ISDC Blogging

05/19/05 00:00:00    

By Michael Mealling

I'm at the International Space Development Conference and wireless has just started working so I'm going to try and get most of what's been happening down here:

NSS awarded Burt Rutan the Von Braun Award during thi s mornings plenary. Burt then did his usual spiel and had a blast lambasting NASA. Most of the speakers since then have incorporated some response to Burt in their talk.

Admiral Steidle gave a talk during lunch that discussed some “non-traditional” procurement methods but didn't give any details.

Brent Sponberg anounced a new Centenial Challenges prize for lunar ISRU development. The first team to produce a device that produces 5kg of oxygen wins $250,000.

Right now I'm listening to Patricia Grace Smith, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, FAA talk about recent developments.