Join The Aerospace Corporation as we serve as title sponsor for TC Sessions: Space 2021, a two-day virtual event hosted in partnership with TechCrunch that will convene government stakeholders, startups, researchers, technologists and investors who are forging the future of space.
TC Sessions: Space features a full agenda of programming December 14 and 15, including Main Stage sessions hosted live at Aerospace’s headquarters in El Segundo, California; breakout sessions for startups; and networking opportunities via TechCrunch’s CrunchMatch platform. Join Aerospace for the full TC Sessions: Space experience, including the following sessions (all times Pacific, all available online):
DAY ONE: TUESDAY, DEC. 14
- Fast Money, Team Space: Company Concept, Capital and Customers (9:00-9:50 a.m.):
Disruptive and game-changing technology and entrepreneurial initiatives are the new space norm. However, a great technical design is not enough to sustain these entrepreneurial pursuits. Growing an idea across markets also takes capital and customers. Transitioning from concept to development phase is more likely to succeed when a company can obtain stable forms of capital and potential long-term customers. Today’s Fast Money session focuses on how a startup was able to identify the right venture partners to grow their business and secured opportunities to prototype and test their designs with the U.S. Government.
Featuring Chris O’Connor, Harpoon Ventures - Securing Space at Speed (12:25-12:45 p.m.):
The demand signal is clear: the U.S. government needs to spur innovative commercial capabilities to excel in an increasingly contested space domain. Hear directly from leaders driving government-commercial collaborations about opportunities to help usher in the next era of achievement in space.
Featuring Aerospace President and CEO, Steve Isakowitz and Pete Muend, National Reconnaissance Office
DAY TWO: wedneSDAY, DEC. 15
- University Showcase: New Frontiers in Space Exploration From OSAM to xGEO (10-10:50 a.m.):
As space technology gets smaller and less expensive, more and more countries, universities and people can participate. We’ve seen thousands of small satellites launched into earth orbit from numerous developers over the past decade, many of whom were new to space. What’s next for on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing (OSAM) and orbital debris clean up as small spacecraft move beyond earth orbit and the geostationary satellite belt (xGEO) into open space (cislunar space) and onto the lunar surface itself? We’re showcasing university trailblazers in space exploration. Meet the people working on the projects and find out what’s ahead and how you can participate. Learn about the technologies that are shaping a world where OSAM, xGEO and “cislunar” are becoming household terms.
Featuring Jonathan Black, Virginia Tech; Kathleen C. Howell, Purdue University; Moriba Jah, University of Texas at Austin; and Ricardo Sanfelice, University of California
Register for TC Sessions: Space today, using the code aerospace2021space to attend.
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Aerospace Virtual Tours
Aerospace's virtual tours allow you to explore our state-of-the-art facilities from the comfort of your own desk. Available self-guided tours include:
• xLab
• iLab
• STARS Mission Operation Center
• Physical Sciences Laboratories
• xLab
• iLab
• STARS Mission Operation Center
• Physical Sciences Laboratories
University Partnership Program
The University Partnership Program facilitates collaboration with top universities to provide resources, mentorship, and hands-on experience for students to explore potential career paths in the space sector.
Leveraging Commercial Space For National Security
In this new space era, U.S. space leadership will face many decisions over which acquisition model to use in a particular case. Our national security space enterprise and the commercial space sector are at critical junctures. National security leadership needs to consider the models it wants to use for its next-generation systems and business rules for how to balance them.
Bridging Old and New Space with The Aerospace Corporation
Ed Swallow, Senior Vice President of Civil Systems Group, highlights the value civil government and commercial space organizations realize when working with The Aerospace Corporation to solve the hardest problems in space.
State of Play: On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing
Shrinking technology and lower costs have made on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing is an area of emerging technology and growth in the space domain.
