From tcoffee at MIT.EDU Thu Feb 3 14:29:39 2005 From: tcoffee at MIT.EDU (Thomas Coffee) Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:29:39 -0500 Subject: [MITMS-Discuss] Fwd: 2nd Mars Expedition Planning Workshop - Vancouver, August 6-7, 2005 Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20050203142818.0a94bb70@hesiod> Those interested in presenting at the MEP Workshop this August, see below ... >Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:09:47 -0500 >From: Rocky Persaud >Subject: [Mars_Chpt] Meridiani Base: The 2nd MEP Workshop - Vancouver, >August 6-7, 2005 > >[to Mars Society Chapter-Contacts, from Rocky Persaud > ] > > > First Call for Submissions > > > Particulars > >What: The 2nd Mars Expedition Planning Workshop -- Meridiani Base, 2019. > >Who: Members of the space science and exploration community. > >Where: Vancouver, BC, Canada > >When: August 6 and August 7, 2005. > > > Call for Papers > >The Association of Mars Explorers is sponsoring a workshop to define a >500-day Design Reference Surface Expedition Campaign for a Human Base >constructed at Meridiani Planum in the year 2019. This is the first call >for papers for the presentation sessions of the workshop. > >This workshop is carefully structured so that the outputs from the >presentation sessions are used as inputs for the discussion sessions. To >facilitate discussion, there are two sets of submission deadlines. >Presentation Session papers (extended abstracts) will be due March 31st. >The chairs of the Presentation Sessions will produce a synthesis paper >distilling the ideas of all accepted abstracts, and then make the >collection of accepted abstracts and the synthesis paper available as >background material for the basis of Discussion Session papers, due May >31st. Discussion Session papers will be discussed during the workshop to >provide the basis for the Design Reference Surface Expedition Campaign. >The Meridiani Expedition will then be published in a volume along with >select extended abstracts and synthesis papers. > > > Presentation Sessions: > > 1. Field Science for Meridiani and Surrounds > 2. Expedition Mobility: Exploration Technology and Tactics > 3. Human Factors and Mobile Communications > 4. Mars Analogs on the Earth and the Moon > 5. Exploration Ethics and Planetary Protection > > > Discussion Sessions: > > 1. Field Science Instruments and Operations > 2. Expedition Scheduling > 3. Crew Size, Performance and Skills Complement > 4. Meridiani Analogs and Simulations > 5. Risk Mitigation for Planetary Protection and Crew Safety > > > Program Committee: > > * Penny Boston, New Mexico Tech > * Bill Clancey, NASA Ames Research Center > * Charles Cockell, British Antarctic Survey > * Graham Mann, Murdoch University > * Rocky Persaud, University of Toronto (Program Chair) > * Andrew Schuerger, University of Florida > * John Spray, University of New Brunswick > * James Rice, Arizona State University > > > Workshop Hosts: > > * The Association of Mars Explorers > * The Mars Society of Canada > * The Canadian Alumni of the International Space University > >For more information on the workshop, submission guidelines and to >register, visit the MEP2005 website: >http://chapters.marssociety.org/canada/MEP2005/ > >-- >Rocky Persaud >MEP2005 Program Chair >Association of Mars Explorers > > >** The following attachments were removed: multipart/alternative > text/html > >------------------- >- >- to Mars Society Chapter-Contacts, from: Rocky Persaud > >- >- To reply to all Chapter-Contacts & officers, quote only a few lines, >- do not attach files, send to: >Chapter-Contacts at Chapters.MarsSociety.org >- Your message will not be sent if you quote an entire message already >sent, >- attach files, send html format, or send multi-part (mime) messages. >- >- To not receive: Chapter-Contacts-UNSUBSCRIBE at Chapters.MarsSociety.org >- List manager: owner-Chapter-Contacts at Chapters.MarsSociety.org >- Related Web pages: http://chapters.MarsSociety.org/ >- >- Mars Society "to Explore & Settle the New World" www.MarsSociety.org From tcoffee at MIT.EDU Tue Feb 8 20:29:30 2005 From: tcoffee at MIT.EDU (Thomas Coffee) Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:29:30 -0500 Subject: [MITMS-Discuss] Fwd: Space Entrepreneurs Resolve To Create Industry Group Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20050208202642.0248f358@hesiod> Human spaceflight may soon have "industry standards" ... >Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:24:40 -0800 >From: "X PRIZE Foundation" >To: "X PRIZE!" >Subject: Space Entrepreneurs Resolve To Create Industry Group > > > >February 8, 2005 > >4a5a3cc.jpg > > > >February 08, 2005 11:21 AM US Eastern Timezone > >Space Entrepreneurs Resolve To Create Industry Group to Promote Safety >Standards and Growth of the Personal Spaceflight Industry > >LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2005--Leaders from the newly >emerging Personal Spaceflight Industry today announced their intent to >organize an industry federation to