<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Wallis</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mwallis@wallis.com">mwallis@wallis.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 3:05 PM<br>Subject: [erps] Fwd: Space Studies Institute Conference on Space Settlement Returns<br>To: ERPS List <<a href="mailto:erps-list@erps.org">erps-list@erps.org</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">
<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;">William Watson/Space Frontier Foundation <<a href="mailto:william.watson@spacefrontier.org" target="_blank">william.watson@spacefrontier.org</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;">October 19, 2010 6:04:34 AM PDT<br>
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:mwallis@wallis.com" target="_blank">mwallis@wallis.com</a><br>
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><b>Space Studies Institute Conference on Space Settlement Returns</b><br>
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:info@spacefrontier.org" target="_blank">info@spacefrontier.org</a><br>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunnyvale, CA -</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> After a nine-year hiatus, the <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA4b_GyC4ocBK85XezBN7kjbgSKGVPrnz8PkUFHW-2-O9BjqlaJNSPoK_tdBDs0ZOYV4yuxWLv5UaUDqEOqlQkdXu3Y21rzM7e375Wf2FotKog==" shape="rect" target="_blank">Space Frontier Foundation</a> (SFF) is excited to see the return of the Space Manufacturing Conference hosted by the <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA5d4WMEPsqiju42C1yoZbZHvgpvfJVCNLsoHfqX11-70RGycKqfq4f-EFDiwLc4JXUbq07e3SKoM__uvBGup9jlkwdj_2IfvYw=" shape="rect" target="_blank">Space Studies Institute</a> (SSI). Space scientists and entrepreneurs will meet in Silicon Valley on October 29-31 to help plan humanity's future on the high frontier at the <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA6NAcmlHrX8yf3uDxGbLLiu8LtX7VHF6G4t0D-Ma-jGQyAwUfBq9gvkXIk57MEi0pjlE6TecB3_dII5pgR5VTSl-g70ZSGlch06KA91c2cv_lmaLrW2vnXRy2L5S8zA77CKmMZDB5AZs0gZHwCRdOGC" shape="rect" target="_blank">Space Manufacturing 14: Critical Technologies for Space Settlement conference</a>. Attendance is limited and <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA7tpZcSsRK2IKY3CUW9TOw2NJCtoe7bUBfL9KySSbsyPiJSQNDw7ZOpcK7LHBjKGGXvlZtYuFs-EdJoc43l4O2PTKICaY_lsOg_hYPRaBKRdy4EdNEKK6EeGoWmdVKHeADcCAZbqy6s0N-KRaUNkhFlNHcc5qONMx7NJlG3BfutJQ==" shape="rect" target="_blank">registration</a> closes Monday, October 25th. Those that wish to take an active role in the colonization of space are encouraged to attend this historic conference. </span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The gathering will take place primarily at the <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA6MXktvO9BJ3TmiqLzPFiaKSdXJXfx_5jipVfKSYetck8YKmFiFPIklZiyZjhMnOL_-eLhMuJCoHnoGDP8QzypVnAR7JLOtpW9TF_CHNhU14A==" shape="rect" target="_blank">NASA Ames</a> Conference Center, with evening events held at the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA7ek-U1OhOJYtLqr2ObkUCIXz6pGl_AIstbZMgaeedyoyLIYXwGcgO2lLCVtor82n8wox06joLvlcTTvwuW9jd8qgVIyBGfM84RNAhcKerleCe7ohIJQFyKjojV3BBn6WuGx5CMB75hinKhAYNfdteQspoD_dzEMrWjMOr0JOuznGHclvZPVrJw9x8yvxHaZm8=" shape="rect" target="_blank">Sheraton Sunnyvale Hotel</a>. Speakers will present a wide range of research topics, including affordable space transportation, extraterrestrial prospecting, lunar and asteroid manufacturing processes, robotics and tele-operations, closed environment life support systems, space solar power and energy, and off-planet property rights.</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><i>"This conference is the only one solely concerned with the science and engineering of humanity's expansion into the solar system. Its most important function is to bring together the engineers, entrepreneurs and researchers who do the real work," </i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">said SSI Executive Vice President and SFF Advocate <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA6nRuLKmAVkmpk-zUquMRqL_p1l3TK_Dp6fuk_LB6hmSTLYPkd5HeML6K5jGpjKO786Wl5VjsxNwJAY1ZlpDxcaUQpliHgzVbrWJ6xQjrR6XNygfcZy_Q9bEAf1z43dGWBVtIlzoRnelrMViq6NraoU" shape="rect" target="_blank">Lee Valentine</a>. <i>"We're especially pleased to be holding the event at NASA Ames. Thirty-five years ago, the Ames Research Center was the site of the first large technical study of space settlement. We have made significant progress since then, but with the prospect of low cost space transportation in the near future, now is the time to reinvigorate research and collaboration on the critical path technologies needed for space industrialization and settlement."