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Does the Final Frontier Have a Future?
Debating America's Next Steps in Human Spaceflight
As the nation faces significant choices about its human space
exploration program, this half-day event provided informed perspectives
from various stakeholders about future options and decisions; ample time
for dialogue between the participants as well as with the audience was
provided.
Held Monday, 2 November 2009 in the Dirksen Senate
Office Building, Washington, DC, the event featured:
1:00 pm
Welcoming Remarks
Bob Dickman, Executive Director, AIAA
1:15
pm Access to LEO
Moderator: Patti Grace Smith, Former FAA
Associate Administrator for
Commercial Space Transportation and
Aerospace Consultant
Featuring
Scott “Doc” Horowitz, President and CEO, Doc’s Aerospace
Ken
Reightler, VP, NASA Program Integration, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Mike
Kahn, VP, Space Launch Systems, ATK
Mike Gold, Director, Washington,
D.C. Area Offi ce, Bigelow Aerospace
Larry Williams, VP, Strategic
Relations, Space Exploration Technologies
James Muncy, President and
Founder, PoliSpace
3:00 pm Heavy Lift and Beyond LEO
Moderator:
Roger Launius, Senior Curator, Division of Space History,
Smithsonian
Institution
Featuring
Stephen Metschan, Co-Founder of the
DIRECT Shuttle Derived Heavy-Lift Vehicle Team - View
Presentation & Download
related video.
Douglas Stanley, Professor, Georgia Institute of
Technology - View
Presentation
Bretton Alexander, President, Commercial Spacefl
ight Federation (invited) - View
Presentation
4:30 pm Closing Remarks
Download the complete audio recordings from the meeting
Photos from the event
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