Consultants:

Richard Boyd - Prior to co-founding 3DSolve, Richard Boyd served as the CEO of 3DVillage, Inc., a company he helped found that was acquired in September of 2001. Prior to that, he was General Manager and VP of Sales for Virtus Corp., where he worked for nearly a decade. In addition to these duties over the years, Boyd has become a highly sought-after industry speaker, logging numerous appearances at key industry conferences such as Comdex, MacWorld, Windows World-London, NCGA, Web3D and the Meckler Virtual Reality conferences. He also spearheaded the effort to use 3D visualization technologies to create virtual environments for movies such as Warner Brothers' feature Fearless, a John Hay film titled The Steal, as well as during the pre-production phase of Brian DePalma's blockbuster Mission: Impossible.

With David Smith, Boyd co-wrote an industry-leading book on VRML technologies that was widely distributed and translated into three foreign languages in 1995. He also currently serves on the Board of the 3D Industry Forum. Boyd is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

3DSolve, The Simulation Learning Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin), creates collaborative simulation learning solutions for government, military, and corporate applications, a market estimated to reach $6.1 billion by 2006. Our simulation learning products use realistic, interactive 3D graphics, based upon industry standards, enabling users to learn by doing. 3DSolve has been named as one of Military Training Technology magazine's Top 100, the "companies that have made a significant impact in the military training industry."

Dan Curry - is a visionary artist/filmmaker and 7-time Emmy winner. He is best known for his work as Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer for the various reincarnations of Star Trek. His work in visual effects and title design has appeared in over 100 feature films, 40 television productions, special venue projects, and interactive games. Dan is current Governor of The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Visual Effects Peer Group. His background also includes teaching Fine Arts and Theatre on the university level and service as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer building small dams and bridges in rural Thailand. Dan remained in Asia doing freelance film, art, architecture, and production design. Dan holds a B.A. in Fine Arts with a minor in Theatre, and an M.F.A. in Film and Theatre. Dan is a member of the Directors Guild of America, The American Society of Cinematographers, The Producers Guild of America, The Visual Effects Society, and is a founding member of the International CG Society.

John Eaves - Production designer John Eaves has had a major impact on the look of the Star Trek universe since 1994. He has designed props and ships for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Star Trek: The Next Generation films, including the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E and Zefram Cochrane's Phoenix. He is currently finishing up work on the new Star Trek movie titled simply, Star Trek due out in 2008. John is a prolific illustrator as well as graphics and special effects designer. IMDB lists he credits on more than 40 Movies and TV series.

On ST:DS9 Eaves was first primarily involved in designing "gadgets" for the series, as well as auxiliary space vessels. He served as Illustrator and then Senior Illustrator on DS9 until the end of the series, and also worked double-duty on the subsequent two TNG films. With Hermann Zimmerman he designed the Sovereign-class Enterprise-E for "Star Trek: First Contact." Eaves was also responsible for designing Earth's first warp-drive vessel, the Phoenix, based on the real-life Titan missile, as well as the Vulcan ship that landed on Earth at the end of the film, and helped conceptualize the look of the Borg Queen. Eaves was Production Illustrator on the fifth Star Trek TV series, Enterprise. The process of designing the ships, sets and other visuals for "Generations" and "First Contact" are described in Eaves' book, "Sketchbook the Movies: Generations & First Contact," which he co-authored with Jeanne M. Dillard.

Here is a list of some of John’s favorite films he’s worked on: Top Gun (1985), The Hunt for Red October (1989), Innerspace (1987), Terminator 2 (1991) Star Trek First Contact (1997), Die Hard 2 (1991), John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars (2001), The Majestic (2000), Santa Clause 3 (2006), Valkyrie (2008) and Star Trek XI (2008)

Richard Godwin – Richard is currently the owner (with his brother) and president of CG Publishing of Toronto, now known as THE space book company, one of its imprints being Apogee Books. Apogee has become the world's most recognized publisher of space exploration books and multimedia. Apogee products are found in schools, libraries, NASA centers, most major book retailers, science museums and online e-commerce websites as well as overseas in many foreign markets.

