Does the Final Frontier Have a Future?
Debating America's Next Steps in Human Spaceflight
As the nation faces significant choices about its human space exploration program, this half-day event provided informed perspectives from various stakeholders about future options and decisions; ample time for dialogue between the participants as well as with the audience was provided.
Held Monday, 2 November 2009 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, the event featured:
1:00 pm Welcoming Remarks
Bob Dickman, Executive Director, AIAA
1:15 pm Access to LEO
Moderator: Patti Grace Smith, Former FAA Associate Administrator for
Commercial Space Transportation and Aerospace Consultant
Featuring
Scott “Doc” Horowitz, President and CEO, Doc’s Aerospace
Ken Reightler, VP, NASA Program Integration, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Mike Kahn, VP, Space Launch Systems, ATK
Mike Gold, Director, Washington, D.C. Area Offi ce, Bigelow Aerospace
Larry Williams, VP, Strategic Relations, Space Exploration Technologies
James Muncy, President and Founder, PoliSpace
3:00 pm Heavy Lift and Beyond LEO
Moderator: Roger Launius, Senior Curator, Division of Space History,
Smithsonian Institution
Featuring
Stephen Metschan, Co-Founder of the DIRECT Shuttle Derived Heavy-Lift Vehicle Team - View Presentation & Download related video.
Douglas Stanley, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology - View Presentation
Bretton Alexander, President, Commercial Spacefl ight Federation (invited) - View Presentation
4:30 pm Closing Remarks
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