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Day 1: Keynote Address: Lennard Fisk | Session 1: Space Policy – Expectations and Reality | Session 2: Space Science – the Next Decade | Session 3: Role of Education in American Competitiveness
Day 2: Session 4: Mars – The Best is Yet to Come | Session 5: Space Entrepreneurs | Luncheon Speaker: Andrea Seastrand | Session 6: Exploration – One Year On | Session 7: Earth Science – the Next Decade | Session 8: Report on the Hubble Servicing Mission

Session 5: Space Entrepreneurs

Moderator: Paul Eckert, International & Commercial Strategist, Boeing IDS – Space Exploration, The Boeing Company

Panelists:
Thomas C. Taylor, Vice President, Lunar Transportation Systems, Inc.
Robert D. Richards, CEO, Odyssey Moon Limited
John Kohut, CEO, Astrobotic Technology Inc.
Kris Zacny, Director, Drilling and Excavation Systems, Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation

Paul Eckert, “Meeting Society’s Needs through Emerging Space Markets”

Tom Taylor, “A Commercial path to Exploration in the Next Decade”

Bob Richards, “Odyssey Moon”

Rex Ridenoure, “Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation”

Kris Zacny, “Honeybee Robotics”

Looking Ahead – Key Space Events

May 13-14 — George H. Born Symposium
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado

May 17-19 — Kyle T. Alfriend Astrodynamics Symposium
Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa
Monterey, California

Jun 11-13 — 6th Student CanSat Competititon
Amarillo, Texas

July 27-30 — 12th International Space Conference of Pacific-basin Societies (ISCOPS)
Delta Montréal Hotel
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Deadline for new abstracts is April 15.

Aug 2-5 — AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Sheraton Centre Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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