Launching the Future in Space Exploration

4th Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium
Launching the Future in Space Exploration   October 24-26, 2011
 
Chan Auditorium, Business Administration Building, The University of Alabama in Huntsville

An AAS Symposium organized in conjunction with the The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville National Space Club and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
 

Media Sponsor - Space News, Co-sponsored by: The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Teledyne Brown Engineering, UAHuntsville.

Monday, October 24
 
5:30 pm          Kick-off Networking Reception
                        - University Center, Exhibit Hall
                     
Tuesday, October 25
 
7:30 am          Registration Opens / Networking / Continental Breakfast
                        - Business Administration Building, Lobby
 
8:30 am          Welcome to Campus  - Chan Auditorium
            President, UAHuntsville
                               
            Remarks by AAS President
            Frank Slazer, Aerospace Industries Association

                          
8:45 am          Marshall Update � Requirements and Challenges 
                        Robert Lightfoot, Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
 
9:00 am          Report from Headquarters
            Christopher Scolese, Associate Administrator, Office of the
            Administrator, NASA Headquarters 
 
9:45 am          Break 
 
10:00 am        Panel:  NASA's Exploration Roadmap - Space Launch System
                                       (SLS) and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Programs
 
Moderator: 
--  Daniel Dumbacher, Human Exploration Capabilities Program Director (acting), NASA HQ
 
Panelists:  
--  Daniel Dumbacher, Human Exploration Capabilities Program Director (acting), NASA HQ
--  Todd May, Manager, Space Launch System Program, NASA MSFC  
--  Mark Geyer, Orion Program Manager, NASA JSC  
 
10:45 am        Panel:  Industry's Input for a Sustainable Exploration Program
 
Moderator: 
--  Daniel Dumbacher, Human Exploration Capabilities Program Director (acting), NASA HQ
 
Panelists:  
 
--  Jim Maser, President, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne  
--  Jim Chilton, Vice President/Program Manager, Exploration Launch Systems, The Boeing Company
--  Martin McLaughlin, Director, Space Exploration Systems, Northrop Grumman
--  Cleon Lacefield, Vice President and Program Manager, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Lockheed Martin  
--  ATK  
--  Julie Van Kleeke, Vice President, Space and Launch Sysstems, Aerojet
                       

12:15 pm       Luncheon   University Center, Exhibit Hall

                       Guest Speaker:  William Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator for

                                                     Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) 

                        Student Poster Displays  
 
1:45 pm          Panel:  Energizing Commercial Space
                                       
Moderator:  TBD
 
Panelists:   
--  Keith Reiley, Program Manager, Commercial Crew Development, The Boeing Company 
--  Teresa Vanhooser, Manager, Flight Programs & Partnerships Office, NASA MSFC  
--  Frank Culbertson, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Manager, Advanced Programs Group, Orbital Sciences Corporation 
--  Sierra Nevada Corporation  
--  SpaceX
--  Bigelow Aerospace  
 
3:45 pm          Break
 
4:00 pm          Panel:  Integrating Robotic and Human Exploration
 
Moderator: 
-- Daniel Schumacher, Manager, Science & Technology Office, NASA MSFC
  
Panelists:
--  Suzy Young, Director, Advanced Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center
--  Brian Muirhead, Chief Engineer, Mars Science Laboratory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
--  Rob Ambrose, Deputy Division Chief, Automation, Robotics and Simulation Division, NASA JSC
--  Corky Clinton, Deputy Manager, Science & Technology Office, NASA MSFC  
 
5:45 pm          Reception & Student Poster Displays 
- University Center, Exhibit Hall
 
Wednesday, October 26
 
7:30 am          Registration Opens / Networking / Continental Breakfast
          - Business Administration Building, Lobby
 
8:30 am          Panel:  Military Space Initiatives 
 
Moderators: 
--  Mark Swinson, Director of Space and Cyberspace Technology Directorate, Space and Missile Defense Command 
--  Susan Campbell, Director Space, PEO Missiles and Space
 
Panelists:
--  Low Cost Launch - John London, Space and Cyberspace Technology Directorate, Space and Missile Defense Command
--  Multipurpose NanoMissile System (MNMS) - Tim Pickens, Commercial Space Advisor, Chief Propulsion Engineer, Dynetics
--  Collaboration with Academia - John Horack, Vice President for Research, UAHuntsville 
--  Fast-SAT and ARC-SAT - Marty Kress, Executive Director, Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation
--  Space and Missile Defense Command - Operational Nanosatellite Effect (SMDC-ONE) - David Weeks, Space and Cyberspace Technology Directorate, Space and Missile Defense Command
--  Kestrel Eye  - Richard White, Space and Cyberspace Technology Directorate, Space and Missile Defense Command
 
10:15 am        Break
 
10:30 am        Panel:  National Institute of Rocket Propulsion Systems
 
Moderator:
--  Dale Thomas, Associate Director Technical, NASA MSFC   

Panelists:  TBD
 
12:00 pm        Luncheon   University Center, Exhibit Hall       
            Guest Speaker:  General Kevin P. Chilton, USAF (Ret.)  
 
            Announcement of Student Poster Awards 
 
1:30 pm          Panel:  Space Policy - Where Are We Now?
 
Moderator:
--  Elizabeth Newton, UAHuntsville Policy Research Program  
 
Invited Panelists:
--  Joan Johnson-Freese, Naval War College   
--  Damon Wells, Senior Policy Analyst, OSTP 
--  Chiraq Parikh, Director of Space Policy, NSC 
--  Dick Obermann, Minority Chief of Staff, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology 
--  Jeff Bingham, Senior Advisor, U.S. Senate 
--  Todd Stiefler, National Security Staffer for Senator Shelby 
Mark Dawson, Legislative Director for Rep. Aderholt  
           
3:30 pm          Winning Student Poster Displays  - Lobby
 
3:45 pm          Adjourn          
 
 
WERNHER VON BRAUN MEMORIAL DINNER
- New Davidson Center at the US Space and Rocket Center
 
5:30 pm          Reception
 
7:00 pm          Dinner
            Keynote Speaker: Robert Crippen, former astronaut and test pilot; retired Navy captain; former director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center; former president of Thiokol Aerospace Group
 
Note:  The dinner is a separate event and is not included as part of the symposium registration.  For information on the dinner go to www.spaceclub-hsv.org
 
 Register online now at
 www.astronautical.org   
4th Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium

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0 #1 Joseph A. Salmon, jr 2011-09-19 06:32

Subject: "Living On Earth: NASA's Plan for a Mega Rocket". I propose several to many "Star Trek"-like scripts/screenplays for movies,document aries, films about the project and asking the U.S. Attorney General to require British Petroleum/"Big Oil" to fund a major "trust fund" for U.S. alterntive/renewable energy research for decades to come. Please help me in a professional manner with these proposals.

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