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1. 1. www.spaceinvestmentsummit.org

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   Published on: 5/26/2008   Last Visited: 5/26/2008

   Derek Webber
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   Derek Webber is Director of Spaceport Associates, a space tourism consultancy based in Washington DC, and is an Affiliate of SpaceWorks Engineering Inc.
   
   Mr. Webber directed three landmark commercial space forecasting studies - the Futron/Zogby Survey of demand for space tourism amongst millionaires, the ASCENT Study of all space markets for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, and the Adventurers' Survey of opinions of adventure vacationers completed in conjunction with Incredible Adventures.His clients have included Constellation Services International, Transformational Space Corp, and Rocketplane Kistler.Mr. Webber is an active member of the Reusable Launch Vehicles Working Group and the Launch Operations Support Group of the Federal Aviation Administration's COMSTAC Committee, and he provided testimony on the viability of the space tourism industry to the President's Commission on the Future of the US Aerospace Industry.His work includes membership of spacecraft Design Review Boards, planning of space tourism and spaceport business operations, business plan closure and risk assessment, and international negotiation skills.
   
   Mr. Webber's career began as a launch vehicle and satellite engineer in Europe, in what is now EADS/Astrium Space Systems, and then he served successively as Head of Procurement at Inmarsat, (contracting for over a billion dollars worth of satellites and launch vehicles), and as Managing Director of Tachyon Europe (providing broadband access via satellite to countries from Western Europe across the Balkans).
   
   Mr. Webber holds a B.Sc. Honors degree in Physics and Mathematics from Newcastle University (UK), and postgraduate qualifications in Space Science (from University College London, UK), Management (from Westminster University, UK) and Accounting and Finance (from the Association of Certified Accountants, UK).He is a Senior Member of the AIAA, a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, and a member of the adjunct faculty of the International Space University.Mr. Webber has now been an advocate of public space travel, giving radio and TV interviews, presenting papers and chairing panels, for a decade.

2. 2. SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc.

   www.spaceworkseng.com/bios.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/10/2008   Last Visited: 3/10/2008

   Mr. Derek Webber , SEI Affiliate
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   Derek Webber SEI Affiliate
   
   Mr. Derek Webber is an affiliate and technical advisor to SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI).Mr. Webber is currently Director of Spaceport Associates, a space tourism consultancy based in Washington, D.C. Over the last several years, he has directed three landmark studies in commercial space business planning: the ASCENT Study of Space Markets, for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Futron/Zogby Study of Space Tourism Demand, and the Adventurers' Survey which he completed jointly with Incredible Adventures.
   
   Mr. Webber's career began as a launch vehicle and satellite engineer in what is now EADS/Astrium Space Systems.He worked on thermal control system design for a number of satellites, including the Skynet satellite, and on kinetic heating analyses for launch vehicles, including post-flight analyses of telemetry from the Europa vehicle firings from the Woomera range.He became Head of Procurement at Inmarsat, (responsible for contracting over a billion dollars worth of communications satellites, their launch vehicles and ground segment), and Managing Director of Tachyon Europe (providing satellite broadband and Internet access across the continent).Mr. Webber operated a consulting and training company based in San Diego with clients including Comsat Corporation and the then Hughes Space and Satellite Systems.Consulting assignments included PDR, CDR Design Review Board membership, international negotiation skills training, and systems engineering tasks.
   
   Mr. Webber holds a B.Sc. Honors Degree in Physics and Mathematics from Newcastle University (UK), and postgraduate qualifications in Space Science (from University College London, UK) and Management (from the University of Westminster, UK).He is a Senior Member of AIAA, and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.Mr. Webber has been a member of the Adjunct Faculty of the International Space University, and at the US International University in San Diego, where he provided courses on international management.Mr. Webber is an active member of the Reusable Launch Vehicles Working Group and the Launch Operations Support Working Group of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-AST COMSTAC Committee.

3. 3. SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc.

   www.spaceworkseng.com/awards.h - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/28/2007   Last Visited: 3/10/2008

   British Interplanetary Society (BIS) Fellow - Mr. Derek Webber Chairman of Council of United Societies in Space - Mr. Derek Webber
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   Orbit Award recognition by Space Tourism Society for services to formation of space tourism industry - Mr. Derek Webber Member of RLVWG and LOSWG sub-committee of FAA COMSTAC committee - Mr. Derek Webber
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   Member ASTWG, ATWG - Mr. Derek Webber Provided testimony to President's Commission on the Future of the US Aerospace Industry - Mr. Derek Webber Member planning committee and panel Chairs for space tourism and spaceports at ISDC 2005 and 2006 - Mr. Derek Webber Contributed book chapters to "Beyond Earth" and "Kids to Space" - Mr. Derek Webber