{"id":22199,"date":"2020-07-14T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22199"},"modified":"2020-07-13T23:08:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T03:08:34","slug":"2020-lunar-development-conference-july-19-20-2020-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22199","title":{"rendered":"2020 Lunar Development Conference &#8211; July 19-20, 2020 &#8211; online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonsociety.org\/ldc\/\"><strong>2020 Lunar Development Conference<\/strong><\/a> is a two day all-virtual event sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonsociety.org\/\">The Moon Society<\/a> on <strong>July 19 \u2013 20, 2020<\/strong>. It will feature prominent speakers, panels, and networking between attendees using a new virtual platform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonsociety.org\/ldc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=22200\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LDC-Branding-IG-post-041820-300x3001-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;NASA\/JPL\/USGS&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;NASA&#039;s Galileo spacecraft took this image of Earth&#039;s moon on December 7, 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The distinct bright ray crater at the bottom of the image is the Tycho impact basin.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;897319076&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Earth&#039;s Moon&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Earth&amp;#8217;s Moon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LDC-Branding-IG-post-041820-300x3001-1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LDC-Branding-IG-post-041820-300x3001-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-22200 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LDC-Branding-IG-post-041820-300x3001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LDC-Branding-IG-post-041820-300x3001-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LDC-Branding-IG-post-041820-300x3001-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/join.moonsociety.org\/event-3822050\/\">Registration<\/a> for non-members is just $10.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Michael Mealling<\/strong> \u2013 President, <strong>The Moon Society<\/strong> &amp; General Partner,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starbridgevc.com\/\"><strong>Starbridge Venture Capital<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sean Mahoney <\/strong>\u2013 CEO,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masten.aero\/\"><strong>Masten Space Systems<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to discuss their involvement with NASA\u2019s CLPS program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Doug Plata<\/strong> \u2013 President &amp; Founder,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/developspace.info\/\"><strong>Space Development Network<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ben Smith<\/strong> \u2013 Founder,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lunarhomestead.com\/\"><strong>Lunar Homestead<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 SPORE: Resource Extraction and Habitable Space Creation<\/li>\n<li><strong>James L. Burk <\/strong>\u2013 Vice President, The Moon Society &amp; Senior Manager,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.articconsulting.com\/\"><strong>Artic Consulting<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rick Tumlinson<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>co-founder of<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/newspace.spacefrontier.org\/\">Space Frontier Foundation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/earthlightfoundation.org\/new-worlds-institute\/\">New Worlds Institute<\/a>, <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spacefund.com\/\">SpaceFund<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Emily Law, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 NASA\u2019s Moon Trek<\/li>\n<li><strong>Philip Crume, <\/strong>Chairman,<strong> The Moon Society<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Lunar Settlement: The Idea Whose Time Has Come<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sara Jennings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/\">University of Colorado Boulder<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Next Generation of Lunar Rovers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vincent Roux, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.offplanetresearch.com\/\">Off Planet Research<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Icy Moon: Origins, Nature, Challenge, and Promise<\/li>\n<li><strong>Melissa Roth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.offplanetresearch.com\/\">Off Planet Research<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Lunar Regolith: Optimizing a Challenge<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Kennick, <a href=\"https:\/\/teachers-in-space.com\/\">Teachers in Space<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Standardized Classroom Cubekits<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michelle Hanlon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forallmoonkind.org\/\">For All Moonkind<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Heritage and the Artemis Accords<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jim Plaxco, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagospace.org\/\">Chicago Society for Space Studies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Sustainability of a Lunar Economy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joel. C. Sercel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transastracorp.com\/\">TransAstra Corporation<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Lunar Polar Propellant Mining Outpost (LPMO)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Richardson, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/worldvista.org\/\"><strong>WorldVistA<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 Bootstrapping Lunar Engineering<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pete Bonasso, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/traclabs.com\/\"><strong>TRACLabs<\/strong><\/a> \u2013\u00a0CASE: A HAL 9000 for a Lunar Outpost<\/li>\n<li><strong>Darel Preble, <a href=\"https:\/\/solarsat.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Space Solar Power Institute<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Space Solar Power (SSP) and California\u2019s Dying Power Grid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There will be a proceedings publication released by <a href=\"http:\/\/lunacitypress.org\/\">Luna City Press \u2013 publishing imprint for The Moon Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">==<strong> <em>Amazon Ad<\/em><\/strong> ==<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1426220057\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1426220057&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=811d54246d72bdb81bf217376d6a29e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Moon Rush: The New Space Race<\/strong><\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1426220057\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1426220057&amp;asins=1426220057&amp;linkId=6bc0ea2574961bc5c5407b80191a5cf2&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 Lunar Development Conference is a two day all-virtual event sponsored by The Moon Society on July 19 \u2013 20, 2020. It will feature prominent speakers, panels, and networking between attendees using a new virtual platform. Registration for non-members is just $10. Confirmed speakers include: Michael Mealling \u2013 President, The Moon Society &amp; General Partner,\u00a0Starbridge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22199\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2020 Lunar Development Conference &#8211; July 19-20, 2020 &#8211; online<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-settlement","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-5M3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22426,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22426","url_meta":{"origin":22199,"position":0},"title":"Space settlement roundup \u2013 Aug.5.2020","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to human expansion into the solar system (see also previous space settlement postings). 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