Mr. Bigelow's keynote speech is next in our series of podcasts from ISPCS 2011.

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Learn more about the amazing experience of gliding back to earth from space. Let the experts show you how they did it. Listen to cockpit conversations. Most of all... Enjoy this weeks ISPCS podcast. Watch Now

Click here for our first podcast, George Nield's "10 Actions to Increase National Competitiveness". Also see text of audience questions for Associate Administrator Nield. "This new service is part of our ongoing commitment to inform the commercial space community and foster growth of national competitiveness in the aerospace ...

I already know the answer. So here’s the question, is it possible to get decent weather predictions for winter now that we know about La Nina? Recently Jeff Anderson, an NMSU Horticulturalist, suggested to Diana Alba in a Sun News article, the long range forecast for southern New Mexico indicates the strong effects from La Niña may mean we have another cold winter ahead of us. The recent rains and cold temperatures over the Thanksgiving ...

Did you know the United States copied a Russian space plane called the BOR-4 and adapted it in the 1990’s to a manned orbital space plane called the HL 20? On Tuesday, November 8th, I went to the Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) plant in Livingston, Colorado, accompanied by Carl Ehrlich, the manager of the Rockwell study team who worked on the HL 20 program in the 1990’s. We were guests of Mark Sirangelo, ...

On-line registrationfor ISPCS 2011 will close Oct. 14, and on-site registration may be limited as this valuable conference is close to sold out.

Panel sessions at ISPCS 2011 will feature a range of discussions among thought leaders on the most pressing topics facing the commercial space industry’s future, including innovation, regulation, sub-orbital and orbital vehicle development and where humans may fit in the mix. Visit the website tab “Program 2011”to see the full agenda.

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket would've cost almost three times as much to design, build and fly if it were done the way NASA usually does things.

It's no shock that a small private company could field a rocket faster and cheaper, than the big, entangled government space program. It's somewhat surprising, however, to see someone put to paper how much more money it costs taxpayers when the government develops a rocket ...

As the commercial and personal spaceflight industry has developed in recent years, the annual ISPCS meeting has begun to draw the attendance of executives from the multi-national aerospace companies who have long been part of government-sponsored space programs. One such attendee is Tim Luddeke, Director of Strategy and Business Development at ATK, who will be attending his third conference this October.

“ATK has been a big part of NASA spaceflight many, many years,” said ...

Five people who have registered for ISPCS 2011 by September 30 will be randomly chosen to attend the Speakers and Sponsors reception hosted by New Mexico State University President Barbara Couture.

The names of five attendees will be drawn to attend the invitation-only event, set for 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 18, at the New Mexico State University Golf Course. Register today and you may get to attend this exclusive gathering!

Attendees report each year that the networking opportunities with industry pioneers and innovators are a key reason they keep making the annual pilgrimage to New Mexico for ISPCS, and this year's conference promises the same access to the spaceflight industry's thought and business leaders.

"ISPCS is the best place to meet the entrepreneurs and emerging players in commercial spaceflight," said Clay Mowry, President of Arianespace USA, a major sponsor of the conference for many ...