MSRP NEXT MEETING

The Board of Directors of the Missile, Space and Range Pioneers meet monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 5:30 PM at Brano’s Restaurant, Cocoa Beach.  Board meetings are open to all members and interested guests.   Currently the board is working on planning our next event, setting up a foundation to support college projects and more.

Spring Banquet 2017  included great presentations on Moon Express, Martian Brick making and more.

Former Florida Tech Student, Alex Light explains Mars Brick making project. Alex Light answers questions about Martian Brick making project. Missile, Range and Space Pioneers Spring Banquet 2017 MSRP Spring banquet 2017. Space Pioneers, Vice President, Chelsea Partridge introduces Key Note Speaker Dr. Bob Richards from Moon Express Dr. Bob Richards explaining Moon Express to the Missile, Space and Range Pioneers at the Spring Banquet. Dr. Bob Richards explains were all in one big connected universe and need to explore. Dr. Bob Richards shows simulations of Moon Express Rover to the Space Pioneers at the Spring 2017 Banquet. The Missileer's really enjoyed the Moon Express presentation

Dr. Bob Richardson, CEO and Founder of Moon Express answers questions about the Moon Express upcoming launch.Alex Light, Chelsea Partridge and Dr. Bob Richards close out the 2017 Space Pioneers Spring Banquet showing their new lifetime membership.

Bob Richards Moon ExpressMOON EXPRESS FOUNDER AND CEO BOB RICHARDS TO HEADLINE SPACE PIONEERS BANQUET

Moon Express Founder and CEO Bob Richards will be speaking at the Missile, Space, and Range Pioneers (MSRP) Spring Banquet. Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards is a space entrepreneur and futurist. He is a Co-Founder of the International Space University, Singularity University, SEDS, the Space Generation Foundation and Moon Express, Inc. a space transportation and lunar resources company located at Cape Canaveral, where he currently serves as President and CEO. Bob chairs the Space Commerce Committee of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, serves on the board of the Space Foundation, and is a member of the International Institute of Space Law.

The MSRP Spring banquet is June 2, 2017 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Cocoa Beach and is open to the public. The banquet includes a sit-down dinner and a cash bar. Social starts at 5:30 pm, with dinner served at 7:00 pm.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED! SEATING IS LIMITED!

Student and

Active Military Tickets

$35.00


Meal Selection


MSRP

MEMBERS Tickets

$45.00


Meal Selection


Non-Member

Tickets

$60.00


Meal Selection


Moon Express LOGOMORE ON BOB

AND MOON EXPRESS

Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards is a space entrepreneur and futurist. He is a Co-Founder of the International Space University, Singularity University, SEDS, the Space Generation Foundation and Moon Express, Inc. a space transportation and lunar resources company located at Cape Canaveral, where he currently serves as President and CEO. Bob chairs the Space Commerce Committee of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, serves on the board of the Space Foundation, and is a member of the International Institute of Space Law. As Director of the Optech Space Division from 2002-2009, Bob led the company’s technology into orbit in 2004 and to the surface of Mars in 2007 aboard the NASA Phoenix Lander, making the first discovery of falling Martian snow. Bob studied aerospace and industrial engineering at Ryerson University; physics and astronomy at the University of Toronto; and space science at Cornell University where he became special assistant to Carl Sagan. Bob is an evangelist of the “NewSpace” movement and has been a catalyst for a number of commercial space ventures. He is the recipient of the K.E. Tsiolkovski Medal (Russia, 1995), the Space Frontier “Vision to Reality” Award (USA , 1994), the Arthur C. Clarke Commendation (Sri Lanka, 1990) and Aviation & Space Technology Laurel (USA, 1988). He is a contributing author of “Blueprint for Space” (Smithsonian Institution 1992); “Return to the Moon” (Apogee Books 2005) and “The Farthest Shore” (ISU Press 2009). In 2005 Bob received a Doctorate of Space Achievement (honoris causa) from the International Space University for “distinguished accomplishments in support of humanity’s exploration and use of space.”

NEXT REGULAR MEETING is the monthly Board of Directors meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 5:30 PM at Brano’s Restaurant on A1A in Cocoa Beach.  Board meetings are open to all members and refreshments are served.

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SPACE PIONEERS 50th ANNIVERSARY A BIG SUCCESS

What a WONDERFUL night thanks to Fred Haise, Bob Cabana and volunteers of the Missile, Range and Space Pioneers.  Nice to see so many long time friends and next generation Space Pioneers. 

Space Pioneers Dinner Lee Solid and Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise Space Pioneers Dinner Space Florida Patrick McCarthy and college students 50th Anniversary Space Pioneers Dinner George English and Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise 50th Anniversary Space Pioneers Dinner Student Robot 50th Anniversary Space Pioneers Dinner Student CubeSat Presentation 50th Anniversary Space Pioneers Dinner President Bill Allen Royal Aeronautical Society Member 50th Anniversary Space Pioneers Dinner President Bill Allen and General Wayne Monteith commander 45th Space Wing 50th Anniversary Space Pioneers Dinner Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise, CCI President Jim Lewis and KSC Director Bob Cabana space-pioneers-dinner-cci-kenny-luby-astronaut-bob-cabana 50th Anniversary Space Pioneers Dinner Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise and KSC Director Bob Cabana 50th Anniversary Space Pioneers Dinner Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise and Student CubeSat 50th Anniversary Space Pioneers Dinner Roger McCormick MSRP 50th Anniversary Space Pioneers Dinner Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise NASA Mike Curire

FRIDAY 21 October 2016.

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Courtyard Hotel is located at off A1A in Cocoa Beach, FL.

The event is open to the public.

The Banquet will include a sit down dinner and cash bar. Social hour starts at 5:30PM with dinner served at 7PM.

DRESS is BUSINESS CASUAL or COCKTAIL ATTIRE

YOU MISSED IT. OUR NEXT BIG EVENT WILL BE IN THE SPRING OF 2017.

Late / Student and

Active Military

SOLD OUT

Late / MSRP and

Royal Aeronautical Society

MEMBERS Tickets

SOLD OUT

Late / Non-Member

SOLD OUT

Here is what happened at the Pioneers 2015 Fall Event.

Space Pioneers Fall Event Scary Stories from the Rocket Ranch and beyond.

Fall Banquet of the Missile, Space and Range Pioneers was a fun social event . SCARY STORIES FROM THE ROCKET RANCH AND BEYOND

Featured:

  • Josh Jones – Perils of the UNF Space Hardware Club

  • Roy Tharpe – Hit by a SONIC Wave from Titan I

  • Brian Mosdell – A warning in the Delta Blockhouse…”This is going to be BAD!”

  • Greg Devlin – Running from a Titan II, literally 

Members and guests in the audience were given a chance to share their stories as well.