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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 2: Constellation: Enabling Research and Discovery

  • Moderator: N. Wayne Hale, Jr., Deputy Associate Administrator for Strategic Partnerships, NASA HQ
  • Constellation – Dale Thomas, Deputy Manager, Constellation Program, NASA MSFC
  • Ares V Update – Phil Sumrall, Manager, Ares Project Advanced Planning, NASA MSFC
  • Science and Exploration – John Horack, Director, Science and Mission Systems Office, NASA MSFC
  • Altair Report – Clinton Dorris, Deputy Project Manager, Altair Project Office, NASA JSC

Wayne Hale, “Why the Moon? Enabling Research and Discovery”

Dale Thomas, “Constellation: The New Vision for Space Exploration”

Phil Sumrall, “Ares V: Supporting Space Exploration from LEO to Beyond”

Ares V: Supporting Space Exploration from LEO to Beyond

Clinton Dorris, “Altair: Constellation Returns Humans to the Moon”

Altair: Constellation Returns Humans to the Moon
Looking Ahead – Key Space Events

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 3-5 — 2010 SEASONS Conference
JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, Maryland

Nov 5-7 — SEDS-USA National Conference
“SpaceVision 2010″
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

Mar 15-17 — Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

Mar 30-31 — 49th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
Greenbelt Marriott
Greenbelt, Maryland

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