HighShip

4:14 PM

ExoTerra, a Revolutionary Approach to Space Launch Research and Development

Terrance Yee, ExoTerra

4:29 PM