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Space: The Free Market Frontier

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March 15, 2001
 

Conference Program

8:00–9:00 a.m. Registration

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9:00–9:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks:
Edward L. Hudgins, Cato Institute

9:15–10:00 a.m. Keynote Address:
Former representative Bob Walker (R-Penn.)
"The Future of Space Policy"

10:00–11:15 a.m. Panel One:
The History of Space Flight and NASA

Moderator: Eric W. Stallmer, Space Transportation Association

Gregg Maryniak, X Prize Foundation
"The History of Civil Aviation and Rocketry"

James C. Bennett, Internet Transactions Transnational Inc.
"NASA: From Exploration and Science to Bureaucracy and Politics"

Liam Sarsfield, RAND Corporation
"NASA's Cost and Institutional Problems"

11:15–11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m.–
12:45 p.m.
Panel Two:
Barriers to Space Enterprise

Moderator: Frank Sietzen, National Space Society, and Ad Astra

Robert Poole, Reason Foundation
"Lessons from Other Industries"

David Livingston, Livingston Business Solutions
"Regulatory Barriers"

Wayne White, Attorney at Law
"The Legal Regime"

12:45–1:30 p.m. Lunch

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1:30–2:15 p.m. Luncheon Speaker:
Fred Abatemarco, Space.com
"Our Future in Space"

2:15–3:30 p.m. Panel Three:
Private Space Efforts


Moderator: James A.M. Muncy, PoliSpace

Ty McCoy, Space Transportation Association, Thiokol Propulsion
"Structure of the Space Market"

John Higginbotham, Space Vest
"Private Possibilities in Space"

Philip Mongan, SPACEHAB
"An Entrepreneur's Angle"

3:30–3:45 p.m. Break

3:45–5:00 p.m. Panel Four:
Privatizing Space


Moderator: Edward Hudgins, Cato Institute

Marc Schlather, ProSpace
"The Congressional Landscape"

Rick Tumlinson, Space Frontier Foundation
"Privatizing Infrastructure"

James Dunstan, LunaCorp and Garvey, Schubert & Barer
"Property Rights in Space"

5:00–5:15 p.m. Closing Remarks:
Edward Hudgins, Cato Institute

5:15 p.m. Reception
 

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