Astronauts and Robots: Partners in Space Science and Exploration

Astronauts and Robots: Partners in Space Science and Exploration
May 12-13, 2015
Theodore von Kármán Auditorium – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California

Program

Conference program

Tuesday, May 12

7:15 AAS Corporate Members Breakfast (Invitation Only)

7:30 Registration Opens / Networking / Continental Breakfast

8:30 Welcome and Announcements
Walt Faulconer, AAS Executive Vice President

8:45 JPL Welcome and Update
Charles Elachi, Director – Download | View on SlideShare

9:15 Keynote – Astronauts and Robots: Pathfinders to Mars
Jim Bell, Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University; President, Board of Directors, The Planetary Society

9:45 Break

10:00 Astronauts and Robots Working Together: Personal experience and looking to the future
John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for Science, NASA HQ – Download | View on SlideShare

10:45 NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Program Update
Jason Crusan, Director, Advanced Exploration Systems Division, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA HQ

11:30 Awards Lunch and Conversation with the JPL Mars Program Team
Fuk Li, Director for Mars Exploration; Ashwin Vasavada, MSL/Curiosity Project Scientist; Matt Wallace, Mars 2020 Deputy Project Manager – Download | View on SlideShare; and Jim Watzin, Director, Mars Exploration Program, NASA HQ

12:00 to 1:00 – award presentations and conversation with Mars Team

1:00 Integration of Robotic and Human Exploration
Moderator: Scott Hubbard, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University – Download | View on SlideShare
Panelists:

  • Ashwin Vasavada, MSL/Curiosity Project Scientist, JPL
  • William Clancey, Senior Research Scientist, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
  • John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for Science, NASA
  • David Des Marais, Principal Investigator, Astrobiology Institute, NASA ARC – Download | View on SlideShare
  • Jennifer Trosper, Curiosity Deputy Project Manager, JPL

3:00 Break

3:15 Destination Mars: Pathways
Moderator: John Baker, Manager, Human/Robotic Systems Engineering Office, JPL
Panelists:

  • John Guidi, Deputy Director, Directorate Integration Office, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA HQ – Download | View on SlideShare
  • Mike Gernhardt, Manager, Environmental Physiology Laboratory, NASA JSC – Download | View on SlideShare
  • Lou Friedman, Executive Director Emeritus, The Planetary Society – Download | View on SlideShare
  • Joe Parrish, Deputy Manager, Mars Program Formulation, JPL
  • Steve Stich, Director for Exploration, Integration and Science, NASA JSC – Download | View on SlideShare

5:15 Networking Reception with Movies
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Wednesday, May 13

7:30 Registration Opens / Networking / Continental Breakfast

8:15 Opening Remarks:
Rob Ambrose, Chief, Software, Robotics and Simulation Division, NASA JSC – Download | View on SlideShare

8:45 Environment for Pragmatic Realities: Politics, Money and Technology
Moderator: Firouz Naderi, Director for Solar System Exploration, JPL – Download | View on SlideShare
Panelists:

  • Michael Potter, Senior Fellow, International Institute of Space Commerce – Download | View on SlideShare
  • Bill Adkins, Washington Consultant for The Planetary Society; former Senior Staff, House Science Sub-Committee
  • Joel Parriott, Deputy Executive Officer & Director of Public Policy, American Astronomical Society
  • Marcello Coradini, ESA Representative to JPL

10:15 Break

10:30 Roles and Perspectives of the Aerospace Industry
Moderator: Larry James, Deputy Director, JPL
Panelists:

12:15 Lunch and Conversation with JPL’s Dawn Team
Carol Raymond, Dawn Mission Deputy PI – Download | View on SlideShare; Bob Mase, Dawn Project Manager – Download | View on SlideShare; Marc Rayman, Dawn Mission Director and Chief Engineer; and Julie Castillo-Rogez, Research Scientist – Download| View on SlideShare

12:45 to 1:45 – conversation with Dawn Team

1:45 NASA’s Robotic Space Science Program Today: Current status and selected highlights of late-breaking science discoveries
Moderator: Dan McCleese, JPL Chief Scientist
Panelists:

  • Astrophysics – Jonas Zmuidzinas, Merle Kingsley Professor of Physics; Caltech; Chief Technologist, JPL – Download | View on SlideShare
  • Planetary Science – Kevin Hand, Deputy Chief Scientist, Solar System Exploration Directorate, JPL – Download | View on SlideShare
  • Earth Science – Randall Friedl, Manager, Earth System Science Formulation Office, JPL – Download | View on SlideShare
  • Heliophysics – Marco Velli, Professor of Space Physics, Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, UCLA – Download | View on SlideShare
  • Exoplanets – Scott Gaudi, Professor of Astronomy, The Ohio State University – Download | View on SlideShare

3:15 Break

3:30 Future Missions – Confirmed or Nearing Confirmation
Moderator: Jakob van Zyl, Associate Director for Program Formulation, JPL
Panelists:

  • WFIRST/AFTA – Neil Gehrels, Chief , Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, NASA GSFC – Download | View on SlideShare
  • Solar Probe – Steve Arnold, Deputy Business Area Executive, JHU/APL
  • Europa Mission – Bob Pappalardo, Senior Research Scientist and Europa Clipper Pre-Project Scientist, JPL – Download | View on SlideShare
  • SWOT Mission – Tamlin Pavelsky, Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Exoplanet Technology Demo Missions – Gary Blackwood, Manager, NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program, JPL/NASA – Download| View on SlideShare

5:00 Final Thoughts
William Clancey, Senior Research Scientist, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition and Walt Faulconer, AAS Executive Vice President

Closing Reception with Optional Tour of JPL
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