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Guests: Tom Olson, Jeff Krukin. Topics: The NewSpace Business Plan Competition for 2013. Please direct all comments and questions regarding Space Show programs/guest(s) to the Space Show blog, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com. Comments and questions should be relevant to the specific Space Show program. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are a violation of our copyright and are not permitted without prior written consent, even if for your own use. We do not permit the commercial use of Space Show programs or any part thereof, nor do we permit editing, YouTube clips, or clips placed on other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted, but the quote must be cited or referenced using the proper citation format. Contact The Space Show for further information. In addition, please remember that your Amazon purchases can help support The Space Show/OGLF. See www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm. We welcomed Tom Olson and Jeff Krukin back to the program to discuss this year's NewSpace Business Plan Competition which will be Oct. 2, 2013 at a place yet to be named in Silicon Valley. Visit their website for more information including competition rules, prize information, and more: www.newspacebpc.com. In the first segment of 95 minute program, Tom and Jeff spoke about this year's competition, why it was delayed and separated this year from the NewsSpace Conference. Tom also mentioned having a focus this year on mining given the commercial interest in asteroid mining. Our guests went over the prizes for this year which are substantially higher than in previous years. There is a $100K first price, a $25K second prize and a $5K specialty third prize. Our guests also talked about the rules but we urge those of you interested in the competition to read the rules posted on the website above to make sure your proposed business meets the guidelines of the competition. Jeff spoke with us about the Boot Camp coaching sessions this year starting a day and half before the Oct. 2 competition. Boot Camp, as you will hear, is not open to the public but the competition on Oct. 2nd is a public event. Listeners asked several logistical questions and Curt wanted to know about recent trends, hot topics and such. We talked about mining, 3 D printing and the need for the projects to be space scalable. Visit http://newspacebpc.com/what-is-space-scalable for information on space scalable as this is an important part of the competition. Those entering the competition have a $50 registration fee. Our guests were also asked about oversight on how the prize money is used by the winners. Larry emailed in to inquire about other national business plan competitions & our guests separated student from pro competitions. The NewSpace competition is a pro business plan competition. During the second part of our program, Allison inquired about the past successes and the start of their commercial ventures and Dave Hook emailed in to inquire about IP protection. Later in the segment, I asked our guests about the competition management which is handled by the Exodus Group. As we were nearing the end of our program, we talked about commercial space trends, how the competition has changed and evolved over the years, and some of the highs and lows for Tom and Jeff with the past conferences. If you have comments/questions about this discussion, please post them on The Space Show blog above. You can reach Tom and Jeff through the competition website.

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15 Jul 2013 Jeff Krukin, Thomas A. Olson
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