Name: Low(er) Cost Space and it's Impact on War
Start: 2025-06-22T12:00:00-0400
End: 2025-06-22T13:00:00-0400

Sunday June 22, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

CC - Mtg Room 5 (Main Event Programming)

Low(er) Cost Space and it's Impact on War. More payloads, cheaper replacements, practical space warfare? Who has the advantage? Stewart Cobb moderates.

Moderators

Stewart Cobb

Stewart Cobb designs satellite navigation systems for a living and reads SF&F for inspiration. He earned a PhD in Aerospace Engineering and holds more than a dozen patents. He's been an Air Force officer and a flight controller for the Space Shuttle, but hasn't yet reached orbit... Read More →

Guests

Charles Prael

Charles Prael is a long-time fan and west coast SMOF of dubious repute, with a resume that looks like a scarf by its length. At the moment I'm launching a hedge fund that will fund several different space/satellite projects, and may wind up paying for a lunar mining base - among other... Read More →

Stephen Fleming

At various times, Stephen Fleming has been paid to be an optical physicist, laser fabricator, software developer, field engineer, product manager, corporate trainer, marketing executive, salesman, general manager, entrepreneur, author, venture capitalist, board member, investment... Read More →

Jeff Greason

I grew up with middle class parents in rural Oregon, with some of my earliest memories being Star Trek, the Apollo 17 launch, and reading classic science fiction. As far as I know, I've always been interested in science and technology. I thought that by the time I was an adult, there... Read More →

Tom Mays

Thomas A. Mays is an active duty Surface Warfare Officer and former Major Command Afloat Captain in the United States Navy. When the day-job permits, Tom writes short stories and novels of military SF, hard SF, space opera, and fantasy for his own Patron Cycle and the CKP 4HU, among... Read More →

Stephen Euin Cobb

Stephen Euin Cobb is an author, novelist, magazine writer, futurist, award-winning podcaster, and host of The Interstellar Research Group's video series “From Here to the Stars,” for which he won the Iridani Award in 2021. For over ten years, he produced a weekly podcast, "The... Read More →

Sunday June 22, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
CC - Mtg Room 5 (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402

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