Welcome!  
50 Years in Space
HomeRegistrationProgramTravel & Accomodations  
image
image

Program

Video: Full video presentation of the Fifty Years in Space Conference

Photos: Photos of each session, breaks, and social events are available by clicking on the Event Photos links next to each session/event below, or use the Photo Gallery Index.

Speaker Gallery | Photo Gallery | Videos | Program in PDF format

 
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
   
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Athenaeum, Caltech

Event Photos

Welcome Reception and Registration

Hosts
Ares Rosakis Director GALCIT; Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Dwight Streit Vice President, Northrop Grumman Space Technology


Thursday, September 20, 2007
   
7:30 a.m
Outside Beckman Auditorium

Event Photos

Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Beckman Auditorium
Introduction and Welcome
Jean-Lou Chameau President, California Institute of Technology

Keynote Speaker
Ronald D. Sugar Chairman, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Reflection on Fifty Years in Space
(transcript of remarks, pdf)

9:00 a.m.
Beckman Auditorium

Event Photos

The Story of Space Exploration

Session Chair
Paul Dimotakis Chief Technologist, JPL; John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology

Speakers
Honorable Harrison "Jack" Schmitt Astronaut
How Science High-Jacked the Apollo Program

Ed Stone Director Emeritus, JPL; David Morrisroe Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology
A New View of the Solar System

Gentry Lee Chief Engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate, JPL
The Evolution of Space Engineering

10:15 a.m.

Event Photos

Coffee Break and Model Exhibit
10:45 a.m.
Beckman Auditorium

Event Photos

Panel Discussion: Space and the Environment, Sensible Space Investment

Introduction and Welcome
Charles Elachi Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Moderator
Miles O'Brien Chief Technology and Environment Correspondent, CNN

Panelists
William F. Ballhaus, Jr. President and CEO, Aerospace Corporation
Frank Fernandez Director Emeritus, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Abdul Kalam 11th President of India, Distinguished Professor, IIT
Charles Kennel Professor and Director Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Burt Rutan Founder, President, and CEO, Scaled Composites, LLC
Honorable Andrea Seastrand Executive Director, California Space Authority
12:30 p.m.
Outside Beckman Auditorium

Event Photos

Lunch and Displays/Exhibits
1:45 p.m.
Beckman Auditorium

Event Photos

The Future of Space Exploration I

Session Chair
David Rutledge, Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Kiyo and Eiko Tomiyasu Professor of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

Speakers
Michael Griffin Administrator, NASA
Fifty Years of Space

Yannick d'Escatha President, Centre National d'Études Spatiales
Space to Increase Our Knowledge of the Universe, the French Contribution

Jean-Jacques Dordain Director General, European Space Agency
Discovering Planet Earth and the Universe - An ESA View on Space Exploration

Abdul Kalam 11th President of India, Distinguished Professor, IIT
World Space Vision 2050

3:10 p.m.

Event Photos

Coffee Break and Model Exhibit

3:40 p.m.
Beckman Auditorium

Event Photos

The Future of Space Exploration II

Session Chair
Tom Romesser Vice President, Northrop Grumman Space Technology

Speakers
Ronald Sega Under Secretary, United States Air Force
Enabling Space Exploration

Masato Nakamura Project Manager, Project-C Satellite, Institute of Space & Astronautical Science (ISAS/JAXA)
JAXA's Space Exploration Scenario for the Next Twenty Years

France CÓrdova President, Purdue University
The Next 50 Years in Space: Inspiring A New Generation To Reach For The Stars

Ares Rosakis Director GALCIT; Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
A "Model" Program to Educate Future Space Engineers and Scientists

6:30 p.m.
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Pasadena

Event Photos

Reception and Conference Banquet

Host
Jean-Lou Chameau President, California Institute of Technology

Keynote Speaker
John C. Mather James Webb Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; 2006 Nobel Laureate for Physics
The Next Fifty Years of Scientific Exploration

go to top

Friday, September 21, 2007
   

7:30 a.m.
Outside Beckman Auditorium

Event Photos

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m
Beckman Auditorium

Event Photos

Special Session

A Tribute to Simon Ramo
Alexis Livanos President, Northrop Grumman Space Technology

9:00 a.m.
Beckman Auditorium

Event Photos

The Future of Space Exploration: Industry Perspective

Session Chair
Robert S. Dickman Executive Director, AIAA

Speakers
Elon Musk CEO, SpaceX
The Future of Space Exploration from the Private Sector

David Thompson Chairman and CEO, Orbital Sciences Corporation
From Wall Street to Olympus Mons: Can the
Commercial Space Sector Help Advance Space Exploration?


Joanne Maguire Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
The Next 50 Years in Space

David Whelan Corporate Vice President, Boeing Corporation
Working Together - Future Space Exploration

10:25 a.m.

Event Photos

Coffee Break

10:55 a.m.
Beckman Auditorium

Event Photos

The Future of Space Exploration: Academic and Scientific Perspective

Session Chair
Eugene Tattini Deputy Director, JPL

Speakers
Berrien Moore III Director, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
As Riders on the Earth Together

Jonathan Lunine Professor of Planetary Sciences and Physics, University of Arizona
New Worlds Beyond the Asteroids: The Exploration of Saturn's Moons

Michael Werner Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Closing Keynote Speaker
Neil deGrasse Tyson Director, Hayden Planetarium
Delusions of Space Enthusiasts - Past, Present, and Future

12:30 p.m. Adjourn

Click here for one page pdf of program.

go to top

© Caltech. All rights reserved.   last update: June 16, 2014

 
   
Hosts
Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories
California Institute of Technology
GALCIT
Northrop Grumman Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Conference Chairs

Jean-Lou Chameau
President, California Institute of Technology
Alexis Livanos
President, Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Charles Elachi
Director, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory


Conference Organizers
Ares Rosakis
Director GALCIT, California Institute of Technology
Dwight Streit
Vice President, Foundation Technologies Northrop Grumman Space Technology

 

 
  image
  50 Years in Space

 

50 Years in Space 50 Years in Space