21st Century Space Operations: Challenges and Opportunities
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Presenters:
- Lt.Gen. Larry D. James, Commander, 14th Air Force, Air Force Space Command, and Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. Strategic Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
- David Masten, CEO, Masten Space Systems, winner of the 2009 X-PRIZE Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge
Panelist: Daniel P. Burnham, Retired Chairman & CEO, Raytheon Company
Moderator: Daniel Brooks
Program Description:
A rare program with three distinguished participants: the commander of all the U.S. Air Force’s Space operations, the retired CEO of Raytheon, and the winner of the 2009 X-PRIZE Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.
Lt. Gen. Larry James will discuss the global and local challenges of operating in a congested space environment. Gen. James oversees 20,500 people working to provide missile warning, space superiority, satellite operations including GPS, launch and range operations, and round-the-clock tracking of 21,000+ Earth-orbiting space objects. Gen. James is also working to propmote a cooperative approach for all space users (U.S., foreign, military, civilian) for operating safely in space.
David Masten, CEO of Masten Space Systems and recent winner of the 2009 Northrop Grumann Lunar Lander X-PRIZE Challenge, will speak about his Mojave-based startup company’s efforts to revolutionoze unmanned and manned spaceflight by making it cheaper and more widely available.
Dan Burnham, retired CEO of Raytheon, will join both presenters in a panel discussion on identifying the opportunities in space operations around the world and here in the Tri-Counties area, including Vandenberg AFB.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
5:00 PM – Networking hour; wine, beer, light buffet
6:00 – 8:00 PM Formal Program and Q & A
Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center
1118 E. Cabrillo Boulevard
Santa Barbara, California 93103
Event Details: http://www.mitcentralcoast.com/Default.aspx
