ISPCS 2009 OFFERS ‘UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS’ TO INNER WORKINGS OF COMMERCIAL & PERSONAL SPACEFLIGHT
Plan to Attend ISPCS 2009
The International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) is providing even more incentive for space industry executives to make the October 20- 23 event a focal point of their 2009 conference attendance plans.
ISPCS has added tours of NASA’s White Sands Test Facility and Spaceport America to its program lineup in Las Cruces, New Mexico. ISPCS attendees will be at the epicenter of personal and commercial spaceflight during “Space Week in New Mexico”.
“We are creating opportunities for our participants to get close to the hardware, facilities and people who are involved in the commercial space industry in southern New Mexico." On Tuesday, October 20, ISPCS is offering tours of the NASA White Sands Test Facility with focus on their propulsion testing, materials and component testing and flight hardware processing areas. “This tour of the facilities will be individually hosted by the site managers and will be designed with the hardware vehicle developers and satellite developers in mind”, notes ISPCS Chair Patricia Hynes. This tour, co-hosted by the AIAA Commercial Space Group, will be an all day event, designed for people who want to possibly use these facilities in the future.
Unprecedented Spaceport America Tour
Capping Space Week in New Mexico on Friday the 23rd, ISPCS will host a “Hard Hat” tour of Spaceport America. “Not many people have had this unique and exciting opportunity,” Hynes says. “It will provide an unprecedented view of the world’s first purpose built commercial spaceport in its early development phase.”
About ISPCS 2009
ISPCS is the industry’s leading gathering for visionaries and builders delivering the promise of spaceflight for mankind. ISPCS features informative sessions, networking opportunities and provides attendees with the latest news, trends, best practices, and case studies that demonstrate the business and financial case for the emerging personal and commercial spaceflight sector within the aerospace industry.
Held each October in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, ISPCS is organized by the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, a member of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, administered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Attendees will be able to register for the tours on the registration page. Registration with open on July 1, 2009. For more information on ISPCS 2009 and the featured tours, or for registration information, visit ISPCS 2009 as http://www.ispcs.com