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John Young, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle astronaut, will give the Welcome Address at Return to the Moon I. Return to the Moon Home Page Press Releases Lunar Policy Lunar FAQs Lunar History Lunar Science Lunar Commerce Lunar Experts Lunar Gallery Lunar Links Donate to this Project Foundation Home Page Return to the Moon Conference VI, 2005 Return to the Moon Conference V, 2004 Return to the Moon Conference IV, 2002 Return to the Moon Conference III, 2001 Return to the Moon Conference II, 2000 Return to the Moon Conference I, 1999 Share your views on Space with your elected representatives! Enter your zip and click above to get info and links to your state and local members of Congress. The First Annual Lunar Development Conference Return to the Moon I South Shore Harbour Resort, League City, Texas July 15 - 16, 1999 Sponsored by: Space Frontier Foundation, FINDS, National Space Society Co-Sponsored by: Applied Space Resources, The Lunar Resources Company, The Lunar Reclamation Society, LunaCorp, The Lunar Research Institute, Space Studies Institute, The Artemis Society Read the Preliminary Agenda • Read the June 23, 1999 Press Release Houston, TX, March 15, 1999 – This summer, two events will turn the world's attention toward the Moon. It will be the 30th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the Lunar Prospector will zero in on where valuable ice deposits can be found near the poles. With lunar water making a Moon outpost far more attractive than before, several organizations are jointly convening a workshop on how to create a commercially-oriented lunar base. The July 15-16 workshop in Houston will conclude 30 years to the day after the Saturn V carrying the Apollo 11 astronauts lifted off on a journey that captivated the entire planet. Conference organizers expect heavy media coverage of the workshop, exposing the attendees’ ideas to the world. Other near-term space destinations already have plans under way, with many science probes scheduled for Mars and an international space station being built in Earth orbit. The Moon, by contrast, is a blank sheet in terms of programs and agendas. We believe this blank sheet should have "commercial approach" written large across the top. The reasons for considering a commercial lunar base include reducing the initial development cost to various governments through the use of corporate capital to build parts of the base infrastructure. A commercial approach also can respond to new requirements quickly, while continually reducing operational costs as competition draws in the lower-price alternatives to current practices. A price-based system of base resources also is nondiscriminatory, ensuring that all resources are available to all participants. It also will be less complicated than the government- to-government barter negotiations that are employed to allocate resources on the upcoming International Space Station. The workshop will bring together potential buyers of lunar services and products with the companies that might provide such services and products, as well as the related commercial infrastructure of financiers and insurers. The primary customers are likely to be government space agencies. Secondary customers may be foundation-funded academics, scouts for industrial firms seeking resources to develop, and entertainment/media operations. The workshop will provide a forum for these lunar "customers" to outline what they’d be willing to purchase from the private sector – which could include such things as science data, electrical power, telecommunications circuits to Earth, residential modules for employees, food, water and the like. Potential providers of goods and services also will speak, detailing what they have available right now that would be appropriate for a lunar base and what they might have available in ten years when a lunar outpost might be started. These providers will range from transportation companies (with expendable rockets or Space Frontier Foundation 16 First Avenue Nyack, NY 10960 800-78-SPACE (800-787-7223) Contact Us Send Us Your Comments Join the Fight Andrew Chaikin's A Man on the Moon is the definitive guide to the Apollo program. Click above to order from Amazon.com. Robert A. Heinlein's classic, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, is a must read for all Lunar enthusiasts. Return to the Moon - Return to the Moon I http://archive.spacefrontier.org/Projects/Moon/rtm1999.html 1 of 2 4/19/14 1:07 PM
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John Young, Gemini,Apollo, and SpaceShuttle astronaut, willgive the WelcomeAddress at Return to theMoon I.
Return to the Moon HomePage
Press Releases
Lunar Policy
Lunar FAQs
Lunar History
Lunar Science
Lunar Commerce
Lunar Experts
Lunar Gallery
Lunar Links
Donate to this Project
Foundation Home Page
Return to the MoonConference VI, 2005
Return to the MoonConference V, 2004
Return to the MoonConference IV, 2002
Return to the MoonConference III, 2001
Return to the MoonConference II, 2000
Return to the MoonConference I, 1999
Share your views onSpace with your electedrepresentatives! Enter
your zip and click aboveto get info and links toyour state and local
members of Congress.
The First Annual Lunar Development ConferenceReturn to the Moon I
South Shore Harbour Resort, League City, Texas July 15 - 16, 1999
Sponsored by:Space Frontier Foundation, FINDS, National Space Society
Co-Sponsored by:Applied Space Resources, The Lunar Resources Company, The Lunar Reclamation Society, LunaCorp, The
Lunar Research Institute, Space Studies Institute, The Artemis Society
Read the Preliminary Agenda • Read the June 23, 1999 Press Release
Houston, TX, March 15, 1999 – This summer, two events will turn the world'sattention toward the Moon. It will be the 30th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11Moon landing, and the Lunar Prospector will zero in on where valuable icedeposits can be found near the poles. With lunar water making a Moon outpostfar more attractive than before, several organizations are jointly convening aworkshop on how to create a commercially-oriented lunar base.