design and uphold the standards and >processes necessary to ensure public safety and promote growth of the >personal spaceflight industry. The group also resolved to set up a >Voluntary Personal Spaceflight Industry Consensus Standards Organization >to develop Industry Consensus Standards to implement the Commercial Space >Launch Amendments Act of 2004. Membership in the proposed federation would >be open to all US non-profit and commercial entities developing suborbital >commercial passenger travel. > >To date, there have been three successful suborbital spaceflights, which >operated under an experimental license granted by the Federal Aviation >Administration. Looking to the near future when these new space vehicles >will carry passengers and crew, the new Commercial Space Launch Amendments >Act of 2004, passed by Congress and signed by President Bush in December >2004, empowers government to provide for the safety of the uninvolved >public through launch licensing, as well as establish Industry Consensus >Standards to provide for the safety of passengers and crew on these new >vehicles. > >The group of entrepreneurs believes that adherence to new and rigorous >safety standards that go beyond the letter of the law will be essential to >promote the safety and growth of the industry. Accordingly, the group has >expressed its intent to initially focus on standards and procedures in >areas critical to vehicle safety, medical requirements, and training for >passengers and crew. > >"Just as the personal computer revolution dramatically increased >performance and lowered the cost of computing, the market for Personal >Spaceflight promises to transform the economics of space operations," said >Gregg Maryniak, Executive Director of the X PRIZE Foundation and >spokesperson for the new Personal Spaceflight Federation. > >"The only way to reduce the cost of spaceflight is to do more of it," >Maryniak continued. "In 2004, there were only 15 worldwide commercial >space launches because there were only 15 commercial satellite >payloads.(1) Personal spaceflight promises a much larger market and will >provide the demand that the industry needs to grow and economize." > >Recent market studies indicate a strong and consistent demand for personal >spaceflight, with some 70 percent of respondents in the developed world >responding that they would be willing to buy a ticket to see the Earth >from space when such trips are commercially available. > >Several "new space" US companies currently are developing the vehicles >needed to meet this demand for human suborbital spaceflight. Public belief >in the Personal Spaceflight Industry peaked following the recent award of >the $10 million ANSARI X PRIZE, won by the Mojave Aerospace Ventures Team >with the two successful flights of SpaceShip One on September 29th and >October 4th, 2004. > >Space entrepreneurs working to create the new federation include: John >Carmack, >Armadillo >Aerospace; Burt Rutan, >Scaled > Composites; Elon Musk, >SpaceX; >Alex Tai, >Virgin > Galactic; Jeff Greason, >XCOR; >Dr. Peter Diamandis, X PRIZE Foundation; Gary Hudson, t/Space/HMX; George >French, >Pioneer >Rocketplane; Stuart Witt, >Mojave > Spaceport, Eric Anderson, >Space >Adventures, and Michael S. Kelly, Chairman, RLV Working Group of >COMSTAC, >the Department of Transportation's industry advisory committee. Gregg >Maryniak and Diane Murphy, executives of the X PRIZE Foundation, will >facilitate the organization's liaison efforts with industry, US Government >and media. > >(1) January 2005 Launch Report, Futron Corporation, Bethesda, Md.~ > >Contact: >Diane Murphy >The X PRIZE Foundation >www.xprize.org > > > >========================================= > >The X PRIZE Foundation is an educational 501(c)3 organization. Please >consider making a contribution today by >Credit > Card, by >PayPal, >or by calling one of our development staff at 1.866.X.PRIZE.8 > >========================================= > > > >This message was intended for: tcoffee at mit.edu >You were added to the database December 06, 2004. For more information >click here. >Update your preferences | Unsubscribe > > >4a5a53f.jpg4a5a599.jpg] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: 4a5a599.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 633 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mars-discuss/attachments/20050208/881cea9f/attachment-0002.jpg From jjm at MIT.EDU Wed Feb 9 08:22:02 2005 From: jjm at MIT.EDU (Jessica J Marquez) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 08:22:02 -0500 Subject: [MITMS-Discuss] Re: Fwd: Space Entrepreneurs Resolve To Create Industry Group In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20050208202642.0248f358@hesiod> References: <5.2.1.1.2.20050208202642.0248f358@hesiod> Message-ID: <1107955322.420a0e7a9eae5@webmail.mit.edu> Was there any doubt about that? if we are all serious about going to space as civilian, there needs to be regulation and standards. Quoting Thomas Coffee : > Human spaceflight may soon have "industry