All activities at New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum unless otherwise stated.

Tuesday, October 8

8:45 – 4:00 p.m.

3rd Annual ISPCS Golf Event (more info)
Sonoma Ranch Golf Course

Sponsored by: Special Aerospace Services

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

ISPCS Speaker & Sponsor Reception (by invitation only)

Sponsored by: Arrowhead Center, Inc.

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Opening Reception
Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces

Sponsored by: New Mexico State University

Wednesday, October 10

7:00 – 8:25 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Introduction
Opening Entertainment
Opening Remarks: Pat Hynes, ISPCS Curator
Master Moderator: Wayne Hale, Director of Human Spaceflight and Energy Services, Special Aerospace Services

Sponsored by: Lockheed Martin

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Keynote Address:  Humanity’s Journey of Exploration – Global Exploration Roadmap Discussion and Challenge
Charles Bolden, President, The Bolden Consulting Group LLC

A dialogue and a challenge to our audience to be prepared for a discussion on the exponential value of international partnerships as nations engage in global space exploration.

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion:
Chair: Jim Vanderploeg, Chief Medical Officer, Virgin Galactic

Panelists:

  • Tarah Castleberry, Flight Surgeon, Virgin Galactic
  • Smith Johnston, Chief Medical Officer and Lead Flight Surgeon, Axiom Space, Inc.
  • Beth Moses, SpaceShipTwo Interiors Program Manager and Chief Astronaut Instructor, Virgin Galactic
  • John Mulholland, Vice President and Program Manager for Commercial Programs, Space Exploration, The Boeing Company
  • Benjamin Reed, Director of Commercial Crew Mission Management, SpaceX
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Morning Break

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Keynote Address:  R3. New Regulatory Environment, New Implementation and New Execution
Wayne Monteith, Associate Administrator Commercial Space Transportation, FAA

Balancing inputs in order to create a solid path to a responsive, agile internal licensing process to enable stability and safety for the commercial space industry. It’s our job at the FAA AST. For the largest sector of our industry, the proposed new rule provides a Performance Based regulatory system implemented through advisory circulars.  Our reorganization is working to have the right scope which allows us to enable and support the industry while fulfilling our regulatory role.

11:30 – 11:40 a.m.

Spotlight Address: Commercial Space Launch – The Power to Inspire and Transform Local Economies
Miles Carden, Director, Spaceport Cornwall

Space launches can be incredibly powerful as an inspirational tool. The Apollo program inspired and changed career paths across the globe. Entire regions evolved new skills related economic growth.  Today, we have the opportunity to inspire our local population in the UK. Spaceport Cornwall and Virgin Orbit’s partnership has the power to sustainably grow our local economy and inspire our next generation. Win Win.

11:40 – 12:10 p.m.

Keynote Address: The Delta Clipper Program and its Pivotal Role in Pioneering Technologies for Today’s Launch Industry
John Garvey, Co-Founder and President, Launch Services, Vector Launch, Inc.

The Delta Clipper – Experimental, aka “DC-X” test vehicle pioneered numerous advanced technologies and streamlined operations that have since become key elements of many of today’s emerging launch systems.  These included composite cryogenic propellant tanks, reusable boosters, GN&C software autocoding and a minimalistic ground infrastructure.  Garvey, a member of the McDonnell Douglas flight team at White Sands during the “DC-XA” phase of the program, addresses how the project’s technical DNA has disseminated across the industry. Garvey will describe how he and several colleagues undertook the development of small liquid propellant test rockets that have evolved into the Vector-R launcher.

12:10 – 1:40 p.m.

Lunch

1:40 – 2:40 p.m.

Panel Discussion:  Suborbital Markets for Humans and Payloads:  What you don’t know about us and LEO Commercialization
Chair: Sean Casey, Vice President of Commercial Business Development for Atlas Space Operations and Co-Founder of the Silicon Valley Space Center (SVSC)

Panelists:

  • Sirisha Bandla, Government Affairs & Business Development Manager, Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit
  • John Kelly, Program Manager, Flight Opportunities Program, Armstrong Flight Research Center, NASA
  • Erika Wagner, Payload Sales Director, Blue Origin
2:40 – 3:10 p.m.

Keynote Address: Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company:  New Mexico Operations
George Whitesides, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Galactic

George will give an overview of Galactic’s ongoing transition to commercial operations at Spaceport America, from its development base in Mojave, California.  He will describe progress on the next two spaceships, and plans for future growth of the company.

Sponsored by:  Virgin Galactic

3:10 – 3:40 p.m.

Afternoon Break

3:40 – 4:10 p.m.
Keynote Address:
4:10 – 4:40 p.m.

Keynote Address:  Spaceport America: Horizontal Human Commercial Space Operations. A Planned Future
Dan Hicks, Chief Executive Officer, Spaceport America

It is a time of discovery for Spaceport America.  Dan Hicks, CEO of Spaceport America, will discuss the various multiple impact perspectives of their planned operations. The vertical launch facilities of the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport have been successfully operating since 2007 . . . now Spaceport America prepares for emerging aerospace technologies and the next phase of a Future of Possibilities: Human Commercial Spaceflight.

4:40 – 5:10 p.m.
Keynote Address:

Mary Lynne Dittmar, President and Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for Deep Space Exploration

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Industry Reception
Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces

7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Dinner
Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces
Sponsored by: JACOBS

8:30 – 10:30 p.m.

