NewSpace 2011: What Technology will Bring us From LEO to Permanent Settlements

As recent technological developments point to, near term destinations in LEO are set to become "Space Hotels"--small research and lodging facilities capable of supporting a small number of individuals for a short amount of time. Once this happens, the next logical question becomes-- "how will we move forward from today--launching of small hotels into Earth orbit--and move towards larger scale settlement architectures? What kind of technologies and investments are we going to need? Panelists will provide a variety of perspectives towards the future of this key field.

Panelists:
Taber MacCallum(Moderator) Co-Founder, Paragon Space Systems
Joe Carroll Tether Applications, Inc
Marc M. Cohen Architect P.C., Astrotecture
Dr. John Hogan Advanced Life Support Systems, NASA Ames Space Bioengineering
Irene Schneider CEO & Founder, Ihrenes Space Enterprises

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Spacevidcast
• NewSpace 2011
• NASA
• Space

[TheStrayEagle]

Starts at 1:13

[mrplease66]

Why am I getting the impression that there is nothing new to say about space?

[lutskjr]

get a space agency/company going, then switch the entire team with just random people off the street. shit will get done and fast. the problem is not that we can't get to these places, it's that we have the mindset that we have to do all these tiny experiments before we get there. no. you go there with the mindset that something is going to go wrong, and you plan for that. you don't go there thinking you know EXACTLY everything that's going to go wrong so you don't have to worry. you worry.