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FUTURE-ORIENTED, SPACE, PROPULSION & ENERGY FORUM FEATURES ENERGY BREAKTHROUGH REPLICATION OF RUSSIAN INVENTION

"A progressive future can only arrive if we envision it first."

For the first time, the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences (IASSPES) led by NASA scientist, Glen Robertson, will feature a breakthrough announcement by Paul Murad, Morgan Boardman and John Brandenburg from Morningstar Applied Physics, Inc. (Vienna, VA) of measurements on their "Morningstar Energy Box" which have replicated a Russian magnetic energy converter (MEC) patented (6,822,361) in 2004. The Morningstar team "found similar phenomenon regarding temperature loss and the discrete magnetic walls during tests of the Energy Box", which consists of a series of rotating, cylindrical magnets around a magnetic ring. These anomalous "magnetic walls" and regions of cool temperature, both occurring in the space surrounding the device, have never been duplicated before by any independent team as the Morningstar Physics team.

The announcement of the Morningstar experiments will be made at the 3rd Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum (SPESIF) on March 15-17, 2011 at the University of Maryland, College Park (Exit 25 off Rt. 495 or Green line of the DC-Metro) hosted by IASSPES, together with other co-sponsoring organizations.

One of the Russian MEC inventors, Sergei Godin, will also be in attendance for the historic event as he has been in the past for presentations on the MEC, for example, at the Joint Propulsion Conference (Salt Lake City, UT) a few years ago as an invited guest of the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Project, formerly led by Marc Millis.

SPESIF fills a need in the energy, propulsion and aerospace industries, as well as various government agencies, to offer a forward-thinking and future-oriented forum to explore new and proposed technologies that will solve the world's growing power and transportation needs, both on earth and toward mankind's future of space exploration. The American Institute of Physics also has published the proceedings of SPESIF in the past.

Besides the co-sponsorship of the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and the Astrosociology Research Institute (ARI), this year SPESIF adds the 4th Conference on Future Energy (COFE4) as a forum sponsored by the Integrity Research Institute (IRI) with focus on energy, propulsion and bioenergetics. Other sponsors include the UMD-SPPL and the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society chapter of Washington/Northern Virginia/Baltimore.

SPESIF2011 includes ~70 speakers covering novel forms of energy generation, space elevators, gravity waves, nuclear, MAGLEV, microthrusters, telomeres, beamed power, asymmetric capacitors, as well as more advanced concepts. Our Banquet features speaker Dennis Bushnell, M.S., Chief Scientist at NASA Langley and Plenary speakers include: Dr. Eric Wachsman – UMD, Jay Falker –NASA lead of NIAC, Harry Partridge – NASA lead of NGCT, David Froning – U of Adeliade, and Scott Kelsey – Missouri State U. Other respective session speakers can be found in the Agenda at: http://www.ias-spes.org/SPESIF2011/AGENDA/2011_Agenda.pdf

A moderate public registration fee ($275) admits the attendee to all sessions to include a low student registration fee of $50. Volunteer opportunities are available. A SPESIF2011 Proceedings CD and COFE DVDs will be available. Exhibit booths are also available on a sliding scale. Press Passes are available with identification. Register online at www.futurenergy.org through a cooperative arrangement between IRI and IAS-SPES or call 888-802-5243.

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For More Information: Contact Dr. Tom Valone, 301-220-0440 or Glen Robertson, 256-694-7941, gar@ias-spes.org or visit the COFE4 website at: www.futurenergy.org or the SPESIF2011 website at: http://www.ias-spes.org/SPESIF.html