This page provides a compilation of
links to my blog reports on Space
Transport News as well as to other web resources
(postings from other weblogs, photos, videos, etc.)
concerning this event.
- Clark S. Lindsey
Northrop
Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge
Will Pomerantz, Senior Director of Space Projects, describes
the Northrop
Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. The video includes
clips
showing vehicles developed by several teams.
Lunar
Lander Challenge ’08 – We win one! - Oct.27.08
- John Carmack describes preparations for the
event, dealing with regulatory issues, the flights,
the other teams, and the valve problems with Pixel
in the Level II.
NG-LLC
Report 13:
Judges will allow Armadillo to continue from where
they were stopped earlier by the FAA airspace restriction.
NG-LLC
Report 14:
A report from the Truezer0 team on their flight attempt.
NG-LLC
Report 15:
Armadillo successfully completes their second flight
leg and thereby wins the Level 1 NG-LLC prize of $350k.
NG-LLC
Report 16:
Review of press conference for the Armadillo/Rocket
Racing suborbital space vehicle announcement and a
review of the celebration when the Armadillo team
returned to the staging area.
International
Symposium for
Personal and Commercial Spaceflight
Panel: One on One with Brett Alexander (ISPCS
Pictures)
From L-R, Brett Alexander (Personal Spaceflight Federation,
X PRIZE Foundation), Diane Murphy (SpaceX), John Schumacher
(Aerojet), Robert Walker (Wexler and Walker Public Policy
Associates), and Jeff Foust (Futron, The Space Review)
ISPCS 2008: Wed. Oct..22 - Notes from morning
session 1
Unfortunately I accidentally deleted my entry notes
for this session. The session included some introductory
remarks from ISPCS organizer Pat Hynes, and co-chair
Patricia Grace Smith (former head of the commercial
launch office at the FAA0, and Las Cruces Mayor Ken
Miyagishima.
Peter Wegner, Director of the Operationally
Responsive Space Office, Kirtland AFB, gave the
lead off talk. He stressed the need for lower cost
space transport and faster development of spacecraft
for military applications.
Panel: Brett and Jeff talked "with [these]
industry leaders about the future and potential
of NewSpace and the ways the private sector can
jump start the expansion of human exploration."
(Lon Rains had been scheduled to moderate
this session.)
Brett Alexander (Personal Spaceflight Federation,
X PRIZE Foundation)
Diane Murphy (SpaceX)
John Schumacher (Aerojet)
Robert Walker (Wexler and Walker Public
Policy Associates)
Ken Davidian, ESMD Commercial Development Policy
Lead, NASA talked about the commercial space partnership
efforts at NASA. Discussed the Commercial
Space Wiki project.
Ken Davidian, NASA ESMD Commercial Development Policy
(ISPCS
Pictures)
Panel: How New Space Takes Advantage of Research
University Capabilities: The Role Universities
Have and Will Play in Growing the Next Generation
of Space Entrepreneurs, Researchers and Technologists
Session Moderator: Pat Hynes (substituing
for Alan Ladwig)
Mike Simpson, President International Space
University
Jeffrey P. Sutton, M.D., Ph.D., President
and Institute Director, National Space Biomedical
Research Institute (NSBRI)
Douglas Comstock, Director of the Innovative
Partnership Program, NASA
Luke Davis, ISPCS Intern, Spaceport America
Panel: The Astronaut Training Experience (ISPCS
Pictures)
Dan Barry, Peter Diamandis, William F. Mitchell, Barden
Cleeland
Luc Davis gave an overview of a study he participated
in at the ISU called Great Expectations: An Assessment
of the Potential for Suborbital Transportation.
