International Space Development Conference 2021 - June 25, 2021

The National Space Society (NSS) is presenting the International Space Development Conference® 2021 (ISDC® 2021) virtually on June 24-27, 2021. June 25th Schedule:

9:00 AM PDT Anita Gale, NSS Chief Executive Officer, National Space Society Board of Directors
9:05 AM Record-Setting, Trailblazing, Role Model, Astronaut Peggy Whitson
Dr. Peggy Whitson, retired NASA astronaut and former NASA Chief Astronaut with Janet Ivey, President, Explore Mars, Inc.,
CEO, Janet’s Planet, Inc., National Space Society Board of Governors
Presenting of the NSS Space Pioneer Award to Dr. Peggy Whitson
9:30 AM Rob Manning, Chief Engineer, Mars Exploration Directorate, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory with Rod Pyle, Editor-in-Chief,
Ad Astra Magazine
Presenting of NSS Space Pioneer Award to Rob Manning
10:10 AM Interview: Rod Pyle, Editor-in-Chief, Ad Astra Magazine and Tariq Malik, Editor-in-Chief, Space.com
10:35 AM Gwynne Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer, SpaceX with Rod Pyle, Editor-in-Chief, Ad Astra Magazine
Presenting of NSS Wernher von Braun Award to Gwynne Shotwell
10:45 AM Space Policy: Artemis - Helpful, Harmful, or Immaterial to Communities Beyond Earth? Brett Jones (VP Communications and
Digital Media, Beyond Earth Institute), Tyler Bender (Research Associate, Beyond Earth Institute) and Tony DeTora (VP of
Policy Coherence & Co-Founder), Beyond Earth Institute
11:10 AM Facing Arguments Against Space Settlement
Al Globus, National Space Society Board of Directors
11:40 AM Dr. Robert Braun, Director for Planetary Science, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory with Rod Pyle, Editor-in-Chief, Ad Astra
Magazine
Presenting of NSS Space Pioneer Award to Dr. Robert Braun
12:00 noon Janet Ivey, President, Explore Mars, Inc., CEO, Janet’s Planet, Inc., National Space Society Board of Governors and Chris
Carberry, CEO, Explore Mars, Inc.
12:15 PM Isaac Arthur, Science & Futurism With Isaac Arthur with Dr. Lorna Jean Edmonds, National Space Society Board of Directors
Presenting of the NSS Space Pioneer Award to Isaac Arthur
12:35 PM Mexican Students Organize a Nationwide Lunar Robotics Competition
Alfred Anzaldua, National Space Society Board of Directors
12:50 PM Space Artifacts Tour
Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director & Founder, Future Ventures
1:00 PM NSS Chris Pancratz Activist of the Year Award, 2020
Burton Dicht, NSS VP of Membership presented by Dale Skran, NSS Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, National
Space Society Board of Directors
1:15 PM NSS spUN Debates: Preparing the Next Generation of Universal Leaders
Dr. Lorna Jean Edmonds, National Space Society Board of Directors and Frances Dellutri, NSS Deputy Education Director,
National Space Society Board of Directors
1:35 PM International Space Solar Power Team Competition
Sponsored by SPACE Canada
2:15 PM END

To learn more about the event go to: https://isdc2021.nss.org/