standards" ... > > >Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:24:40 -0800 > >From: "X PRIZE Foundation" > >To: "X PRIZE!" > >Subject: Space Entrepreneurs Resolve To Create Industry Group > > > > > > > >February 8, 2005 > > > >4a5a3cc.jpg > > > > > > > >February 08, 2005 11:21 AM US Eastern Timezone > > > >Space Entrepreneurs Resolve To Create Industry Group to Promote Safety > >Standards and Growth of the Personal Spaceflight Industry > > > >LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2005--Leaders from the newly > >emerging Personal Spaceflight Industry today announced their intent to > >organize an industry federation to design and uphold the standards and > >processes necessary to ensure public safety and promote growth of the > >personal spaceflight industry. The group also resolved to set up a > >Voluntary Personal Spaceflight Industry Consensus Standards Organization > >to develop Industry Consensus Standards to implement the Commercial Space > >Launch Amendments Act of 2004. Membership in the proposed federation would > >be open to all US non-profit and commercial entities developing suborbital > >commercial passenger travel. > > > >To date, there have been three successful suborbital spaceflights, which > >operated under an experimental license granted by the Federal Aviation > >Administration. Looking to the near future when these new space vehicles > >will carry passengers and crew, the new Commercial Space Launch Amendments > >Act of 2004, passed by Congress and signed by President Bush in December > >2004, empowers government to provide for the safety of the uninvolved > >public through launch licensing, as well as establish Industry Consensus > >Standards to provide for the safety of passengers and crew on these new > >vehicles. > > > >The group of entrepreneurs believes that adherence to new and rigorous > >safety standards that go beyond the letter of the law will be essential to > >promote the safety and growth of the industry. Accordingly, the group has > >expressed its intent to initially focus on standards and procedures in > >areas critical to vehicle safety, medical requirements, and training for > >passengers and crew. > > > >"Just as the personal computer revolution dramatically increased > >performance and lowered the cost of computing, the market for Personal > >Spaceflight promises to transform the economics of space operations," said > >Gregg Maryniak, Executive Director of the X PRIZE Foundation and > >spokesperson for the new Personal Spaceflight Federation. > > > >"The only way to reduce the cost of spaceflight is to do more of it," > >Maryniak continued. "In 2004, there were only 15 worldwide commercial > >space launches because there were only 15 commercial satellite > >payloads.(1) Personal spaceflight promises a much larger market and will > >provide the demand that the industry needs to grow and economize." > > > >Recent market studies indicate a strong and consistent demand for personal > >spaceflight, with some 70 percent of respondents in the developed world > >responding that they would be willing to buy a ticket to see the Earth > >from space when such trips are commercially available. > > > >Several "new space" US companies currently are developing the vehicles > >needed to meet this demand for human suborbital spaceflight. Public belief > >in the Personal Spaceflight Industry peaked following the recent award of > >the $10 million ANSARI X PRIZE, won by the Mojave Aerospace Ventures Team > >with the two successful flights of SpaceShip One on September 29th and > >October 4th, 2004. > > > >Space entrepreneurs working to create the new federation include: John > >Carmack, > >Armadillo > > >Aerospace; Burt Rutan, > >Scaled > > > Composites; Elon Musk, > >SpaceX; > > >Alex Tai, > >Virgin > > > Galactic; Jeff Greason, > >XCOR; > >Dr. Peter Diamandis, X PRIZE Foundation; Gary Hudson, t/Space/HMX; George > >French, > >Pioneer > > >Rocketplane; Stuart Witt, > >Mojave > > > Spaceport, Eric Anderson, > >Space > >Adventures, and Michael S. Kelly, Chairman, RLV Working Group of > >COMSTAC, > > >the Department of Transportation's industry advisory committee. Gregg > >Maryniak and Diane Murphy, executives of the X PRIZE Foundation, will > >facilitate the organization's liaison efforts with industry, US Government > >and media. > > > >(1) January 2005 Launch Report, Futron Corporation, Bethesda, Md.~ > > > >Contact: > >Diane Murphy > >The X PRIZE Foundation > >www.xprize.org > > > > > > > >========================================= > > > >The X PRIZE Foundation is an educational 501(c)3 organization. Please > >consider making a contribution today by > >Credit > > > Card, by > >PayPal, > > >or by calling one of our development staff at 1.866.X.PRIZE.8 > > > >========================================= > > > > > > > >This message was intended for: tcoffee at mit.edu > >You were added to the database December 06, 2004. For more information > >click here. > >Update your preferences | Unsubscribe > > > > > >4a5a53f.jpg4a5a599.jpg] >