From Info at marshome.org Sat May 23 20:16:15 2009 From: Info at marshome.org (Bruce Mackenzie i) Date: Sat May 23 20:17:37 2009 Subject: [Mars-Fnd] 28th annual International Space Development Conference, Orlando Message-ID: We encourage you to attend ISDC, May 28-31, 2009, in Orlando, FL, USA. The Mars Foundation has an affiliation with both ISDC and NSS. Here is more info: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 28th International Space Development Conference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Friends, The National Space Society's 28th annual International Space Development Conference, ISDC 2009, online registration closes Sunday, May 24. Onsite registration is higher. Register at http://www.isdc2009.org/node/60 today to guarantee your seat at the luncheons and dinners ISDC has an impressive line-up speakers from NASA to Commercial Space, from Apollo astronauts to Shuttle astronauts. Make sure you check out the growing list of speakers http://www.isdc2009.org/speakers and the program grid http://www.isdc2009.org//programming REGISTER TODAY today for the citizen space conference of the year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Online Secondary Meal Registration is also closing SUNDAY! Meal tickets for ISDC 2009 are on sale now at http://www.isdc2009.org/secondary_registration ISDC registration is a la carte. One low registration rate permits admission into all general sessions. Meals are purchased separately. Professional Rate Registration includes all meals. After Sunday, tickets to meals are strictly limited and may not be available. The only way to guarantee at seat at a meal is to register by SUNDAY. Projected Keynote Speaker Schedule for Meals (subject to change): Thursday Luncheon: Elon Musk, Co-founder of PayPal and Space Exploration Technologies Thursday Dinner: Richard Garriott, Sixth private citizen to conduct a space mission aboard the ISS Friday Luncheon: Janet Petro, Deputy Director, NASA Kennedy Space Center Friday Gala Dinner: Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 Astronaut and Chairman, B612 Foundation Saturday Luncheon: Dr. Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Astronaut; Founder, ShareSpace Foundation; NSS Governor Saturday Dinner: John Mankins, President, Space Power Association Purchase your tickets now at http://www.isdc2009.org/secondary_registration before it is too late! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sincerely, Brett Silcox Tim Bailey Associate Director Chairman, ISDC 2009 National Space Society National Space Society http://www.isdc2009.org/ Don't miss our reception and FIREWORKS on Thursday, May 28 exclusively for ISDC attendees. Register now! http://www.isdc2009.org/node/60