SpaceCom | Space Congress Day 2 Opening Remarks & Keynote Sessions
Opening Remarks
- Suzy Cunningham- Day 1 Synopsis
NASA KSC Update (Video)
- Title: One Place on Earth
Day 2 Overview
- Ryan Brown
NASA Executive Outlook
- Speaker: Casey Swails, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator
- Title/Description: TBD
Opening Keynote (Book Signing to Follow)
- Speaker: Christian Davenport
- Title: Rocket Dreams: An Author's View of the Golden Age of Space Exploration
- Description: The era of space exploration has shifted from a slow, government-dominated enterprise to a high-velocity, globally competitive pursuit powered by commercial innovation, geopolitical ambition, and bold new visions for humanity’s future beyond Earth. Award-winning Washington Post journalist and author Christian Davenport takes us inside the real “space race of today”—from NASA’s Artemis program and China’s accelerating lunar strategy to the Silicon Valley-driven revolution reshaping launch, logistics, in-space manufacturing, and the economics of the cislunar frontier.
- Drawing from exclusive reporting behind the scenes at NASA, the Pentagon, SpaceX, and Blue Origin, Davenport chronicles how a new generation of engineers, entrepreneurs, and national space agencies are reshaping the rules of the game. He examines the strategic tensions emerging as human ambition outpaces policy and regulation, and considers what the rise of commercial space means for national security, global cooperation, and competition for lunar resources.
- This keynote will challenge our understanding of who leads in space, how leadership is earned, and what it means to build a sustainable future beyond Earth. The dreams of science fiction are fast becoming reality—and the decisions we make now will define humanity’s next century.