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Track: Space Policy
The Thursday May 15th Space Policy track focuses on space policy events between the 2013 ISDC and the 2014 ISDC in which the NSS Policy Committee took a formal position or played a major role. Its purpose is to inform NSS members and the larger space community about the activities of the NSS Policy Committee.
The Friday May 16th Space Policy track shines a spotlight on areas of space policy that the NSS Policy Committee leadership believes will be among the most important in coming years. Two talks by Dr. Paul Werbos and John Mankins outline policy and other issues related to making Space Solar Power a reality. Three talks focus on lowering the cost of access to space. Charles Miller's talk reviews the motivation and general policy issues in this area. Two DARPA program managers present on some of the most exciting programs directed toward lowering the cost of access to space: Mitchell Burnside Clapp discusses the "Air Launch Assist Space Access" program, and Jess Sponable presents "The Experimental Spaceplane XS-1." The day is closed out with a presentation by Rosanna Sattler, Esq., "Update on Space Property Law."
| Track Chair(s) and Co-Chair(s) |
 President and CEO, iSeeSquared; Deputy Chair, NSS Policy Committee |
 Program Director, NSF; Executive Vice President of the National Space Society and Chair of the NSS Policy Committee |
Preliminary* Agenda and Scheduled Speakers
*all information on this page is subject to change
| Thursday, May 15th |
| Salon 211 (2nd Floor) |
| 10:00 am - 10:25 am |
| Meet the NSS Policy Committee |
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Program Director, NSF; Executive Vice President of the National Space Society and Chair of the NSS Policy Committee |
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President and CEO, iSeeSquared; Deputy Chair, NSS Policy Committee |
| 10:25 am - 10:50 am |
| NSS Position Paper on HR3625 |
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President and CEO, iSeeSquared; Deputy Chair, NSS Policy Committee |
| 11:00 am - 11:25 am |
| NSS Response to the NRC: Why Humans in Space? |
 Founder and President, Profit Engineering Technologies and Chief System Engineer, NASA Space Portal and the Emerging Commercial Space Office (Bio) |
| 11:25 am - 11:50 am |
| NSS ITAR Position and Update |
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Program Director, NSF; Executive Vice President of the National Space Society and Chair of the NSS Policy Committee |
| 12:00 noon - 1:50 pm |
| Lunch |
| 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm |
| NSS-ACSI Panel: Next Steps in Space Infrastructure |
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President and CEO, iSeeSquared; Deputy Chair, NSS Policy Committee |
 NSS Board of Directors |
 NSS Board of Governors |
 Founder, Cis-lunar One |
 David Cheuvront - NASA Johnson Space Center, retired |
 President, R. J. Kohl & Assoc. |
 Contractor to NASA Ames Research Center; Senior Research Engineer, San Jose State University |
| 3:25 pm - 3:50 pm |
| A Practical Evolution of Space Architectures to Support Settlement |
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NSS Board of Governors |
| 4:00 pm - 4:25 pm |
| NSS Position Paper: Defense Against Cosmic Impacts |
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Contractor to NASA Ames Research Center; Senior Research Engineer, San Jose State University |
 Director of Advocacy, Planetary Society |
| 4:25 pm - 4:50 pm |
| NSS Position Paper: Commercial Crew |
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President and CEO, iSeeSquared; Deputy Chair, NSS Policy Committee |
| 5:00 pm - 5:10 pm |
| Yahvi - NASA/NSS Student Space Settlement Contest Presentations |
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| 5:10 pm - 5:20 pm ADD |
| Greenwich Haven Platform - NASA/NSS Student Space Settlement Contest Presentations |
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| 5:20 pm - 5:30 pm ADD |
| GURU - NASA/NSS Student Space Settlement Contest Presentations |
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| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm |
| The Space Frontier in an Election Year (2014/2016) |
 Instructor, San Jose State and Embry-Riddle |
| Friday, May 16th |
| Salon 211 (2nd Floor) |
| 10:00 am - 10:50 am |
| Energy from Space (ES): Challenges Ahead from Technical to Political |
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Program Director, NSF; Executive Vice President of the National Space Society and Chair of the NSS Policy Committee |
| 11:00 am - 11:50 am |
| Air Launch Assist Space Access |
 Program Manager, Tactical Technology Office, DARPA |
| 12:00 noon - 1:50 pm |
| Lunch |
| 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm |
| The Implications of Space Solar Power on Further Space Policy |
 President, Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC |
| 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm |
| Cheap Access and a Near-term Plan to Settle the Solar System |
 President, NexGen Space |
| 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm |
| The Experimental Spaceplane XS-1 |
 Program Manager, DARPA |
| 5:00 pm - 5:50 pm |
| Update on Space Property Law |
 Posternak, Blankstein, & Lund |
