Please join us on Thursday-Sunday, June 24-27, for our multi-day virtual event, ISDC 2021. This exciting, four-day virtual event looks at the future of space exploration, development and settlement. And best of all, it’s entirely FREE for the first three days! Beginning at 1:00 PM EDT (9:00 AM PDT).

For complete information including a full schedule, go to isdc2021.nss.org.

More Info on the Free Days, June 24-26

To view on June 24, 25 and 26 beginning at 1:00 PM EDT (9:00 AM PDT), go to e360tv.com, NSS Facebook, NSS YouTube, or view on space.com. 

The International Space Development Conference^®(ISDC^®), will focus on key areas of space development: space settlement, space policy, space solar power, Moon, and international space programs and will include presentations by students from the Space Settlement Design Competition and the NSS Space Settlement Contest. ISDC 2021 will be a virtual event showcasing the technologies, people and organizations that will lead us to develop the final frontier!

ISDC 2021 presents the finest minds in this movement to develop space, with experts presenting the latest visions of humanity’s migration into space: where we will go, why we will go there, and how we will do so. Speakers include engineers and scientists working in new space; top minds from the aerospace and defense sectors; and educators, physicians, and investors focusing on the business and future of space travel, settlement, and exploration.

For complete information including a full schedule, go to isdc2021.nss.org.

This virtual event will be available across multiple venues through the e360tv streaming TV network, NSS Facebook and NSS YouTube, on Roku/AppleTV/Amazon Fire and many other mobile systems through e360tv.com, and on Space.com.

More Info on the Paid Day, June 27

Sunday, June 27, from 1:00 PM-6:00 PM EDT (10:00 AM-3:00 PM PDT), features an exclusive Zoom webinar event that brings participants into contract with leading space experts in an interactive format. These discussions are not suitable for a general audience – they are challenging and stimulating. They are not short, summarized, or condensed. But we think you will find the day exciting! This event is put on entirely by volunteers so every penny of your entrance fee goes to support the work of NSS. NSS needs your support, and you can make that support tangible by attending this exciting event. The cost is $50 per ticket with 10% off or $45 for NSS members.

1:00 PM EDT (10:00 AM PDT)
Part I: Perspectives on the Artemis Accords, brings together both global and US perspectives on the rapidly expanding Artemis Accords. Featured speakers include:

• Moderator: Michelle Hanlon, NSS President, and Co-Director of the Air and Space Law Program at the University of Mississippi School of Law, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law

• Dr. Andrea Harrington, Interim Dean of Space Education at Air University, and former Chair of the Department of Spacepower at Air Command and Staff College.

• Memme Onwudiwe, Harvard Law, on “Africa and the Artemis Accords”

• Gabriel Swiney, the head space lawyer at the US Department of State

3:00 PM EDT (12:00 PM PDT)
Part II: A Debate – Is Space Settlement a Good idea? Pits long time space settlement advocate Mark Hopkins against Daniel Deudney, author of the book Dark Skies, which claims that space settlement is an existential threat to humanity.

• Moderator: Anita Gale, NSS CEO

• For the Affirmative, Mark Hopkins, NSS CEO Emeritus, and former Rand Economist.

• For the Negative, Daniel Deudney, professor of political science at John’s Hopkins University and author of DARK SKIES.

4:00 PM EDT (1:00 PM PDT)
Part III:  The military aspects of DARK SKIES: Do they make sense?  NSS has assembled a leading panel of former and active-duty military professionals to discuss this interesting topic.

• Moderator: Karlton Johnson, Chairman, NSS BOG, and Colonel, USAF, retired.

• Stan Rosen: Professor of Program Management at the Defense Acquisition University.

• Major Jeremy Grunert:Officer in the Air Force JAG Corps and Assistant Professor of Law at the US Air Force Academy

• Peter Garretson, Lt. Col., USAF, and advocate for space solar power

• Dale Skran, NSS COO, former Bell Labs

5:00 PM EDT (2:00 PM PDT)
Part IV: The civilian aspects of DARK SKIES: Does the political science make sense?  An examination of the thinking underlying the political aspects of DARK SKIES.

• Moderator: Michelle Hanlon, NSS President

• Claudena Skran, Professor of Government at Lawrence University, 1983 Rhodes Scholar.

• Al Globus, retired NASA Ames contractor, co-author of THE HIGH FRONTIER: AN EASIER WAY and editor of the NSS Space Settlement Journal

• Jeff Greason, Chief Technologist at Electric Sky and Chairman of the Board for the Tau Zero Foundation, and member of the Augustine Commission

• Greg Autry, NSS VP of Space Development and Clinical Professor of Space Leadership, Policy, at Business at Arizona State University

• Rebecca Lipe: a former Air Force accident investigator whose legal practice focuses on NTSB accident response and aviation and space law

ISDC 2021 is presented by the National Space Society