List of Speakers Announced for the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference in February
Astronauts, researchers, educators, senior government officials including the director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, Dr. Pete Worden, and the head of the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Dr. George Nield, and representatives from commercial space companies and the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, will be among the speakers at the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference on February 18-20, 2010. The agenda and speaker list for the conference, which will take place in Boulder, Colorado, was publicly released today and is available for download at http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nsrc2010/pdf/program.pdf .
The 2010 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference, which is being convened by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), and the Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF), is intended to allow scientists, engineers, and educators to learn about the research and education capabilities of commercial suborbital spacecraft, and to hear from this broad community on potential research and education applications and user requirements.
The list of sessions for the conference is as follows:
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
- 5:00 pm: Welcome Reception
Thursday, February 18, 2010
- 8:30 am: Opening Session – Welcome and Keynote Speakers
- 10:30 am: Research and Education Capabilities of Next-Generation Suborbital Vehicles Session I
- 12:15 pm: Press Conference
- 1:30 pm: Research and Education Capabilities of Next-Generation Suborbital Vehicles Session II
- 3:30 pm: Payload Specialist and Researchers/Educator Roles in Next-Gen Suborbital Missions
- 4:30 pm: Student Suborbital Experiment Proposals
- 4:30 pm: Commercial Aspects/Other
- 7:30 pm: Public Lectures at the University of Colorado – Fiske Planetarium
Friday, February 19, 2010
- 8:00 am: Astronomy, Solar Physics, and Planetary Science Session I
- 8:00 am: Microgravity Physics Session I
- 8:00 am: Technology Payloads and Symposium on Deployable Vehicles Session I
- 10:30 am: Astronomy, Solar Physics, and Planetary Science Session II
- 10:30 am: Education and Public Outreach Session I (Outreach)
- 10:30 am: Atmospheric, Ionospheric, and Auroral Science Session I
- 2:00 pm: Life Sciences Session I
- 2:00 pm: Education and Public Outreach Session II (Education)
- 2:00 pm: Technology Payloads and Symposium on Deployable Vehicles Session II
- 7:00 pm: NASA Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research (CRuSR) Panel Discussion
Saturday, February 20, 2010
- 8:30 am: Life Sciences Session II
- 8:30 am: Microgravity Physics Session II
- 8:30 am: Atmospheric, Ionospheric, and Auroral Science Session II
- 10:30 am: Desired Next-Generation Vehicle Attributes for Research and Education Missions
- 11:30 am: Closing Session
