{"id":24051,"date":"2021-06-24T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24051"},"modified":"2021-06-24T01:05:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:05:53","slug":"national-space-societys-isdc-2021-virtual-4-day-conference-opens-june-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24051","title":{"rendered":"National Space Society&#8217;s ISDC 2021 &#8211; virtual 4-day conference &#8211; opens June 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nss.org\">National Space Society<\/a>&#8216;s annual meeting &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/isdc2021.nss.org\/\">International Space Development Conference (ISDC 2021)<\/a>&#8211;\u00a0 starts today, June 24th as a virtual on-line event. The presentations on the first 3 days are available at no charge. An <a href=\"https:\/\/space.nss.org\/isdc-sunday\/\">Interactive ISDC Sunday<\/a> ($45) will bring &#8220;<em>participants into contact with leading space experts in an interactive format. These discussions [will be] challenging and stimulating.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24052\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isdc2021.nss.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24052\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=24052\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/isdc_2021_-_free-sunday_spea.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&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;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ISDC 2021\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;ISDC2021.NSS.org&lt;br \/&gt;\nJune 24-26 &amp;#8211; free&lt;br \/&gt;\nJune 27 &amp;#8211; $45&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/isdc_2021_-_free-sunday_spea-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24052\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/isdc_2021_-_free-sunday_spea-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/isdc_2021_-_free-sunday_spea-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/isdc_2021_-_free-sunday_spea-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/isdc_2021_-_free-sunday_spea-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/isdc_2021_-_free-sunday_spea-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/isdc_2021_-_free-sunday_spea-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/isdc_2021_-_free-sunday_spea.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isdc2021.nss.org\/\">ISDC2021.NSS.org<\/a> : June 24-26 &#8211; free, June 27 &#8211; $45<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The above graphic shows some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/isdc2021.nss.org\/home\/schedule\/speakers\/\">Speakers<\/a>.\u00a0 Check out the elaborate <a href=\"https:\/\/isdc2021.nss.org\/home\/schedule\/schedule-at-a-glance\/\">Schedule<\/a> of talks, panels, and debates.<\/p>\n<p>From the NSS:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Please join us on Thursday-Sunday, June 24-27, for our multi-day virtual event, <b>ISDC 2021<\/b>. This exciting, four-day virtual event looks at the future of space exploration, development and settlement. And best of all, it\u2019s entirely <b>FREE<\/b> for the first three days!<b> <\/b>Beginning at 12:00 PM EDT (9:00 AM PDT).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>For complete information including a full schedule, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/isdc2021.nss.org\"><b>isdc2021.nss.org<\/b><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The International Space Development Conference<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(ISDC<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>), will focus on key areas of space development: space settlement, space policy, space solar power, Moon, and international space programs and will include presentations by students from the Space Settlement Design Competition and the NSS Space Settlement Contest. ISDC 2021 will be a virtual event showcasing the technologies, people and organizations that will lead us to develop the final frontier!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>ISDC 2021 presents the finest minds in this movement to develop space, with experts presenting the latest visions of humanity\u2019s migration into space: where we will go, why we will go there, and how we will do so. Speakers include engineers and scientists working in new space; top minds from the aerospace and defense sectors; and educators, physicians, and investors focusing on the business and future of space travel, settlement, and exploration.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Space Society&#8216;s annual meeting &#8211; International Space Development Conference (ISDC 2021)&#8211;\u00a0 starts today, June 24th as a virtual on-line event. The presentations on the first 3 days are available at no charge. An Interactive ISDC Sunday ($45) will bring &#8220;participants into contact with leading space experts in an interactive format. These discussions [will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24051\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National Space Society&#8217;s ISDC 2021 &#8211; virtual 4-day conference &#8211; opens June 24<\/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":[3,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-participation","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-6fV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2480,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2480","url_meta":{"origin":24051,"position":0},"title":"ISDC 2013 happening in San Diego","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Space Society's annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC) is happening over this holiday weekend in San Diego, California. 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