The July 15-16 workshop in Houston will conclude 30 years to the day after theSaturn V carrying the Apollo 11 astronauts lifted off on a journey that captivatedthe entire planet. Conference organizers expect heavy media coverage of theworkshop, exposing the attendees’ ideas to the world.
Other near-term space destinations already have plans under way, with manyscience probes scheduled for Mars and an international space station being builtin Earth orbit. The Moon, by contrast, is a blank sheet in terms of programs andagendas.
We believe this blank sheet should have "commercial approach" written largeacross the top. The reasons for considering a commercial lunar base includereducing the initial development cost to various governments through the use ofcorporate capital to build parts of the base infrastructure. A commercial approach also can respond to newrequirements quickly, while continually reducing operational costs as competition draws in the lower-pricealternatives to current practices. A price-based system of base resources also is nondiscriminatory, ensuringthat all resources are available to all participants. It also will be less complicated than the government-to-government barter negotiations that are employed to allocate resources on the upcoming InternationalSpace Station.
The workshop will bring together potential buyers of lunar services and products with the companies thatmight provide such services and products, as well as the related commercial infrastructure of financiers andinsurers. The primary customers are likely to be government space agencies. Secondary customers may befoundation-funded academics, scouts for industrial firms seeking resources to develop, andentertainment/media operations.
The workshop will provide a forum for these lunar "customers" to outline what they’d be willing to purchasefrom the private sector – which could include such things as science data, electrical power,telecommunications circuits to Earth, residential modules for employees, food, water and the like.
Potential providers of goods and services also will speak, detailing what they have available right now thatwould be appropriate for a lunar base and what they might have available in ten years when a lunar outpostmight be started. These providers will range from transportation companies (with expendable rockets or
Space FrontierFoundation
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Send Us YourComments
Join the Fight
Andrew Chaikin's AMan on the Moon is thedefinitive guide to theApollo program. Clickabove to order from
Amazon.com.
Robert A. Heinlein'sclassic, The Moon is a
Harsh Mistress, is amust read for all Lunar
enthusiasts.
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reusable launch vehicles) to firms already building pressurized space modules that might be adapted to lunarhabitats to companies building solar power arrays for satellites that could be used on the lunar surface.
George Abbey, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, and Doug Cooke, leader of the Human Explorationand Development of Space effort at JSC, are cooperating in the development of the conference program.
After an opening plenary session, workshop members will meet in a series of panels and plenary sessionswith the goal of synthesizing how the information delivered at the conference might influence the nature of acommercial lunar base – from its initial size and growth rate to how various economic activities might beinterrelated.
The prepared outlines and product data sheets, along with remarks from various sessions, will be publishedboth in print form and on the Web. Participants will be given the opportunity to revise their own data sheetsprior to publication to incorporate new ideas gained at the workshop. The publication will be circulated tothose who were unable to attend for additional comments and inputs.
This on-going process will allow interested parties to assemble one or more baseline business plans for acommercial lunar base. The business plans will guide commercial preparations for potential lunar initiatives,and will give government agencies much better knowledge about what support functions on the Moon couldcredibly come from the private sector, thus reducing their own initial and continuing costs for lunar activities.
Who Should Attend:Potential customers of a lunar base. Any agency or company that might buy goods and services at a lunaroutpost will be invited to prepare a short outline describing the nature and amount of inputs they might beinterested in buying, and estimates of prices that might be paid. All such customers would briefly discuss theiroutline in front of all attendees at a plenary session.
Potential suppliers of a lunar base. Any organization that might goods and services in support of a lunaroutpost would prepare a one to two page "data sheet" describing the current and projected specifications oftheir goods and services. For example, it might include a physical description of any current product orservice and the current price, so that attendees might know what constraints they may face on weights,volumes or other factors affecting their own activities. Suppliers also would be encouraged to speculate onpotential "growth" versions, cost reduction campaigns or new products that could be available in ten years.
Potential financiers and insurers. Organizations that might offer capital or insurance for commercial lunaractivities would offer short descriptions of their possible offerings, and requirements to qualify for financing orinsurance coverage.
Also invited are experts from the academic and nonprofit sectors who may have specific suggestions for howa commercial lunar outpost should be organized.
Confirmed Speakers:John Young, Associate Director, Johnson Space CenterDan Tam, Asst. to the NASA Administrator for CommercializationDr. Alan Binder, Principal Investigator, Lunar Prospector MissionDr. Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11Dr. Stanley Borowski, NASA Glenn Research CenterDavid G. Schrunk, MD, Lunar Power System CoalitionDr. James Wertz, President, MicrocosmMark L. Holderman, NASADoug Cooke, Manager for the Advanced Development and Exploration Offices, Johnson Space CenterDavid Gump, President, LunaCorpHarrison Schmitt, Ph.D., Apollo 17Denise Norris, CEO and President, Applied Space ResourcesDr. Peter Eckart, Technische Universitaet MuenchenRick N. Tumlinson, Space Frontier FoundationPat Dasch, Executive Director, National Space SocietyGreg Bennett, Bigelow AerospaceRandall Severy, The Artemis Society
Copyright © 1996 - 2008 Space Frontier Foundation. All rights reserved.All work contained herein is protected by United States copyright/ intellectual property law.
