Some highlights and themes of this year's meeting:

• SpaceX shines - For the first time, a representative of SpaceX gave a presentation at the meeting. Just a couple of days before the start of the conference, Elon Musk had given the press conference about their plan to develop the Falcon Heavy was laid out. On top of the successful flights of the Falcon 9 and Dragon since SA'10, there was a sense that SpaceX was on a roll and
  
  
• No major announcements of new projects or accomplishments came out durign the meeting. Mostly a sense of steady progress by the various teams working on suborbital spaceflight systems.

Friday Session 1 - Morning

• STN Notes: Morning - Part 1
  • XCOR - Jeff Greason
  • Educational Outreach/Teachers in Space - Terri Carroll (XCOR)
  • REFPROP - Rick Wills
• STN Notes: Morning - Part 2
  • Propellant Depot Progress & Market Implications - Charles Miller/NASA
  • Space Frontier Foundation - Ryan McLinko
  • ISP Systems - Max Vozoff
• Ian Kluft
  • Friday Morning
• Rand Simberg
  • Jeff Greason Speaks
  • Hydrazine Sucks
• Doug Messier:
  • XCOR’s Jeff Greason
  • Charles Miller on Fuel Depots and Railroads

Friday Session 2 - Afternoon

After his presentation, a sizeable group crowded around Jon Goff's table in
the lobby to ask about Altius Space Machines, the "Sticky Boom" concept
and a demo device.

• STN Notes: Afternoon - Part 1
  • A Model for Successful Commercial Crew Procurement - Max Vozoff
  • Microlaunchers - Charles Pooley
  • SF6-LI Propellant Concept - George Herbert
  • Garvey Spacecraft - John Garvey
• Ian Kluft
  • Friday Afternoon
• Rand Simberg
  
  • Successful Commercial Crew Procurement
    
    
• STN Notes: Afternoon - Part 2
  • FAA AST - Mike Kelly
  • Altius Space Machines - Jon Goff
    • Jon Goff Presentation (pdf)
    • John Goff of Altius Space Machines and his incredible Sticky Boom - Twitpic
  • KC Space Pirates - Frank Smith
  • NanoRacks - Rich Pournelle
  • Texas Space Alliance - Rick Tumlinson
• Jeff Foust:
  • New organization seeks to change the space mindset in Texas - Space Politics
• Doug Messier:
  • Altius Space’s Jon Goff
  • Aye Matey, ‘Tis the KC Space Pirates!
  • NanoRacks
  • Rick Tumlinson
• Space Prizes Blog
  • Kansas City Space Pirates - Frank Smith
  • Altius Space Machines - Jon Goff
    

Friday Session 3 - Evening

• STN Notes: Evening
  • NASA Ames Space Portal - Bruce Pittman
  • Masten Space Systems - Dave Masten
  • StratoFox - Ian Kluft
    • Stratofox Aerospace Tracking Team presentation
  • High Volume/Low Cost Bases On New Semiconductor Lasers - Keith Henson
  • Mars To Go: A Minimal Manned Mars Sample Return Mission - Donovan Chipman
  • LEAP: Launcher Evolution Advanced Prototype - David Luther
• Ian Kluft
  • Friday Evening
• Doug Messier:
  • Dave Masten
• Space Prizes Blog
  • NASA Ames Space Portal - Bruce Pittman
  • Masten Space Systems - Dave Masten
    

Saturday Session 1 - Morning

• STN Notes: Morning - Part 1
  • Reaction Engines - Roger Longstaff
  • Frontier Astronautics - Timothy Bendel
  • Speed Up - Bob Steinke
  • The Rocket Test Co. - Osa Fitch
• Ian Kluft
  • Saturday Morning
• Doug Messier:
  • Reaction Engines’ Skylon Space Plane
  • The Rocket Test Company
• Space Prizes Blog
  • SpeedUp - Bob Steinke
    
    
• STN Notes: Morning - Part 2
  • Some Relevant Government-Industry Interactions - Jim Muncy
  • Armadillo Aerospace - Russ Blink/Ben Brockert
• Doug Messier:
  • Jim Muncy on DC Politics
  • Armadillo Aerospace
• Rand Simberg
  • Jim Muncy On Space Politics
• Space Prizes Blog
  • Armadillo Aerospace - Russ Blink and Ben Brockert

Saturday Session 2 - Afternoon

Photo by Ben Brockert

• STN Notes: Afternoon - Part 1
  • Unreasonable Rocket - Paul Breed
  • Space Studies Institute - Lee Valentine
  • Panel: "Gagarin Plus Fifty, Tito Plus Ten - What Next? Three Views" - Jeff Foust, Clark Lindsey, Douglas Messier
    • Presentation - Clark Lindsey (pdf)
• Ian Kluft
  • Saturday Afternoon
• Doug Messier:
  • Paul Breed
• Rand Simberg
  
  • Anniversaries - Transterrestrial Musings
• Space Prizes Blog
  • Unreasonable Rocket - Paul Breed

Photo by Ben Brockert

• STN Notes: Afternoon - Part 2
  • Jeff Greason
  • Competitive Space Task Force - Rand Simberg
  • Sugar Shot To Space - Rick Maschek
    • Rick Maschek - photo by Ben Brockert - Twitpic
  • An Open Source Launch Vehicle Project - Joe Lee
  • "NASA Reform: The Art Of The Possible" - Jim Muncy, Rand Simberg, Henry Spencer, Henry Vanderbilt
• Doug Messier:
• Jeff Greason
  
  

Darm Technology display some of their wares at the meeting, including the
22k lb thrust LOX/Methane engine developed in S. Korea and now available
in the US.