After Hours Reception
Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces

Thursday, October 10

7:00 – 8:25 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 – 8:50 a.m.

Opening Remarks
ISPCS Curator: Pat Hynes
Master Moderator: Ariane Cornell, Head of Astronaut Strategy & Sales and Head of North American New Glenn Sales, Blue Origin

8:50 – 9:20 a.m.

Keynote Address:
William Gerstenmaier, Special Assistant to Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, NASA

Sponsored by:  Collins Aerospace

9:20 – 9:50 a.m.

Keynote Address:  Building the Business Model for Microgravity Industrialization

Joe Vockley, President and Executive Director, International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory

The trillion-dollar commercial potential of the LEO economy depends on the development of a viable business model for microgravity industrialization. True benefit to human kind and a sustainable economy in LEO cannot occur with the current model of ISS allocation utilization. The US ISS National Laboratory has recently launched a new initiative that focuses resources on building this business model.  Key to our initiative is the use of multi-partner academic/business/government research alliances to drive the development cycle from applied research to industrialization. In 2019, the National Lab is building research alliances in two fields of study: Industrial Biomedicine and Advanced Materials. The transition from project-based basic research to alliance-based applied research, resulting in the business case for industrialization, is projected to generate demand for commercial payloads to Station, commercial crew and free-flying industrial incubators.

9:50 – 10:20 a.m.

Morning Break

10:20 – 10:50 a.m.

Keynote Address:  Manufacturing In Space: Reshaping the Landscape of Space Commercialization
Andrew Rush, President and Chief Executive Officer, Made in Space, Inc.

In space manufacturing has the potential to democratize access to space like never before. Autonomous, robotic manufacturing and assembly on orbit will transform satellite design, space infrastructure and human spaceflight. Made In Space, the industry leader for space manufacturing, is pioneering new technologies to industrialize low Earth orbit and expand humanity’s presence in space. Made In Space CEO Andrew Rush will discuss how manufacturing in space is driving new market opportunities, lowering the barrier of entry for new customers, and stimulating demand in the commercial space economy.

10:50 – 11:50 a.m.

Panel Discussion:  The Laws and Policies Governing Commercial Space – Where are We and Where are We Going?
Chair: Franceska Schroeder, Managing Member, Schroeder Law PLLC
Panelists: TBD

Through its Space Policy Directives, the Trump Administration has called on federal agencies to create a regulatory environment for U.S. commercial space industry that reduces cost and increases efficiency while ensuring safety and protecting national security.  In response, agencies have engaged in rulemakings with the goals of streamlining licensing requirements and regulations that apply to commercial space transportation, satellite communications, commercial remote sensing, space tourism and human spaceflight, and beyond.  How are those efforts going?  What’s the impact on your business?  What are your goals for this regulatory reform effort?

This panel analyzes and engages with you on these questions to help you manage effectively the impacts of licensing and regulations on your commercial space business.

11:50 – 1:20 p.m.

Lunch

1:20 – 1:50 p.m.

Keynote Address: How Spaceports Can Enable the Space Economy
George Nield, President, Commercial Space Technologies LLC

Before we can do exciting things in space, we need to get there.  And today, the first stop on that journey is a spaceport.  But spaceports can be more than just places from which launches take place.  Rather, they can also serve as focal points, technology hubs, and sources of critical capabilities for research & technology development, education & training, point-to-point transportation, aerospace manufacturing, and workforce development.  Through the use of strategic partnerships between government, industry, academia, and the international community, spaceports can help to enable a robust and thriving space economy.

1:50 – 2:20 p.m.

Keynote Address:  Environmental Control Systems—Getting You There is ½ the Story
Grant Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, Paragon Space Development Corporation

Staying alive is the other half! When humans go to space, they need a robust and operable life support and thermal control system to maintain them inside the “comfort box” of 40-60% RH and 70+/-5 deg F.  But we don’t hear a lot about the life support system.  It’s vital that this subsystem be ready when the rocket is on the launch pad.  What do we need to do to get there, and are we ready to meet the challenges of “above LEO” human space flight?

2:20 – 2:50 p.m.

Afternoon Break

Sponsored by:  Paragon Space Development

2:50 – 3:50 p.m.

Panel Discussion:
Chair: Ven C. Feng, Manager of the International Space Station (ISS) Transportation Integration Office, NASA JSC

Panelists:
TBD

3:50 – 4:50 p.m.

Panel Discussion: NASA’s Commercial Crew: Partnering with Industry to Reach the Space Station
Chair: Kathryn Lueders, Program Manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA

Panelists:
John Mulholland, Vice President and Program Manager for Commercial Programs, Space Exploration, The Boeing Company
Benjamin Reed, Director of Commercial Crew Mission Management, SpaceX

“We’ll Get You There” could be the new slogan of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Commercial Crew, along with corporate partners Boeing and SpaceX, has conducted uncrewed flights while it makes final preparations for crewed test missions to the International Space Station. This historic government-industry partnership will ultimately allow certified, routine crewed flights to the Space Station from American soil, once again. Join representatives from NASA, Boeing and SpaceX as they discuss the challenges and opportunities inherent in commercial human spaceflight to low-Earth orbit.

Sponsored by: The Boeing Company

4:50 – 5:00 p.m.

Closing
Pat Hynes, ISPCS Curator

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Happy Trails Reception

Friday, October 11

8:00 a.m. – 2 p.m. (transportation provided, departing from Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces)

Tour Spaceport America (separate registration is required)