Space Frontier Foundation NewSpace 2009 Conference
Agenda

Jim Muncy
- “Welcome to the Revolution”
- Radical in suit and tie
- SFF something he is most proud of
- One of 3 cofounders (Rick Tumlinson, Bob Weir)
- Historical review since founding 20 years ago
- First meeting on USS Intrepid
- Former L5, NSS, etc organizations.
- Devoted to space settlement, opening space to everyone
- Return to the Moon petition drive. 50K signatures. Tough to do pre-Internet
- Delivered list 1989.
- Encouraged WH to proceed with Space Exploration Initiative
- NASA squandered that opportunity
- 1993 – called for canceling Space Station because of extreme costs, delays, etc.
- Need a space station but NASA wasn't getting it done
- 20 years later now opening conference at a NASA center.
- Love/hate relationship with NASA
- Stand for opening space to everyone
- Need a participatory approach to space
- Space is not an agency or program
- Foundation has encouraged projects, companies, ideas, etc.
- An SFF Advocate is now a member of the Augustine commission
- Both administrator and deputy nominees said in the testimony that commercial space crucial to NASA's mission.
- Space really has become a jobs program to many elected officials in DC
- Goes back to Apollo
- Can't be just about jobs. What about number of people in space?
- Helped to get money for DC-X from NASA by agreeing not to attack Space Station Freedom
- Jay Rockefeller ask at NASA nominee hearing, “What is NASA for”
- Lori Garver came from NSS. Tried to go to ISS under sponsorship arrangement. As Astro Mom
- NASA Ames can show NASA how to work with private sector

Lewis Braxton (Deputy Director -NASA Ames)
- Notes that he is not in a Red Coat
- Muncy – "Ames on the good side"
- Pete Worden on way back from Norway
- Project involves mapping ice packs
- History of Ames
- Seven decades of innovation
- Various contributions to Apollo progam
- Strongly believe in collaborative work with commercial world
- Astrobiology
- Lunar Science Institute
- Lists various projects, both space and aeronautical, that Ames is involved in
- Suborbital science efforts
- Wind tunnels still active
- Simulators
- NASA Research Park
- Univ. Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
- Google - one of anchor tenants at research park; 40 year agreement
- Helps on IT side of the house
- Univ. Associatest
- Education activiites
- Leveraging resources
- ZERO-G operates from facility
Q&A:
- What about suborbital science?
- Tug of war about priorities, changes with previous admin.
- Issue of safety for astronauts.
- Looking at how to use the suborbital systems to meet NASA's goals
- Demonstration efforts
- Univ. of Ca interested in collaboration
- Expect it will bloom and get some resources
Relationship to DARPA?
- Try to collaborate as much as can
- Especially in smallsat
- Intellectual resource that Ames can leverage off of
More about astronauts on commercial vehicles?
- Debate within agency
- Astronauts have a national symbolism
- Have to address risk
- Question of timing and evolution towards this
- X-1 and X-15 were collaborative proejcts
Astronauts use commercially developed cars and planes?
- Yes, but have to recognize when spotlight is on.