15 thoughts on “Humans To Mars”

    1. Agreed. Sort of like having “historical figures in computing” and forgetting to invite Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.

      /yes, Steve’s dead. Not the best metaphor.

  2. Glancing over the speakers, I see:

    June Lockhart

    Born in New York City, June made her professional debut at age eight in a Metropolitan Opera production of “Peter Ibbetson”, playing Mimsey in the dream sequence. In the mid-1930s, the Lockharts relocated to California, where father Gene enjoyed a long career as one of the screen’s great character actors. June made her screen debut in MGM’s 1938 version of A Christmas Carol (1938), playing–appropriately enough the daughter of stars Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart. June appeared in a dozen or more movies before 1947, when she made her Broadway bow playing the ingénue in the comedy “For Love or Money” with John Loder. She got a standing ovation on opening night; one critic compared her debut to the first big hits of Helen Hayes and Margaret Sullavan. The overnight toast of Broadway, she went on to win a Tony, the Donaldson Award, the Theatre World Award and the Associated Press citation for Woman of the Year for Drama for her work in that play. On TV, she has co-starred in popular series like “Lassie” (1954) and “Lost in Space” (1965).

    They have Miles O’Brien too.

    At least, Dennis Tito is there, so that should provide something interesting especially if it’s even a bit like Daniel in the lion’s den.

    1. hat, they have someone from “Star Trek” and “Lost in Space,” but not the guy in the motion-capture suit for Jar Jar?

    2. June Lockhart and her daughter (who was on the original Battlestar Galactica) go to a lot of events at JPL. They really like space exploration, and I think June has been involved with it since the 1960’s.

      1. Yes, she appears to be on the “public engagement” panel on building public support along with others from the entertainment industry.

  4. Rand,

    That looks like a very good event to do so as it appears to be organized and focused on the folks actually involved in space planning and space policy. The are exactly the folks that should be hearing about and reading your book.

    In my mind the absence of the space advocate fringe (Dr. Zurbin, Rick Tumlinson, etc.) with their stale 20 year old ideas is a big plus and actually gives this conference some real creditability.

    1. In my mind the absence of the space advocate fringe (Dr. Zurbin, Rick Tumlinson, etc.) with their stale 20 year old ideas is a big plus and actually gives this conference some real creditability.

      What has happened in the last twenty years to make those ideas “stale”? For example, with Zubrin, the only “staleness” I see in his twenty year old plans is his dependence on big, state-owned rockets for transportation. That’s not hard to fix.

      2. Karl,

        Looks like the one above is on the wrong thread. It was suppose to go on to the main one.

        [[[What has happened in the last twenty years to make those ideas “stale”? ]]]

        You are kidding right? Both are children of Apollo that see NASA as the beginning, end and everything in between in terms of space and as a result keep demanding that it allows them to relive their childhood with an Apollo style program to reach Mars. The only difference is one believes NASA should using existing space contractors to build the rockets while the other believes NASA should hire new space contractors to do so. In short, both are stuck in the 1970’s in their world views and views on space policy.

        Its refreshing to see a major conference with neither as a speaker.

    1. John,

      Ah, one of Dr. Zubrin’s faithful followers… If you took the time to read the agenda and guest list you would see that nearly anyone and everyone needed to make a Mars mission actually happen will be there.

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