Southern CA Events Advance Space Settlement, Moon Village and SEDS Space Vision Initiatives

National Space Society is hosting Space Settlement Summit 2018 November 2-3 at University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Featured speakers include Garret Reisman, Charles Bolden, Mark Hopkins, Bruce Pittman, John Mankins and Kirby Ikin talking on panel topics: vision of space settlement, material developments of past 12 months, what to do with 150 tons to orbit, engaging further communities in space settlement discussion, and newcomers to the field. The 2nd International Moon Village Workshop / Symposium is being held Nov 4-5, simultaneously with a planned USC space business lecture and event. It will comprise plenary sessions and breakout sessions organized according to the 10 MVA working groups. Among the confirmed speakers are Giuseppe Reibaldi (MVA), Scott Pace (NSC), Johann-Dietrich Wörner (ESA), Yoshifumi Inatani (ISAS/JAXA), Jing Peng (CAST), Torsten Kriening (PT Scientists), Rahul Narayan (Team Indus), Michelle Hanlon (For All Moonkind) and Rick Tumlinson (New Worlds). Aligning Space Settlement and Moon Village conferences this year reflects the significant international support to return humans to the Moon toward Solar System expansion and exploration. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) ‘SpaceVision 2018 Conference: Build Space Better’ is being held Nov 1-3 in La Jolla. Organized entirely by students, the conference promotes interdisciplinary approach to the future of space development and student leadership in aerospace and STEM. (Image Credits: NSS, ESA, Fosters + Partners, Don Davis, NASA)

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Reinventing Space From London To Leiden

The 16th Reinventing Space Conference runs October 30 – Nov 1 at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London. The conference, organized by the British Interplanetary Society, follows the successful launch Oct 20 on an Ariane 5 booster of the BepiColombo spacecraft, first mission launched to Mercury in 14 years. The morning of Nov 1 is the Women in Aerospace-Europe Breakfast, with the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards for Space Achievement in the evening. The United Kingdom independently operates the Skynet satellite constellation built by Airbus. With the coming of Brexit, the UK may be forced to leave the Galileo GPS project and consider launching its own GPS constellation. In the next ten years RISpace anticipates new mega-constellations of satellites and In Situ Resource Utilization from the Moon. ESA sponsors Space for Inspiration Oct 29-31 in Bilbao, Spain. This international conference is for anyone interested in Space exploration. It focuses on how Space can be a powerful instrument of positive change and new businesses on Earth. In Leiden, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences stages Roadmap for Universal Life Oct 29 – Nov 2. Workshop will explore the origins of life, prerequisites for life’s emergence, biochemistry on Earth and the search for biosignatures in the Universe. (Image Credits: ESA, NASA, BIS, RAS, RISpace, SaVi, RSC, Univ. of Leiden, et al)

Oct 29 — CNSA, Launch Long March 2C / CFOSAT,

Oct 29 — JAXA, Launch H-2A / GOSAT 2 & KhalifaSat, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan: Japan H-2A rocket to launch Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite 2 (GOSAT 2) for JAXA, Japanese Ministry of Environment, National Institute of Environmental Studies.

Oct 29-30 — Air Traffic Control Association, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington DC: ATCA/FAA Commercial Space NAS Integration Conference 2018.

Oct 29-31 — ESA, Bilbao, Spain: Conference: Space for Inspiration; focusing on how space can be a powerful instrument for positive change – and new businesses – on planet Earth.

Oct 29-31 — ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands: European Space Thermal Engineering Workshop.

Oct 29 – Nov 2 — Royal Society of Chemistry, Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, et al, Leiden, The Netherlands: Workshop: A Roadmap for Universal Life.

Oct 29 — Aten Asteroid 475534 (2006 TS7): Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)

Oct 29 — Apollo Asteroid 2018 TS2: Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)

Oct 29 — Aten Asteroid 302169 (2001 TD45): Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)

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Oct 25-31 — KARI, Launch Korea Space Launch Vehicle Test, Naro Space Center, South Jeolla, South Korea: South Korea to test launch single stage rocket; aiming to reach 100-km altitude on 10-minute test.