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 5: Industry Perspective and the Future of Exploration

  • Moderator: Jack Lee, NASA, retired
  • Jim Chilton, Vice President, Exploration Launch Systems, The Boeing Company
  • Michael Rudolphi, Vice President, Launch Systems Site Operations and Integration, ATK
  • Ron Wetmore, Vice President, Human Space Flight, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
  • Rick Bachtel, General Manager, Alabama Operations, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
  • Lawrence H. Williams, Vice President, Strategic Relations, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)

Jim Chilton, “Exploration: An Industry Perspective”

Michael Rudolphi, “Space Exploration… Going Beyond Earth Orbit”

Ron Wetmore, “Industry Perspectives on the Future of Exploration”

Rick Bachtel, “Perspective on the Future of Exploration”

Lawrence Williams, “Von Braun Symposium 2008: SpaceX”

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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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