Sorry for the delay in getting this out; I had run out of synthroid and was beset by allergies at the same time...I set aside these two presentations to summarize so that I could discuss them at the same time.
I will add my own thoughts in italics
Space
I have always argued that the future of mankind demands that we colonize space, so these two presentations really caught my attention. In addition, one of these was tied in my mind for the best presentations that I saw: Rick Tumlinson of SpaceFund, the other was by Lea Thompson (@steemonboarding, @coruscate), who made her presentation on How to Have a Meaningful Conversation on Crypto (see the Day One Overview for that summary)
David Forman CEO of Cascade Systems Co-Founder of SpaceBridge Logistics
The aerospace industry revolution correlates with the blockchain and industrial revolutions
At present, there are 11,000 satellites that are planned to be launched in the next decade
This is compared to the 1,100 satellites that are currently in orbit
One of the benefits of this is that the Earth will be served by a global broadband network which will be faster than out our present fiber optic networks
A problem exists in that there are multiple conflicting standards being used to launch
Spacebridge logistics will use block chain to resolve that by providing a "common layer of truth"
Coming from my own studies in homeland security, I can tell you that there is a huge problem in interoperability when different organizations are working together...I can easily see the transition in thinking to the problems that occur when people try to use different tech standards on a common project
I would say that David's approach is similar to the "plug and play" interfaces that made Windows so well used
NASA built the framework which now facilitates private investment
Raised over 50 million dollars
Every advancement in space leads to benefits on earth
A bigly interesting presentation --if anyone wants to fund me for the Space Settlement Conference, I will take video and do the same kind of writeup to share here on Steemit
One more post to come with a summary of the social events (that I actually went to) and how I followed up (or didn't ;>). The GBB meeting was a great experience!
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