Categories: Space Exploration

New World’s Conference Starts Oct. 16

If you’re going to be in the Austin area on October 16/17, and you’re into space exploration, you’re going to want to check out the 2015 New World’s Conference.

Here’s a list of their speakers:

  • Richard Garriott – Private Astronaut, Entrepreneur, Video Game Industry Mogul
  • Jeff Greason – Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of XCOR Aerospace
  • Bill Bruner – Civil/Commercial Space Manager at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Tom Markusic – Founder, Firefly Space Systems
  • Robyn Gatens – NASA Deputy Manager, International Space Station
  • Jason Kessler – NASA Manager, Grand Challenges
  • Daniel Faber – CEO, Deep Space Industries (asteroid mining company)
  • Dr. John Mankins – World’s leading expert on space solar power
  • Dr. Jim Logan – Former NASA MD expert on space mergency medicine
  • Dr. John Lewis – Author – Mining the Sky
  • Rick Tumlinson – Founder, New Worlds, Space Frontier Foundation
  • John Adams – University of Arizona, Biosphere 2
  • Pat Rawlings – World famous space artist

In addition to the speakers, they’re going to have a few fun activities, like a live performance by ArcAttack – Tesla Coil Musicians. I’ve seen them in person and they are awesome. 🙂

There are still tickets available, and if you sign up this week, you can get 50% off the entrance price. Click here, sign up and use the code NWAUSTIN50 before the end of October 10th, 2015.

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast with Dr. Pamela Gay. Here's a link to my Mastodon account.

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