Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium

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“Looking Ahead: The Next Chapter in Space”
October 20-21, 2009
Von Braun Center
700 Monroe Street
Huntsville, Alabama 35801

An AAS symposium organized in conjunction with the Huntsville National Space Club and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Education Sponsor:  Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

Media Sponsor:  Space News

Event Sponsors:  JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory,
ATK, The Boeing Company, Northrop Grumman,
SpaceX, Teledyne Brown Engineering

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Exploration Systems Updates

• Jim Halsell, ATK: Industry Perspective on Exploration, (3.6 MB, .pdf)
• Jim Chilton, Boeing: Ares I Progress: Upper stage and IUA, (2.9 MB, .pdf)
• Larry Price, Lockheed Martin: Taking Exploration Beyond LEO… Safely, (9.5 MB, .pdf)

LRO/LCROSS Update

• Craig Tooley, NASA: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Update, (9.6 MB, .pdf)
• Daniel Andrews, NASA: LCROSS Mission Update, (1.8 MB, .pdf)

Science and International Partnerships

• Andrews Diekmann, ESA: ESA Update, (0.8 MB, .pdf)
• Dan Irwin, NASA: From Space to Village: The Growing SERVIR Program, (3.5 MB, .pdf)

Wednesday October 21

Commercial Space

• Lawrence Williams, SpaceX: Commercial Crew and Cargo to ISS Enables Program for Exploration Beyond, (3.9 MB, .pdf)
• Jason Andrews, Andrews Space: Thoughts on Future Commercial Space Development and NASA Partnerships, (2.2 MB, .pdf)

Technology

• Benjamin Neumann, NASA: Technology, (5.6 MB, .pdf)
• Harold “Sonny” White, Eagleworks Laboratories: Revolutionary Propulsion & Power for the Next Century of Space Flight, (5.8 MB, .pdf)
• Doug Craig, NASA: Terrestrial Applications for Human Space Exploration Technologies, (9.1 MB, .pdf)

WERNHER VON BRAUN MEMORIAL DINNER
New Davidson Center at the US Space and Rocket Center
One Tranquility Base
Huntsville, Alabama 35805

5:30 pm Reception
7:00 pm Dinner

Note:  The dinner is a separate event and is not included as part of the symposium registration.  Click here for information on the dinner