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Day 1: Keynote Address: Lennard Fisk | Session 1: Space Policy – Expectations and Reality | Session 2: Space Science – the Next Decade | Session 3: Role of Education in American Competitiveness
Day 2: Session 4: Mars – The Best is Yet to Come | Session 5: Space Entrepreneurs | Luncheon Speaker: Andrea Seastrand | Session 6: Exploration – One Year On | Session 7: Earth Science – the Next Decade | Session 8: Report on the Hubble Servicing Mission

Session 4: Mars – The Best is Yet to Come

Moderator: Steven Squyres, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University; Principal Investigator, Mars Exploration Rover Project

Panelists:
David Beaty, Chief Scientist, Mars Exploration Directorate, JPL
Fuk Li, Director, Mars Program, JPL
John Grotzinger, Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology, Geology and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology
Robert Lin, Director, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley

David Beaty, “Mars Science–Where Are Our Discoveries Leading Us?”

Fuk Li, “Mars Exploration Program”

John Grotzinger, “MSL Update”

Bob Lin, “Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN)”

Looking Ahead – Key Space Events

Aug 2-5 — AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Sheraton Centre Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Aug 3-5 — NASA ISS Research Academy & Pre-application Meeting
South Shore Harbour Resort
Houston, Texas

Sep 20-22 — International Symposium on Asteroid Mitigation
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Abstract Deadline August 2

Sep 27-Oct 1 — International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
Prague Congress Centre
Prague, Czech Republic

Oct 10-24 – USA Science & Engineering Festival 
Washington, DC

Oct 25-27 — Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama

Nov 16-17 — AAS National Conference
“ISS: The Next Decade”
Radisson Resort at the Port
Cape Canaveral, Florida

Feb 4-9 — AAS Guidance and Control Conference
Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center
Breckenridge, Colorado

Feb 13-17 — AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Winter Meeting
Lowes New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
Abstract Deadline October 11, 2010

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