[SatNews] Presentations, discussions and exhibits are all part of this event's annual meeting...

As the commercial and personal spaceflight industry has developed in recent years, the annual ISPCS meeting has begun to draw the attendance of executives from the multi-national aerospace companies who have long been part of government-sponsored space programs. One such attendee is Tim Luddeke, Director of Strategy and Business Development at ATK, who will be attending his third conference this October. "ATK has been a big part of NASA spaceflight many, many years," said Luddeke. "While the commercial and personal spaceflight industry is somewhat immature, we don't want to wait to the last minute to jump and find out if the water warm or not. Attending ISPCS is an opportunity to be involved in the place where this is really happening, the pointy end of the spear in making this concept a reality."

The theme of ISPCS 2011 is Business at the Speed of Innovation.  The conference will showcase the commercial spaceflight industry's innovations and technologies through presentations, discussions and exhibits. ISPCS 2011 will feature a new indoor Commercial Space Exhibit Hall and a separate symposium room just added to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. ISPCS 2011 will be held October 19-20 during Space Week in New Mexico. ISPCS is organized by the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, a member of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, administered by NASA.