Tentative Schedule of Workshops,Major Sessions, and Other Events

Note: This Schedule has already gone through several changes andis not set in concrete. But it is our best effort to find a time andplace for everything as of 4/05/98.

THURSDAY - MAY 21ST

• 9:00 AM BUS to EAA Museum, Oshkosh (if 15 or more)
• 9:30 AM 2.5 hr CITY BUS TOUR featuring Mitchell Park Botanical DOMES
• 12:30 PM 3.5 hr CITY BUS TOUR featuring Miller BREWERY
• 2-10 PM Exhibit Hall SET UP - Regency CD
• 6-9 PM Wisconsin Space Business Roundtable Meeting - Lakeshore AB
• 6-10 PM Video Room Open - Executive AB
• 7-8 PM Reception ($10), Cash Bar - Lakeshore C

FRIDAY - MAY 22ND

• 8:00-10:00 AM Exhibit Hall SET UP ONLY - Regency CD
• 9:00-9:45 AM KEYNOTE PLENARY - Regency B
• 9:30 AM 2.5 hr CITY BUS TOUR featuring Botanical DOMES (last run)
• 10:00-12:00 AM Following Workshops
  • Open Workshop - Lakeshore A
  • Moonlink Workshop - Lakeshore B
  • Selling Space Whole Workshop - Lakeshore C
  • Regolith Impressionism Painting Workshop - Gilpatrick C
• 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Exhibit Hall OPEN - Regency CD
• 9:45-11:30 AM Lunar Enterprise Assoc. meeting - Executive AB
• 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Following Sessions
  • Symposium: Space Social Studies -Regency A
  • STARTING a SPACE Business - Regency B
  • TETHER TECHNOLOGIES - Executive CD
  • Miscellaneous Program - Crystal
  • Miscellaneous Program - Gilpatrick AB or ABC
• 11:30AM - 12:30PM Introduction to the ARTEMIS Project™ - Executive AB
• 12:30 PM 3.5 hr CITY BUS TOUR featuring Miller BREWERY (last run)
• 12:45 PM LUNCHEON $20 - Lakeshore BC
  • Jim Benson - Near Earth Asteroid Prospector
• 2:00-5:00 PM Following Workshops
  • LAVATUBE Detection Project - Lakeshore A
  • COMMERCIAL SPACE LEGISLATION Workshop Lakeshore B Woodcock, Hopkins
  • Early ARTEMIS Mission SPACECRAFT Workshop Lakeshore C
• 2:00-6:00 PM Sessions Below
  • GREEN ENGINEERING - Regency A
  • ASTEROIDS & COMETS - Regency B
  • ARTEMIS Society Program - Executive AB
  • NEW ROCKETS to Orbit - Executive CD
  • Chapter Web pages Workshop - Crystal
  • Miscellaneous Program - Gilpatrick AB
• 6:00-10:00 PM Video Room Open - Executive AB
• 6:30 PM DINNER $30 - Lakeshore ABC
  • Rick Tumlinson - A New Space Order
• 7:30-10:30 PM Bus for Milwaukee Astronomical Society Observatory
• 8:30-10:30 PM FILK Singing - Crystal
• 8:30-10:30 PM Chapters Assembly - Regency A
• 8:30 PM - 1:00 AM HOSPITALITY - Managers Suite (3rd floor)
• 9:00-12:00 PM DANCE with a D.J. - Lakeshore ABC