</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The gathering is the revival of a series of biennial conferences held in Princeton, N.J., through 2001. The conference was started by the late Princeton physics professor <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA53aPSAmzt6ZTRL4mxUpdWg2A0tJOfKej2s_ILYsn5Phx52rIaO2KHxVXEWpEmKtVAsh76e5-2BF8PennmaNQ94glPsENarCFjRyR-aA7Lvq3Wub6IfKrSU1fMSzx-Kv5U=" shape="rect" target="_blank">Gerard K. O'Neill,</a> the founder of the SSI and author of<i><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA6rkAs18tW_CKrohVnor-oTEtITNMzKKLauyECu6C6hA8tYWocz3LDtQKGQJw7E40ZwrfLtKqIKsSa98Y3jl4fS8nWuIQzBDrzlkVaL9SUYZ2KwnQpyy2YlXNdav63cIW61FQ8_Ad74YvctRMR5kK92" shape="rect" target="_blank"> The High Frontier</a></i>, a seminal book on space settlements. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Moon, Mars, Asteroids: Where to Go First for Resources?:</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> NASA Ames Center Director <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA71p52ydRZFA5LtJeXv9EJ8I3iXIJBthfac1q9fFFuLDoc_T7ylvmOAyNuc7ay4Qwo_gMJk9M76IEuxy75dCQ__rEwGy8igNOHu9VD3DTMYdOizPga0Wqbya-l8f-Q5t3pDQDWS72hFIWEa9PSmCYgJm5tmX2aqbYo=" shape="rect" target="_blank">Pete Worden</a> will moderate a panel of six experts to debate the first moves in expanding beyond Earth orbit. The round table discussion will be followed by a reception.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Luna Nova: New Discoveries About the Poles of the Moon: </b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA4WeATTd8zA2IoZkZe42D8UatalobY8KRB2IrU_urKWAIASc26mN2IExOfl8XTlAglQWM_kP4Usa7zuOxMfIo5VKhb9V3dYkkKbo1GOY7hrVd4FRalzSaqnd8uZ6fqDhUY=" shape="rect" target="_blank">Dr. Paul Spudis</a> of the <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA6ir7kDpo9cZ6jvRwQFV35RVFy7qJpY4NV0Il3FrzeofAkWkx-zJAE3-M6tFNnwJfBFl7mNeeyjrTmIkm3sBvyLO0hS7jwiUgpkGLobgaeH6w==" shape="rect" target="_blank">Lunar and Planetary Institute</a> will host this luncheon talk on Saturday.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Synthetic Genomics:</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Famed biologist and entrepreneur <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA7cI_3vrsyUkxasZDj1S_Q17gpsrHYEyZ9hhq5VPn9bV41bT7nI8cdUDlXzGB-Zauq3xF2jimaG6DuI4PdbgC1R0a5tFOPQxYsczm5pT5qAJAkoUuYjdrakM_yRoWscyOljBgOwqBZSLQ==" shape="rect" target="_blank">Dr. Craig Venter</a> of the <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA4Kol-WkBCQhWd22mi8V5Rg-Ao9fYcEiT64Mvl1qeyhbjzn7ROM0QJ93ZKlo7aJ85B_KG_GdtO-ZDYRj9zWFv-U-_h5uojvhkE=" target="_blank">J. Craig Venter Institute</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> will discuss the role that synthetic organisms can play in future space settlement. This is a joint session with the Synthetic Biology Workshop.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Asia's Road To the Moon: </b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dr. John Lewis of the Space Studies Institute will take an international view of space exploration during this dinner talk.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Terrestrial Telerobotic Mining Technology: An Enabler for Extraterrestrial Habitation, Mining and Construction: </b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA6dWT_Mu5qXWdQNuxsKg-S2NVFyYPEkaCfrircVTIUg3Jbgzj1-6W9aP-B70k7xTGUfTPWrXli276J9RoefWe-h8vPTkXw8VagpA6xIzWoCh1Q1TiBWYO3k" target="_blank">Dr. Greg Baiden</a>, <a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA4SnS4HoUQKNr-2IOljQ2kQhdsXYyfZkNS_KB2Zun7Dh8O8Pl9MNmudmu0xrbwOxsnCzHmIoXqMwzpAVT4w2gGmzr8BqEStJsIUwkmE7OLGKg==" target="_blank">Penguin Automated Systems</a>, will explore the use of robotic technologies to achieve humanity's goals during Sunday's lunch.</span></li>
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</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Professor Gerard K. O'Neill founded the Space Studies Institute in 1977 with the hope of opening the vast wealth of space to humanity. The Institute's mission, continuing under the direction of President <a style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=yxi4svbab&et=1103792783438&s=2306&e=001tgKf7HsbYA7eoU5IIdwVAgdVhIjNVai13ccfxqRKkBCJFCZpLcIU9g2Ozivcf8yS9lJWCEXYovxLYTGg6jH5gcvtvensvcAQHfRbzGbaQqfh2Y7wIqdDJaD8ZW8fwLOq" shape="rect" target="_blank">Freeman Dyson</a>, is to open the energy and material resources of space for human benefit within our lifetime. SSI's first commitment is to complete the missing technological links to make possible the productive use of the abundant resources in space. </span></span></div>
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