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SPACE
VENTURES
The Next Renaissance?
As Space recaptures public attention and private investment,
it simultaneously dangles opportunities of all sizes before
entrepreneurs.
The Ten Million Dollar X Prize is credited with inspiring
nearly a dozen private companies to develop re-usable manned
space vehicles. At the same time, the US government continues
its push for competition in low-cost launches, aiming at reducing
costs by 70% within five years. Wired Magazine, USA Today,
Forbes, and The Economist have all reported on these developments
while big name entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos of Amazon and
Elon Musk of PayPal put their own money into ventures shooting
for the stars.
Meanwhile, China has put a man in Space and NASA pursues
a replacement for the Space Shuttle.
- Are we on the verge of dramatic gains in Space economics?
Or does hype outshine reality?
- How can the savvy entrepreneur spot the 'what' and 'when'
for the myriad technologies that will facilitate
others while themselves becoming examples of successful
space ventures?
Dennis Tito, CEO, Wilshire Associates, Private
Cosmonaut
Doug Holker, Systems Director of Development and
Transformation, The Aerospace Corporation
Charles Miller, CEO, Constellation Services
Rex Ridenoure, CEO, Ecliptic Enterprises
PANEL
Andy Quintero, Director of Technology Transfer
and Commercialization, The Aerospace Corporation
Ed Tuck, Principal, Falcon Fund
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California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
7:45 a.m. at Baxter Hall
Program:
8:30 a.m. to 12 noon at Baxter Lecture Hall
$40.00 per person ($10 for full-time students with student
ID's; free to Caltech students and faculty)
Registrations are taken by fax, email and on-line up to 2:00
p.m. the day prior to the event. Pre-registration and pre-payment
are required for this event. There
are no refunds for no-shows.
Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
Industrial Relations Center 1-90
383 S. Hill Avenue
Pasadena, California 91106
626 395-3916 Fax: 626 795-7174
entfor@caltech.edu
http://www.entforum.caltech.edu
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