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Return to the Moon HomePage
Press Releases
Lunar Policy
Lunar FAQs
Lunar History
Lunar Science
Lunar Commerce
Lunar Experts
Lunar Gallery
Lunar Links
Donate to this Project
Foundation Home Page
Return to the MoonConference VI, 2005
Return to the MoonConference V, 2004
Return to the MoonConference IV, 2002
Return to the MoonConference III, 2001
Return to the MoonConference II, 2000
Return to the MoonConference I, 1999
Share your views onSpace with your electedrepresentatives! Enter
your zip and click aboveto get info and links toyour state and local
members of Congress.
The First Annual Lunar Development ConferenceReturn to the Moon I
South Shore Harbour Resort, League City, Texas July 15 - 16, 1999
Preliminary Agenda
Honorary Co-Chairs: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, chairman, U.S. House Space subcommittee
Rep. Dick Lampson, D-Texas, member, U.S. House Space subcommittee
Thursday, July 15
7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast in the Prefunction Area
8:00 Welcome and IntroductionsPat Dasch, Executive Director, National Space Society /intros:
8:10 John Young, Associate Director, Johnson Space Center
8:20 Welcome - (via video)Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, chairman, U.S. House Space subcommitteeRep. Dick Lampson, D-Texas, member, U.S. House Space subcommittee
8:30 Rick Tumlinson, President of the Space Frontier Foundation andExecutive Director of FINDS
8:40 Dan Tam, Asst. to the NASA Administrator for Commercialization
9:10 "Return to the Moon - The Role of Government and the Private Sector on the Lunar Frontier"Panel - Moderator - James MuncyDr. Alan Binder, Principal Investigator, Lunar Prospector MissionJim Benson - CEO - SpaceDevDr. Wendell MendellRick Tumlinson
10:20 Energizer Break
10:30 Europe and the MoonEuropean Space PolicyG. Naja
10:50 Lunar Base Development: Requirements and IssuesDr. Peter Eckart, Technische Universitaet Muenchen
11:10 Lessons Learned From Apollo 11Buzz Aldrin
11:30 Legal/Regulatory IssuesWho Owns the Moon?Jim Dunstan
11:50 Lunar Land GrantsAllen Wasser
Space FrontierFoundation
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Contact Us
Send Us YourComments
Join the Fight
Andrew Chaikin's AMan on the Moon is thedefinitive guide to theApollo program. Clickabove to order from
Amazon.com.
Robert A. Heinlein'sclassic, The Moon is a
Harsh Mistress, is amust read for all Lunar
enthusiasts.
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12:10 Legal/Regulatory Issues - Discussion/Group
12:40 LuncheonDoug Cooke, Manager/Advanced Development and Exploration Office/JSC
2:00 Customers/Users/TenantsLunar Astronomy - A New LookDr. Yoji Kondo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (in discussions with Wendell Mendell)
2:20 LunaCorp and Tele-Exploration as EntertainmentDavid Gump, President, LunaCorp
2:40 A Movie on the MoonBob WeissPaul Beigle Bryant
3:00 Helium 3 - A business planHarrison Schmitt, Ph.D., former Apollo 17 Astronaut
3:20 Astronaut Training Base for Mars and BeyondTBD
3:40 Customers Discussion - Group
4:00 Transportation:Nuclear Tug ConceptsRoger Lennard
4:20 The Feasibility of Routine Commuter Flights to the Moon Using NTRPropulsion with Lunox AfterburnersDr. Stanley Borowski, NASA Glenn Research Center
4:40 Transportation Discussion - Group
5:00 WorkshopsLunar Industries Association
7:00 Farewell Party for Lunar Prospector - Champagne ReceptionReception Sponsored by FINDSUpdate and Plans - Dr. Alan Binder
9:00 Lunar Underground Unofficial Meeting
Friday, July 16
8 a.m. Breakfast Sponsored by Applied Space ResourcesDenise Norris, CEO and President
9:00 Greetings and Intro - PD
9:10 Workshop Reports - TBD
9:30 Housing:Lunar Flash Photography and Lava Tubes as HabitatsTom Billings
9:50 Architecture for Developing an Economically Viable International, Large Scale Lunar ColonyDr. James Wertz, President, Microcosm
10:10 GEODE - Commercial Space Production FacilityMark L. Holderman
10:30 Housing Discussion - Group
11:00 Lunar RoboticsRed Whittaker
11:20 Randall Severy, The Artemis Society
11:40 Bigelow Aerospace - Lunar Cruiseships and HotelsGreg Bennett
12:00 Luncheon - Dr. Wendell Mendell
1:30 EnergyThe Topaz Solution, Dr. Jamie Floyd, Space Development Corporation
1:50 Lunar Power System: the Key to Future DevelopmentDavid G. Schrunk, MD
2:10 Energy Discussion - Group
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2:40 Declaration Draft Approval/Final Discussion and Adjourn
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