Richard is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Space Society (NSS) and has served as a Board Director of the Space Frontier Foundation. He is also content editor of Ad Astra Online (a section of Space.com, a large New York-based media website). He has presented his own ideas as both a private lobbyist and as expert witness to a United States Senate Roundtable. He enjoys building or helping to build companies, especially dynamic ones with new ideas and global ambitions.

Richard studied physics, math, economics and engineering and business management and administration. After starting and profitably selling a small chain of fast food restaurants in the north of England and a country hotel, he started Restaurant Design and Supply Company in London, which grew to become an international trading company. The client list included Marriott Hotels, Shell Plc, BP, The British Ministry of Defense, McDonald's Corp, Wendy's International, Burger King, The Savoy, Harrods, The Royal Society and many more. He set up a compact disk trading company that became the largest importer of CDs in the United States with a turnover in excess of $30M. He founded the Griffin Record label and CG Publishing.

Alex Howerton - Alex is currently a Business Development Consultant with American Aerospace Advisors of Radnor, PA. Before this position he worked with the NASTAR Center, or National Aerospace Training and Research Center, in Southampton, PA, as Business Development Manager for Space Training. In that role, he was instrumental in developing, from initial contact through final delivery, the Official Space Training Program for Virgin Galactic’s Founders as they prepare for their historic flight aboard SpaceShipTwo. He also helped develop and coordinate many other space training and research programs for the NASTAR Center, as well as writing a monthly newsletter and press releases, identifying and contacting prospective clients, engaging in contract negotiations and implementation, managing media relations, and many other aspects of growing the business.

Alex has been a successful independent entrepreneur, a desktop publisher, a writer and editor of technical manuals, an end-user computer and helpdesk consultant, a professor of English composition, mythology, and computer applications, and a training professional. He has worked at Microsoft Corporation, Corporate Skills Development, Provia Software (now Infor), Grand Valley State University, Davenport University, and independently.

Beginning in 1992 he published "Space Available: The Space Investors’ Report" and was its publisher, editor and principal author until 1995, when it was acquired by Countdown Magazine. He has written two books on space development. "Free Space: Real Alternatives for Reaching Outer Space" (Loompanics, 1995) is an assessment of the then current private space initiatives. "Project Avalon" (Space Available Press, 1998) is a science fiction novel exploring the ramifications of private space development and the potential consequences to society of not moving swiftly enough to create a spacefaring civilization. Alex has had articles published in Space News, The Futurist, Ad Astra, The Space Review, and many other venues. He has spoken at conferences, and has been interviewed on radio and television. He also founded and was President of the Space Stock Surfers, an investment club focused on the aerospace industry, from 1996 until its disbanding in 2006.

Alex holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan and a Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington.

Larry Larson – Founder of Larry’s Beans. Larry Larson earned a PhD in economics and soon started his first business, Paradigm Coffee House. He later co-founded Java Jive coffeehouses which he later sold to devote himself full time to sourcing and roasting coffee. In 1999, Larry’s Beans became one of the founding members of Cooperative Coffees, the only cooperative of independent coffee companies in the U.S. and Canada that imports green beans directly from fair trade farmers. Larry’s involvement with fair trade transformed him into a business activist, working to prove that capitalism can be a force for good — in terms of social justice and sustainability. He has increased his company’s social impact and aggressively moved to lessen its environmental impact: local deliveries are made by a school bus converted to run on used vegetable oil; Larry’s Beans distributes locally brewed biodiesel 100 from its warehouse, which was recently converted to passive solar; the company also funds sustainabilityschool.org – a web site to introduce people to the pleasures and logic of sustainability. Larry has served two terms as chairman of Cooperative Coffees and serves on the board of the Fair Trade Resource Network.

Edgar Mitchell – On January 31, 1971, Navy Captain Dr. Edgar Mitchell embarked on a journey into outer space that resulted in his becoming the sixth man to walk on the moon.

