Dr. Patrick Q. Collins This is Me

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1. 1. www.insidesport.com.au

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   Published on: 7/20/2008   Last Visited: 7/20/2008

   "You can play any sport in orbit, you just have to adjust the rules to zero gravity," says Dr Patrick Collins, director of Space Future Consulting and economics professor at Azabu University in Japan.
   
   Once an object like a football is moving, for example, it won't stop until it hits another object because there is no gravity to drag it down to the ground.This means ball games will be played in three dimensions (forward/back, side-to-side and up/down) and give a whole new meaning to "up there Cazaly".
   
   Novel ways will also have to be developed for players to move across open space."If you are floating in the middle of a stadium, you can't run because there is nothing for your feet to grip," says Dr Collins."The best way to move is for team mates to propel you.Of course, when you are touching a wall, you can use it to propel yourself by pushing against it," he says.

2. 2. archive.thespaceshow.com

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   Published on: 2/16/2008   Last Visited: 2/16/2008

   Guest: Dr. Patrick Collins
   
   Tonight you will hear the very first Space Show program featuring Dr. Patrick Collins on the subject of space tourism.This program was recorded live on June 13, 2001 when the program was known as "Business Without Boundaries" and is slightly less than one hour in length.As you listen to this show, consider the state of space tourism in 2001 as discussed by Dr. Collins and the current state of space tourism.Is there progress, much progress or just marginal progress?What do you think?If you want to send a note to Dr. Collins, do so through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.
   
   About our guest ...
   
   Dr. Patrick CollinsDr. Patrick Collins is an exceptionally well known and respected authority on space economics, space tourism, reusable launch vehicles, and space solar power.To mark this 300th Space Show broadcast, Dr. Collins joins us again to discuss space tourism, space economics, space solar power and much more.Dr. Collins was the initial guest on The Space Show and also the 100th guest on The Space Show.He is a professor of economics at Azabu University in Japan, and a Collaborating Researcher with the Institute for Space & Astronautical Science, as well as adviser to a number of companies.
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   Dr. Collins performed the first market research on space tourism in Japan in 1993, and in the USA in 1995 and it has been very satisfactory for him to see his results confirmed by Nasa-funded studies performed in last two years.In addition, Dr. Collins is the co-founder of Space Future Consulting, which maintains the Spacefuture.com website among other activities.Space Future Japan recently opened and is making great progress in the country, especially among young people.Dr. Collins will update us on this exciting development.He is closely involved with Japanese work on space tourism and space solar power, subjects which are gradually getting more and more attention.Dr. Collins is widely published, including Aviation Week, he spoke a the AIAA Wright Brothers Centenary Celebration in Dayton Ohio and it is an honor and privilege to have him return to The Space Show.

3. 3. Space Future - The Prospects for Passenger Space Travel

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   Published on: 2/1/2001   Last Visited: 3/15/2008

   Professor Patrick Collins
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   Patrick Collins is Professor of Economics at Azabu University, and a Guest Researcher at both the Institute of Space & Astronautical Science (ISAS) and the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) in Japan.
   
   Born in Sussex, England in 1952 he graduated from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences and Economics in 1976, and received his MSc from Imperial College in 1978.Working at Imperial College Management School until 1991, the major focus of Professor Collins' research for the past 25 years has been the potential for commercialisation of space activities - concentrating on passenger space travel and power from space.
   
   Professor Collins has published over 100 papers on these subjects; he wrote the first doctoral thesis on the economics of power from space; he carried out the first market research on the demand for space tourism; he co-authored the first book on the subject; and he is a key figure in both the Japanese Rocket Society's Space Tourism Study Programme and the 'SPS 2000' Project to develop a pilot plant to deliver power from space.In 1997 he co-founded the web-site www.spacefuture.com which is the main on-line archive of information on these subjects, and of which Space Future Consulting is the commercial arm.