FYI,

: Space Access '08
: March 27-29, Phoenix Arizona
: Conference Information

: Space Access '08, our annual conference on the technology,
: politics, and business of radically cheaper space
: transportation, starts next Thursday

: - if you haven't been able to find a room in our sold-out
: conference hotel earlier, it'll soon be a good time to try
: again, as the hotel's cancellation policy is 48 hours notice
: and some rooms will likely open up at the last second. If you
: do get a room, our "space access" rate is still good, so be
: sure to ask for it. (Speakers - we have a couple spare room
: reservations in our back pocket. Contact us via email at
: space.access@... .)

: SA'08 is at the Best Western Grace Inn, 10831 S 51st St in
: Phoenix Arizona, the same place as SA'07. Call the Grace Inn
: at 1 800 843-6010 for room reservations, and if you lucky and
: they have one open, tell them you're attending "space access"
: for our $92.29 full-American-breakfast-included rate. (That's
: only $99 even after taxes.)

: The Grace Inn is ten miles from the Phoenix Airport in a
: pleasant suburban neighborhood, with shopping and dining a
: short walk away, free parking, and a free airport shuttle bus.
: (If you're driving, take Interstate 10 to the Elliot Road exit
: (exit 155) about ten miles east of downtown Phoenix. From the
: top of the ramp, you should be able to see the Grace Inn sign
: - it's one block west on Elliot to the light at 51st st, turn
: left, take your first left just past the gas station on the
: corner, and you're there.)

: Conference Schedule: (still subject to late changes for travel
: snafus, last second surprise guests, and such, but very close to
: final. Speakers, contact us ASAP if we have you scheduled at an
: impossible time.)

: Overall Schedule:

: - Thursday March 27th, sessions 2 pm - ~10 pm
: - Friday March 28th, sessions 9 am - ~10 pm
: - Saturday March 29th, sessions 9 am - 6 pm (Hospitality
: - till late)

: Thursday March 27th

: 1 pm - Registration and Hospitality open (we may have them
: open as early as noon, depending on how setup goes, but no
: guarantees.)

: 1:50 Henry Vanderbilt says Welcome, and shares a thought or
: two

: 2 pm Henry Spencer, on The Road Not Traveled, or, How To
: Return To The Moon (And How Not To)

: 3 pm Vincent Cate and Henry Cate Jr., on Fully Reusable Lunar
: Transport

: 3:30 break

: 4 pm Gerry Nordley, Brief Updates on Tethers Unlimited and the
: CONTACT Conference

: 4:20 Frontier Astronautics/Timothy Bendel

: 4:50 Jess Sponable, on The History And Future Of Spaceplanes

: 5:40 XLSpace/Michael Carden, on Hydrogen Peroxide Benefits to
: the Commercial Space Industry

: 6 pm break for dinner

: 8 pm Panel: Paths to Rocket Piloting, with Erik Anderson, Ian
: Kluft, Mark Street

: 8:40 Leik Myrabo, on Beamed Energy Propulsion Prospects And
: Projects

: 9:30 Timothy Bendel: The Angel Company (a proposed Frontier
: Astronautics spinoff)

: 9:50 Joe Carroll, on Challenges of Commercial Manned Orbital
: Space

: late - Hospitality closes

: Friday March 28th
: 8 am - Registration and Hospitality open

: 9 am Space Studies Institute/Lee Valentine

: 9:10 Charles Miller/SPC Inc for Air Force Research Lab, on the
: FAST and RASTE Projects and AFRL Commercial Partnerships

: 9:50 FAA AST/Michelle Murray and Sherman Council

: 10:30 break

: 11 am Unreasonable Rocket/Paul Breed

: 11:30 XCOR Aerospace/Dan DeLong

: 12:30 break for lunch

: 2 pm SpeedUp/Bob Steinke

: 2:30 Armadillo Aerospace/John Carmack

: 3:30 break

: 4 pm SEDS/Ben Brockert, Students for the Exploration and
: Development of Space

: 4:10 Jim Muncy/PoliSpace on Space Politics & Policies

: 4:50 Masten Space/Dave Masten

: 5:30 Jordin Kare, on Recent Laser-Launch Technology Readiness
: Progress

: 6 pm break for dinner

: 8 pm Space Propellant Depots Panel with Jon Goff, Dallas
: Bienhoff, Frank Zegler, and Rand Simberg

: 9:30 Jordin Kare, on LaserMotive, a Laser-Launch Startup
: Company

: 10 pm Robin Snelson, on Frontier Spaceport in Second Life
: - should it live or die?

: late - Hospitality closes

: Saturday March 29th

: 9 am Rocketplane Global/Chuck Lauer

: 9:40 Stratofox Aerospace Tracking Team/Ian Kluft

: 10:10 break

: 10:40 Flometrics/Steve Harrington

: 11:20 Ken Davidian/NASA ESMD Commercial Development

: 12:10 break for lunch

: 2 pm Berin Szoka (via web) on ITAR: Recent Progress, followed
: by panel discussion

: 2:50 Frank White (via web), on The Overview Effect/Overview
: Institute

: 3:30 break

: 4 pm Panel Discussion on Non-US Perspectives & Prospects, with
: Jeff Foust, Clark Lindsay, Dave Salt, Henry Spencer

: 4:50 Misuzu Onuki, Japan Update

: 5:10 Wrapup Panel, with Various Luminaries telling us What It
: All Means

: 6 pm that's all for this year

: late - Hospitality closes - see you next time!

: Space Access '08 registration once again holds steady at $100
: in advance ($10 off for anyone who's ever been a paid SAS
: member), $30 Student rate (no member discount on the student rate.)
: At the door rate will once again be $120. Day rates will be
: available at the door only.

: Practically speaking, your advance registration would have to be at
: our mailbox by early Wednesday, and the express postage may cost
: you about as much as you'd save. Our crack Registration crew
: stands ready to accept your cash, checks, or credit cards, at the
: door. See you there!

Mark Reiff