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SCI.SPACE.NEWS By Henry Vanderbilt.

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Subject:	Latest Space Access '98 Hotel, Speakers Info
From:	hvanderbilt@bix.com (hvanderbilt on BIX)
Date:	23 Mar 98 06:04:28 GMT


  Space Access '98 - Hotel Info, Preliminary Speakers List/Schedule 

 - Alert on SA'98 Hotel Room Reservations (April 17-19) 

We've gotten calls from people trying to reserve rooms at the Safari 
who've been told the hotel is fully booked for the weekend of our 
conference.  THIS IS INCORRECT.  The hotel is near fully booked 
*outside of our reserved room block* - but there are a good number 
of rooms left in our "Space Access" block.  If you call the Safari 
for a reservation (602 945-0721, $64/night "Space Access" rate, 
includes continental breakfast) and are told "no rooms", ask them to 
check the reserved block for "Space Access".  If they still can't 
find you a room, please phone us here at 602 431-9283 at once; we'll 
get things straightened out for you. 

If you've already been told "no rooms", please try again - and 
please drop us an email note with your name and the approximate date 
and time you were told "no rooms", so we can help them find the 
problem with their reservations system and get it fixed. 

It's a good idea to get your room booked by this coming Thursday, 
March 26th, if at all possible.  Our room block is only guaranteed 
through that date; after that the hotel can release our rooms for 
rental to the first tourist who comes along - and since the rest of 
the hotel is near fully booked, the longer you wait after March 26th 
the chancier it gets.  
 
 - SAS Web Site Problems

Our web site, www.space-access.org, has been unreachable the last 
few days, due to difficulties our site donor is having with the 
organization that maintains internet site lookup lists.  We hope to 
have this problem cleared up by Tuesday March 24th.  

Our apologies for this and for the hotel reservations glitches.  
These things always do come in bunches...

 - Space Access '98 Schedule & Speakers List 

Now for the good news: The SA'98 program is firming up nicely, with 
the majority of our stellar list of presenters solidly confirmed, 
and negotiations ongoing with the remainder.  

First, though, the overall SA'98 schedule:

  Friday April 17th
  4 pm - registration and display space setup (call 602 431-9283 for 
         display rates) opens in the Safari "B" conference hall, 
         SA'98 Hospitality opens in suite 311. 
  8 pm - introductory presentations and panels, kicking off with 
         Henry Spencer on various controversies in the field. 

  Saturday April 18th 
  8 am - registration and hospitality suite open. 
  8:30 am to 12:30 pm - presentations, with half-hour break midway. 
  12:30 pm to 2 pm - lunch break, your chance to check out the many 
  fine restaurants within a few minutes walk and perhaps do a bit of 
  business too. (There are no formal meal functions at SA'98.) 
  2 pm to 6 pm - presentations, with half-hour break midway. 
  6 pm to 8 pm - dinner break. 
  8 pm - evening presentations and panels begin. 

  Sunday April 19th 
  8 am - registration and hospitality suite open. 
  8:30 am to 12:30 pm - presentations, with half-hour break midway. 
  12:30 pm to 2 pm - lunch break. 
  2 pm to 6 pm - presentations, with half-hour break midway. 
  6 pm - SA'98 formal program ends.  Our hospitality suite will stay 
  open till late for those not flying out Sunday. 

              Space Access '98 Presenters List 
   (confirmed) 
 - NASA Future-X (Phil Sumrall) 
 - Lockheed-Martin (Jerry Rising) 
 - Kelly Space & Technology
 - Universal Space Lines (Tim Kyger)
 - Pioneer Rocketplane (Mitchell Burnside Clapp)
 - Rotary Rocket Company
 - Max Hunter 
 - Microcosm (Bob Conger) 
 - Henry Spencer 
 - USAF Phillips Lab
 - Shubber Ali, KPMG
 - Bruce Dunn on a Low Cost Upper Stage 
 - ERPS (Michael Wallis) 
 - Tim Pleasant on Space Law & Regulatory Issues 
 - Advent/CAAC (Harry Dace) 
   (invited) 
 - Kistler Aerospace 
 - Boeing
 - FAA AST
 - Orbital Sciences Corporation 
 - Space Access PLC
     plus others... Look for some surprise guests. 


              SA'98 Background Info, Registration Form 

Space Access '98 is Space Access Society's sixth annual conference 
on the technology, politics, and business of radically cheaper space 
transportation, with increased emphasis this year on the 
entrepreneurial sector.  SA'98 is four weeks away, Friday evening 
April 17th through Sunday evening April 19th, at the Safari Resort, 
twenty minutes via "Super Shuttle" van from Phoenix airport, in 
downtown Scottsdale Arizona with plenty of fine dining and shopping 
in easy walking distance.  

Our conference style is informal, with no papers required or 
proceedings published - we try to bring together the players in the 
emerging cheap access industry, ask them for talks on what they 
think, where they are, and where they're headed, and give them an 
opportunity to talk and make deals with each other and other 
interested parties in an informal relaxed atmosphere.  The results 
have been good to date.  Be there! 

Phoenix is a hub for Southwest and America West airlines, and served 
by most of the other majors.  Southwest in particular has some real 
bargains for those who book early from cities they serve.  By the 
way, if you want to head home Sunday night, book your flight ASAP, 
as this is still a time of year when lots of people from colder 
places like to weekend in Phoenix, and flights out on Sunday nights 
fill up early.  (Our formal program ends 6 pm Sunday, but we will 
keep our famous hospitality suite open late Sunday night for those 
staying over.) 
                                             
SA'98 registration is $100 in advance, $120 at the door.  $10 off for 
SAS members.  SAS membership is $30/year.  SA'98 student rate $30, no 
SAS membership discount.  (Cash or check only - sorry, we're not set up 
to handle credit cards.)  Mail checks for advance conference 
registration with a printout of this form to: 

      SAS, 4855 E Warner Rd #24-150, Phoenix AZ 85044 

Name ____________________________________________

Organization ______________________________________
(optional, will appear on SA'98 badge)

Address __________________________________________

City _____________________ State ____  Zip ___________

Email ______________________________________
(needed for emailing Space Access Updates if you join SAS)

Phone ______________________________________
(optional, please indicate day or evening)


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Gary L. Swaty
Phoenix Arizona              http://home.aol.com/garyswaty

GarySwaty@aol.com      Swaty_G@aztec.asu.edu

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