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Space Transport News Special Edition:
NewSpace 2006
Space Frontier Foundation
July 19-23, 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Media Tour of Bigelow Aerospace Facilities

Photo credits Jeff Foust

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This page provides a review of the Space Frontier Foundation's New Space 2006 cconference held in Las Vegas, Nevada during July 19-23. This year they combined their annual SFF meeting with the Return to the Moon conference series (see the 2005 RTTM review).

I provide links to my blog entries from Space Transport News and also to other blogs, news reports, photos, and miscellaneous resources related to the meeting.

There was a press conference and tour at the Bigelow Aerospace manufacturing facility in Las Vegas on the afternoon of July 21st. I've included a report below and some pictures from this event.

Below for each day of the meeting I link to the blog entries at SpaceTransportNews.com that I posted plus I include links to entries at Transterrestrial Musings, where Rand Simberg live-blogged many of the sessions.

July 20, 2006
July 21, 2006
July 22, 2006
July 23, 2006
Resources

July 20, 2006 - Presentation Notes

In NewSpace 2006, Las Vegas
NewSpace: Thursday Morning 1 - Rick Tumlinson and Wendell Mendell each spoke
NewSpace: Thursday Morning - Civil engineering panel
NewSpace: Thursday Morning - Lunar infrastructure panel
NewSpace: Thursday Morning - ISRU panel

July 21, 2006 - Presentation Notes

July 22 , 2006 - Presentation Notes

July 23 , 2006 - Presentation Notes

I skipped out on the final Sunday morning sessions. However, Rand Simberg at Transterrestrial Musings blogged the sessions:

Spaceflight And Personal Risk - Rand Simberg
Space And The Environment - Rand Simberg
Sex in Space session:
Wrap Up - Rand Simberg

Other Related Resources

New Space 2006 - official conference page includes information on the agenda and speakers.
- NewSpace 2006 Media Coverage
Blogs, News, etc that reported on the event:
- Alan Boyle (Cosmic Log/MSNBC)
  - Caught Up in COTS - July.23.06
- Leonard David
  - Rejected COTS Bidder Says NASA Not Serious About Finding ISS Resupply Solution - SPACE.com - July.21.06 - about Charles Miller and CSI. Miller gave details publicly about CSI's COTS bid for the first time at the conference.
- Jeff Foust
  - NewSpace 2006 Conference, Las Vegas - a photoset on Flickr
- Ken Murphy
  - Notes on the LCR/SFF RttM pt. I: Road trip! - Selenian Boondocks - July.25.06
  - Notes on LCR/RtttM pt. II: What's my boss doing here? Selenian Boondocks - July.26.06
- Rand Simberg & Sam Dinkin
  - Rand live blogged several sessions - see links above
  - Counterpoint from Vegas - Sam Dinkin - July.22.06
  - Space Fashion - Transterrestrial Musings - July.25.06
- Other:
  - JP Aerospace Latest News - see July.24th entry
News coverage:
- NASA Aims to Open Moon for Business - Nat. Geographic News - July.25.06
- The final frontier: Attendees at LV conferences see no boundaries for commerce, exploration - reviewjournal.com - July.21.06
HS Info:
- Review of Return to the Moon - 2005
- Space Advocacy

Media Tour of Bigelow Aerospace Facilities

On the afternoon of July 20th, I participated in a press conference and tour at the Bigelow Aerospace manufacturing facility in Las Vegas. (The business headquarters are also in the Las Vegas area but at a separate location.)

NewSpace: Bigelow Aerospace Tour - July.21.06 - my brief report on the tour
Alan Boyle
- Inside the spaceship factory - Cosmic Log - July.20.06 - lengthy account of the press conference and tour
- One Giant Leap for Space Ads - Cosmic Log - July.24.06
- Bigelow's orbital 'baby' - Cosmic Log - July.13.06
Leonard David
- Bigelow's Big Gamble: Building a Space Station - SPACE.com - July.21.06
- Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis-1 Performing Well - SPACE.com - July.21.06
Jeff Foust

Photos of the Bigelow Visit

Press conference with Robert Bigelow and his top staff members	Robert Bigelow in blue shirt on far right
Wall display in control room	Alan Boyle (right) with a Bigelow security guard.
A prototype of full size BA-330 module	Control room
An early Genesis mockup	Genesis mockup with Bigelow managers and Jim Oberg (far right)
Clark talking to David Livingston - photo by Robin Snelson