IASSPES

Institute for Advanced Studies in the Space, Propulsion and Energy Sciences

Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum

February 23-25, 2010

Johns Hopkins - Applied Physics Laboratory

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Plenary I

New Directions in Space Science and Technology

Moderator:

Glen A. Robertson (Bio)

President - Institute for Advanced Studies in the Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences

Speakers:

(Pending)

Chris Moore (Invited)

NASA, Headquarters

From Research to Flight:

Surviving the TRL “Valley of Death” for Robotic and Human Space Exploration (abs)

Les Johnson (Bio)

NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center

Transformational Technologies to Expedite Space Access and Development (abs)

John Rather (Bio)

Rather Creative Innovations Group, Inc.

The Historical and Future Economics of Propulsion and Energy Technology:
Trends from 1750 and Projections to 2100 (abs)

Darryl W Webb (Bio)

The Aerospace Corporation

Plenary I I

Reflections on the First Fifty Years of the Space Age and Prospects
for the Next Fifty: An Astrosociological Assessment

Moderator:

Roger Launius (Bio)

Curator - National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution

Panelists:

Reflections on the First Fifty Years of the Space Age ...(abs)

Howard E. McCurdy (Bio)

American University

Leading Spaceflight (abs)

Mark Albrecht (Bio)

USSpace, LLC

Making Spaceflight Policy (abs)

John M. Logsdon (Bio)

George Washington University

Socializing Spaceflight (abs)

Linda Billings (Bio)

George Washington University and NASA's Astrobiology Program

Banquet Dinner Speaker

Unknown Stories from Space

Robert Zimmerman (Bio)

Space Author

SPESIF

IS an international technical forum organized by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences (IASSPES) .*

The SPESIF platform seeks to promote the exchange of information among technologists, academicians, industrialists, and program managers on technical and programmatic issues related to the Space, Propulsion and Energy Sciences.

Among its organizers, conference and session chairs, and attendees, are high-level representatives from industry, government agencies, and institutes of higher learning.

Papers approved for SPESIF are reviewed by the technical staff, Chairs and Co-Chairs and other Committee Members needed for a proper peer review and are published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) in an AIP Conference Proceedings.

Organizing Chair: Glen A. Robertson, 265 Ita Ann Ln., Madison, AL 35757, 256-694-7941

SPESIF-2010 is Organized In Co-Operation with

*IASSPES is a not-for-profit 501c(3) charitable organization.

Donations are tax deductible.

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SPESIF-2009

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