Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov
Ruth Dasso Marlaire
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650-604-4789
ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov
Marimikel Charrier
Space Frontier Foundation, Nyack, N.Y.
925-330-6452
marimikelcharrier@spacefrontier.org
MEDIA ADVISORY: 11-149
NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR IS KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT NEWSPACE 2011
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will
provide opening keynote remarks at the Space Frontier Foundation's
annual NewSpace Conference at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 28. Media
are invited to attend the conference, which runs July 28-30 at NASA's
Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.
NewSpace provides a forum for space entrepreneurs, investors,
scientists, engineers, regulators and space policy leaders to explore
the opportunities and challenges of opening the space frontier to
human settlement.
This year's theme, "The Next Big Thing," focuses on the near and
long-term potential and challenges of the emerging commercial space
industry.
Additional conference speakers include Virgin Galactic President and
Chief Executive Officer George Whitesides; Sierra Nevada Chairman
Mark Sirangelo; Altius Space Machines Founder Jon Goff; Arianespace
President Clay Mowry; Space Adventures President Tom Shelley and Moon
Express Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bob Richards.
NewSpace conference sessions on July 28 will address the state of the
aerospace industry and the critical partnership between the growing
commercial industry and civil space. A session will include a
roundtable of leaders from NASA centers.
For more information about NewSpace 2011, visit:
http://newspace2011.spacefrontier.org
For more information about Ames, visit:
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