One idea to support SSI Conference in Princeton, April 19-20

Well, we could try to promote the proceedings in various blogs. But
it's not often you come across a blog where you can tie it in
without making a leap. Could we make a list? (alternative energy
blogs?)

I hope people respond to Mike's post with ideas. Nothing would do
the world more good than getting off it.

Jan Baker

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Combs, Mike"
>
> Here's an E-mail that Fred Becker sent out to a NSS committee which
> provides some info on the upcoming SSI Conference. Everybody be
> thinking about things you can do to help support this.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Combs
>
> From: Fred Becker [mailto:mach25@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:19 PM
> To: Greg Allison; Gary Barnhard; Fred Becker; Dallas G Bienhoff;
David
> Brandt-Erichsen; Alexander Bridi; Combs, Mike; Don Davis; Tom
> Diffenbach; Anita E Gale; Peter Garretson; Al Globus; Theresa
Holmes;
> Mark Hopkins; Larry Kellogg; Dave Koch; Peter Kokh; Ronald Kohl;
Edward
> McCullough; Sandra Orellana; Joseph Palaia; Kim Peart; D Preble;
Paul
> Roseman; Arthur Smith; John K. Strickland Jr.; Paul Werbos; George
T.
> Whitesides; Lynne Zielinski; Rick Zucker
> Subject: [NSS SSAC] SSI Conference in Princeton, April 19-20
>
> Dear SSAC members--
>
> For an outreach activity, I have been working on a concept for NSS
to
> promote as much as possible the upcoming Space Manufacturing
Conference
> in Princeton in April, sponsored by the Space Studies Institute
(SSI).
> Al Globus and Rick Zucker support the idea. So I'm contacting the
SSI
> VP Dr. Lee Valentine now to see what we may do. I think it is
really
> great that the Space Manufacturing Conference is coming back and
NSS
> would do well to participate and promote it. The SSI Conferences
were
> where it all happened during the beginnings of the L5 Society and
more.
> They lasted a long time and unfortunately ended some time ago.
Now they
> are back and we can now help. They also supported us with their
track
> at ISDC 2006. Here are some ideas about what we can do.
>
> 1. Cross-promote heavily between SSI (April 19-20, 2008) and ISDC
(May
> 29 - June 1, 2008).
> 2. Generate Space Solar Alliance for Future Energy activity in
support
> of a first big session on SBSP at SMF 2008.
> 3. The AIAA SCTC might be activated on this.
> 4. Consider an output from the conference be a draft Space
Settlement
> Act of 2008.
> 5. Settlement Act: The purpose of NASA should include
settlement, not
> just exploration.
> 6. NSS Philadelphia chapter to provide help and
coordination...Larry
> Ahearn to contact them if we are go on this.
> 7. Strong support from Space Frontier Foundation is already in
place
> and we can tie in.
>
> Links and people for SSI...
>
> http://update.ssi.org/
> http://www.ias.edu/ (conference venue)
> http://www.nss.org/settlement/manufacturing/princeton.htm
(abstracts
> from prior conferences)
> http://www.nss.org/settlement/L5news/1983-princeton.htm (review of
the
> 1983 conference by Charles Divine)
>
> SSI Princeton Conference 2008
> Space Manufacturing 14 will be held at the Institute for Advanced
Study,
> Princeton, New Jersey, April 19 and 20, 2008.
> Space Studies Institute
> Prof. Freeman Dyson, President
> Conference Chair Prof. John S. Lewis
> Space Manufacturing, Chair Prof. Niklas Jarvstrat Space Resources,
Chair
> Prof. John S.. Lewis Robotics, Chair Prof. William "Red" Whittaker
Space
> Solar Power, Chair Col. M.V. "Coyote" Smith Space Transportation,
Chair
> Prof. George Dyson Closed Environment Life Support Systems, Chair
Dr.
> Lee Valentine Economics, Chair Dr. Klaus Heiss Special Evening
Session:
> Space Solar Alliance for Future Energy
>
> Officers and Board
>
> Board of Directors
> Dr. Roger O'Neill, Chairman
> Prof. Freeman Dyson, President
> Dr. Lee Valentine, Executive Vice President Dr. Joseph P. Allen
Mr. Eric
> Anderson Mr. James Burke Mr. Christopher J. Faranetta Dr. George
> Friedman Mr. Morris Hornik Dr. John S. Lewis Mr. Gregg Maryniak
Dr. Fred
> Rose
>
> Board of Governing Members
> Mr. James Burke
> Prof. Freeman Dyson
> Ms. Bettie Greber, Executive Director
> Mr. James Laramie
> Mr. Gregg Maryniak
> Mr. William O'Boyle
> Ms. Tasha O'Neill
> Dr. David Odom
> Dr. Fred Rose
> Dr. Lee Valentine
> Mr. David Wine
>
> Board of Senior Advisors
> Mr. Joseph A. Carroll, Tether Applications Dr. Peter Glaser, A.D.
Little
> Mr. James Harford, AIAA Dr. Klauss P. Heiss, High Frontier and The
> Jamestown Group Mr. Jeffrey Manber Dr. Rashmi Mayur, United
Nations Mr.
> John C. Mankins, Space Power Association Mr. James A. M. Muncy,
> PoliSpace Mr. Burt Rutan, Scaled Composites, Inc.
> Ms. Robin Snelson
> Mr. Henry Spencer, University of Toronto Mr. Rick Tumlinson Mr.
Steven
> Vetter, Minneapolis, MN
>
> This is where several Space Settlement sessions / conferences have
been
> held while SSI paused their conferences. It is called Space
Technology
> and Applications International Forum (STAIF) and is held at
University
> of new Mexico. I think we should help this too if we can.
>
> http://www.unm.edu/~isnps/staifhome.html
> STAIF 2008, February 10-14, 2008, Albuquerque, New Mexico Program
Chair
> Klaus Heiss High Frontier and The Jamestown Group Alexandria, VA
> Phone: 703-535-8774
> Fax: 703.535.8776
> klaus.heiss@...
>
> Program Co-Chair
> Narayanan Ramachandran
> Jacobs Technology
> Huntsville, AL
> Phone: 256-544-8308
> Fax: 256-716-4721
> Narayanan.Ramachandran-1@...
>
> http://www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20071010.html
> Wednesday, October 10, 2007: The Space Solar Alliance for Future
Energy
> (SSAFE), a new organization advocating investment in space-based
solar