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21 Oct 2008: Session 1: Ares - A Project Making Progress | Luncheon: Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator | Session 2: Constellation: Enabling Research and Discovery | Session 3: Huntsville and the U.S. Space Program - An Historical Perspective
22 Oct 2008: Session 4: What's Ahead for the Space Program with a New Administration and Congress? | Session 5: Industry Perspective and the Future of Exploration

2008 Von Braun Memorial Symposium Session 1: Ares - A Project Making Progress

  • Moderator: Steve Cook, Ares Projects Manager, MSFC
  • The Ares Projects: Back to the Future – Steve Cook
  • Ares I Booster Status and Progress – Fred Brasfield, Ares I First Stage Program Manager, ATK
  • Ares I Upper Stage Status and Progress – Danny Davis, Ares I Upper Stage Program Manager, NASA MSFC
  • Ares I Instrument Unit Status and Progress – Dwight Potter, Ares I IUA Program Manager, The Boeing Company
  • J-2X Status and Progress – Walt Janowski, Deputy Program Manager, J2X Engine, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
  • Ares I/Orion Integration Approach – Jim Reuter, Vehicle Integration Manager, MSFC
  • Ares I Integrated Test Approach – Jim Taylor, Flight and Integrated Test Manager, MSFC

Steve Cook, “The Ares Projects: Back to the Future”

Fred Brasfield, “Ares I Booster Status and Progress”

Danny Davis, “Ares I Upper Stage Update”

Dwight Potter, “Ares I Instrument Unit Status and Progress”

Walt Janowski, “J2-X Status and Progress”

Jim Reuter, “Ares I Integration Approach”

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Aug 9-13 — AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
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Oct 12-16 — International Astronautical Congress
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Online registration now open.
Daejeon, Korea

Oct 20-21 — 2nd Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium
Von Braun Center
Huntsville, Alabama

Dec 2-3 — AAS Imagine ‘09: Ideas at Work
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Feb 5-10 — AAS Guidance and Control Conference
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Feb 14-18 – AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Winter Meeting
San Diego, California

Mar 10-11 — Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
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