On his return trip he experienced an extreme and overwhelming aspect of what is now called “The Overview Effect. Scientist, test pilot, naval officer, astronaut, entrepreneur, author and lecturer, Dr. Mitchell's extraordinary career personifies humankind's eternal thrust to widen its horizons as well as its inner soul.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University, a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and a Doctor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.  In addition, he has received honorary doctorates in engineering from New Mexico State University, the University of Akron, and Carnegie Mellon University and a ScD from Embry-Riddle University.

Dr. Mitchell has received many awards and honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the USN Distinguished Medal, and three NASA Group Achievement Awards.  He was inducted to the Space Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1998.  He was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.

After retiring from the Navy in 1972, Dr. Mitchell founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences to sponsor research into the nature of consciousness as it relates to cosmology and causality.  In 1984, he was a co-founder of the Association of Space Explorers, an international organization of those who have experienced space travel.

He is the author of "The Way of the Explorer," 1996, (Third edition, 2006) as well as dozens of articles in both professional and popular periodicals.  He has devoted the last 35 years to studying human consciousness and psychic and paranormal phenomena in the search for a common ground between science and spirit.

Douglas Trumbull - is a legendary filmmaker and visual effects pioneer. He was one of the Special Photographic Effects Supervisors for 2001: A Space Odyssey. He went on to become the Visual Effects Supervisor for such classics as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Blade Runner, each of which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects. Mr. Trumbull directed Silent Running, Brainstorm, Back to the Future...The Ride, and numerous other special format films. He is the recipient of an Academy Award in the area of Scientific and Technical Achievement, as well as the International Monitor Award and American Society of Cinematographers' Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions in the field of filmmaking. Douglas is currently involved in the evolution of visual effects using virtual digital sets and electronic cinematography.

Frank White - is the author of The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution, first published in 1987 and re-issued in 1998. A member of the Harvard College Class of 1966, Frank graduated magna cum laude, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, earning an MPhil in 1969. He is the author or co-author of five additional books on space exploration and the future, including The SETI Factor, Decision: Earth, Think About Space and March of the Millennia (both with Isaac Asimov), and The Ice Chronicles (with Paul Mayewski). He also contributed chapters on The Overview Effect to two recently published books on space exploration, Return to the Moon and Beyond Earth. Frank has spoken at numerous conferences. In 1988, he delivered the keynote address at the International Space Development Conference in Denver. In 1989, he spoke at George Washington University to mark the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. In 2006, the Space Tourism Society awarded Frank a “Certificate of Special Recognition.” He also delivered the keynote address at the first Overview Effect Conference in 2007.

Terri Griffin - Terri Griffin is VP of Corporate Communications for Prodea Systems and Anousheh Ansari’s personal business manager. She has more than 25 years of experience in management, marketing, business development and engineering. In her current role she supports not only the technology company and business affairs for Anousheh but is active in both space and educational initiatives. During Anousheh’s historic flight, Terri was responsible for all communications and worked daily with Anousheh, NASA and the Russian Space Agency.  Prior to Prodea, she was President and Chief Operating Officer at tekVizion PVS, Inc, a telecom systems integration company, software developer and testing facility. Terri was also Director of Marketing at Cisco Systems, responsible for all marketing activities for Cisco’s Southern area with a focus on solutions marketing and selling. Prior to Cisco, she was Vice President of Marketing at Sonus Networks, where she was responsible for the marketing strategy and overseeing all marketing functions. Terri joined Sonus as a result of the acquisition of Telecom Technologies, where she was Vice President of Marketing. In this role, she directed all marketing, product management, and brand-building programs, and was instrumental in the development of Telecom Technologies’ industry-leading partner program. Terri has also held marketing, engineering and management positions at ODS Networks (now Intrusion, Inc.), EMASS (a division of E-Systems), and Raytheon Company. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a minor in computer science from Stephen F. Austin University in Texas.

Mike Moon - Mike is an illustrator specializing in fantasy art. He studied cinema at the University of Southern California, graduated with high honors in computer graphics from Alamance Community College and received both his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Industrial Design from North Carolina State University.

Strategic Alliance - W. H. Platts Company - Letter of intent from W.H. Platts, East coast “Flagship” distributor for Panasonic, to provide all technology and support for fifty venues. (Available on request).