Conference set for human spaceflight

BOULDER – A local aerospace engineering firm announced Monday it will host a conference on commercial human space flight.

The Commercial Human Spaceflight Technical Forum will be Jan. 12 to 14 in Boulder. It will be hosted by Special Aerospace Services LLC, which is based in Boulder.

The forum will present a focused and concentrated technical agenda, one created for commercial human spaceflight providers and NASA, Special Aerospace Services said on its website. Attendees will gain insight to techniques that will be required to successfully achieve NASA human rating certification and FAA commercial spaceflight licensing.

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Speakers and educators are recognized and sought-after subject matter experts, and include N. Wayne Hale Jr., Jeffrey Ashby, Timothy Bulk and Dr. Alan Stern, the announcement said.

“We are about to enter an exciting phase in human spaceflight,” chief executive Heather Bulk said. “And this is the first time that the leading commercial human spaceflight experts have come together to present a comprehensive training program for this rapidly evolving industry.”

More information is available at www.specialaerospaceservices.com/forum2011.htm.