
MARCH 9 - MARCH 11, 2021
ELEVATORS
S P A C E E D I T I O N
From Icarus to Jack and the beanstalk, to ancient Anasazi legends – we have dreamed of ascending to the heavens. Usually, these are cautionary tales. “Don’t tempt the gods.” “Don’t rise above your station.” And yet, we rise. First, we dreamed of flying - we achieved it. Then we dreamed of launching - done. The next step was a “giant leap” on the Moon. Now what? Elevators.
Blue Marble Week | March 2021 will explore:
- Gravitational Elevators (Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure) and
- Centripedal Elevators (Space Elevators from Earth)
We’ll look at both through the lenses of
1) Hardware, 2) Business, 3) Outreach, and 4) Framework
Join us for a host of speakers discussing the topics of:
1) Workforce Development
2) Infrastructure and Space Hardware
3) The Linkage of Cyber and Space
4) Transportation and Industrial Bases
Please join us!
"If one were to think of Space Elevators as an evolutionary approach for humans to leave the surface of the Earth, then one starts to recognize the essential step that must be taken. It is revolutionary in that it changes the equation of delivery dynamics — rocket equation limiting vs. massive movement of logistical cargo — while it fulfills the customer's needs. It has so many promises, and is seen as an enabler for so many dreams, that it must be pursued, now."
Peter A. Swan, Ph.D.
Executive Director, ISEC
International Space Elevator Consortium
SPEAKERS
MARCH 9, 2021
9:00am - 9:15am EST
Opening Ceremony
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder / Executive Director
LAILA GISLASON
Co-Founder, Chief of Marketing
9:15am - 10:00am EST
Permanent Space Access Infrastructure - Customer Demands and Space Elevator Promises

PETER SWAN
PhD
10:00am - 10:30am EST
Architecture of Galactic Harbors - Transportation System and Enterprise Enabler

MICHAEL FITZGERALD
BS
10:30am - 11:00am EST
Green Road to Space - Carbon Negative Operations

JERRY EDDY
PhD
11:00am - 11:30am EST
Space Solar Power Delivery to Orbit - Example of Enabling Environmental Programs

DAVID DOTSON
PhD
11:30am - 12:15pm EST
Remarkable Economic Returns from Permanent Space Infrastructure

KEVIN BARRY
MA
12:15pm - 1:00pm EST
Engineering Progress on Space Elevator Segments

MICHAEL FITZGERALD
BS
1:00pm - 1:45pm EST
Graphene Progress and It's Promising Future for Space Elevators

ADRIAN NIXON
MBA, MRSC

ROB WHIELDON
BA, MSc
Director
1:45pm - 2:15pm EST
Dual Space Access Architecture Combining Advanced Rockets and Space Elevators

PETER SWAN
PhD
2:15pm - 2:45pm EST
Status of Necessary Body of Knowledge, International Space Elevator Consortium Reports, IAA, Obayashi Corp.

DENNIS WRIGHT
PhD
2:45pm - 3:15pm EST
Permanent Space Access Infrastructure Leads to Global Transportation Intermodalism

VERN HALL
PE
3:15pm - 4:00pm EST
PANEL
Engineering The Future

KEVIN BARRY
MA

MICHAEL FITZGERALD
BA

DENNIS WRIGHT
PhD

WILLIAM BRITTON
BA, MS, MA
3:45pm - 4:00pm EST
Summary Remarks
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder
LAILA GISLASON
Co-Founder, Chief of Marketing
MARCH 10, 2021
9:00am - 9:30am EST
Blue Marble Week
LAILA GISLASON
Co-Founder, Chief of Marketing
9:30am - 10:00am EST
117th Congressional Report - SPACE Act
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder / Executive Director
10:00am - 10:30am EST
Strengthening Industrial Space
MATT BOEHNKE
MSc
State Representative at Washington State, 8th LD
Assistant Professor, Director of Cyber Security
11:00am - 11:30am EST
International Space University
GARY MARTIN
MSc
Vice President, North American Divisions
12:45pm - 1:00pm EST
Summary Remarks
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder / Executive Director
11:30am - 12:00am EST
Readiness Levels
CO HOST
MICHAEL MEALLING
MBA
WORKSHOP
1:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Noumenia Process I - VMV
2:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Noumenia Process IV - Stakeholders
1:30pm - 2:00pm EST
Noumenia Process II - POST
2:00pm - 2:30pm EST
Noumenia Process III - Challenges
3:00pm - 3:45pm EST
Noumenia Process V - Review + GIT
MICHAEL J. LAINE
President / Chief Strategic Officer
3:45pm - 4:00pm EST
Summary Remarks
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder / Executive Director
MARCH 11, 2021
9:00am - 9:30am EST
Opening Ceremony
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder / Executive Director
9:00am - 9:30am EST
Blue Marble Week
LAILA GISLASON
Co-Founder, Chief of Marketing
11:15am - 12:15pm EST
Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure
MICHAEL J. LAINE
President / Chief Strategic Officer
12:15pm - 12:45pm EST
FUNDRAISING PANEL

TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA

EMILY MISHLER

LAILA GISLASON
1:30pm - 2:15pm EST
Design Thinking

NYEIN AUNG
PhD
Senior Design Research Officer