SATURDAY - May 23rd

• 9:00-9:45 AM BREAKFAST “With the Board” Buffet $10 - Lakeshore BC
  • Pat Dasch NSS Executive Director
  • Kirby Ikin Chair NSS Executive Committee
• 9:00-12:00 AM following Workshops
  • Planetary Studies Institute TEACHERS’ Workshop Lakeshore A
  • FOUNDRY Enterprise Workshop Lakeshore B
• 10:00-12:00 AM Space Social Studies Workshop Lakeshore C
• 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Exhibit Hall OPEN - Regency CD
• 10:00A - 12:30 PM Following Sessions
  • GALILEO & all about EUROPA - Regency A
  • MARS UNMANNED, Calendar - Regency B
  • MOON UNMANNED, Resource Processing - Executive AB
  • Media Panel, Science Fiction Panel - Executive CD
  • CATS Prize Workshop - Crystal
  • SEDS Program - Gilpatrick AB
• LUNCHEON Space Pioneer Preview Vegetarian Buffet $25 - Lakeshore BC
  • Alan Binder - Lunar Prospector
• 2:00-5:30 PM Following Workshops
  • Planetary Studies Institute TEACHERS Workshop Lakeshore A
  • FOUNDRY Enterprise Workshop Lakeshore B
  • FOUNDING U. of LUNA in CYBERSPACE Workshop Lakeshore C
• 2:00-6:00 PM Following Sessions
  • Space STATION, Commercial LEO-Regency A
  • SPACE-based SOLAR POWER Symposium - Regency B
  • MOON Lavatubes, habitats, transport Executive AB
  • Misc. TECH, Advanced Propulsion - Executive CD
  • Miscellaneous Program - Crystal
  • SEDS Program - Gilpatrick AB
• 6:00-10:00 PM Video Room Open - Executive AB
• 6:30 PM PICNIC- RIVER-HARBOR CRUISE $25
  • (Third Street Pier - 3 Blocks North)
  • Midwestern Picnic Buffet at the Pier
  • Edelweiss Excursion Boat (enclosed)
  • Milwaukee River - Lake Michigan Harbor
  • Greg Bennett “Cruising Mare Crisium”
• 8:30-10:30 PM FILK Singing - Crystal
• 8:30 PM - 1:00 AM HOSPITALITY - Managers Suite (3rd floor)

SUNDAY - May 24th

• 9:00-9:45 AM PLENARY Session
  • Charles Miller The Revolution in Grassroots Space Politics - Regency B
• 9:00 AM -12:30 PM NSS BOARD MEETING - Manager’s Suite
• 9:45 - 12:30 AM FOUNDRY Enterprise Workshop Lakeshore A
• 10:00 AM -12:00 AM Following Workshops
  • Robotic/Manned EUROPA SUBMARINE Missions Workshop - Lakeshore B
  • Space Frontier CONSTITUTIONS Lakeshore C
• 10:00AM - 6:00PM Exhibit Hall OPEN - Regency CD
• 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Following Sessions
  • Philosophy of GOING into Space Regency A
  • ACTIVISM PROGRAM - Regency B
  • ARTEMIS Society Program - Executive AB
  • ACTIVISM PROGRAM - Executive CD
  • Chapter Website Workshop - Crystal
  • Artemis Electronic Communications - Gilpatrick AB
• LUNCHEON $20 - Lakeshore BC
  • Buzz Aldrin (Probable, or Charlie Walker)
• 2:00-5:30 PM Following Workshops
  • SPACE FRONTIER FICTION Writers Workshop - Lakeshore A
  • FOUNDRY Enterprise Workshop Lakeshore B
  • Solar System ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY Workshop - Lakeshore C
• 2:00-6:00 PM Following Sessions
  • NSS BOARD MEETING - Manager’s Suite
  • FUTURE-Casting, Policy - Regency A
  • MARS MANNED - Regency B
  • ARTEMIS Society Program - Executive AB
  • SPACE EDUCATION - Executive CD
  • Miscellaneous Program - Crystal
  • Chapters Central Resource Exchange Website Workshop - Gilpatrick ABC
• 6:00-10:00 PM Video Room Open - Executive AB
• 6:30 PM BANQUET & AWARDS $40 - Lakeshore ABC
  • Bill O’Neill, Project Manager Emeritus, Galileo
• 8:30-10:30 PM FILK Singing - Crystal
• 10:00 PM Space/Time Theater Group (free) - Lakeshore ABC
• After theater group - till 1:00 AM HOSPITALITY - Managers Suite (3rd floor)

MONDAY - May 25th

• 8:00-10:00 AM Exhibit Hall OPEN - Regency CD
• 9:00-10:30 AM PLENARY Session - Regency AB
  • Robert Zubrin - Colonization of Mars
  • Zubrin - Intro to the Mars Society
• 10:30 AM -12:30 PM NSS Town Meeting Policy & Strategy Debate
• 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Exhibit Hall TEAR DOWN - Regency CD
• 10:00-12:00 AM Pick up Art Purchased - Regency CD
• 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Following Meetings
  • Foundry Results Summary - Gilpatrick AB
  • Artemis Project Workshop - Lakeshore A
  • Artemis Project Workshop - Lakeshore B
  • Artemis Project Workshop - Lakeshore C
  • Artemis Program - Executive AB
  • Artemis Program - Executive CD
  • Chapters Central Workshop - Crystal
• 3:00-5:00 PM ? Dead Dog Party - Manager’s Suite, Possibly adjourning elsewhere for food