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We had a very successful symposium. If you would like a
copy of the video or presentations please contact
Tom Hancock - Symposium Chair at
media@usspace50.com
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America in Space Technical Symposium
The Alabama/Mississippi Section - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Marshall Retires
Association, and National Space Club are hosting a once in a life time technical symposium designed to capture
living history from the 1st 50 years of US space exploration.
Technical panels consisting of members of Dr. Wernher von Braun original rocket team, Russian engineers that
developed Sputnik, American engineers from the Jupiter, Redstone, Apollo, Space Shuttle and Ares 1 programs
will share experiences and insights.
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Special Dinner Programs - Living History
On February 1st
Oral Histories of US Rocketry - the 1st 50 years
Key figures from the 1st 50 years
Dinner and panel discussions under the newly
restored Saturn V. People will be invited to ask
questions to panel members.
On February 2nd
The von Braun Rocket Team - A Look Back
Dinner and panel discussions under the newly
restored Saturn V. People will be invited to ask
questions to panel members.
Location
The symposium will be held at the new Davidson Center museum, part of the US Space and Rocket
Center in Huntsville Alabama. The Davidson center is the new home of the 1st Saturn V rocket.
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Registration
Fees
Symposium Only
$100 February 1 and 2, 2008
$75 One Day Registration
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Contact us: media@usspace50.com
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Birth of the US Space Program
At 10:48 P.M. EST on 31 January 1958 Explorer-I,
officially known as Satellite 1958 Alpha was launched from Cape
Canaveral (now Cape Kennedy) in Florida by the Jupiter-C vehicle--a
special modification of the Redstone ballistic missile--that was
designed and built in Huntsville Alabama under the direction of Dr.
Wernher von Braun. The Jupiter-C, a direct descendant of the German
A-4 (V-2) rocket, was originally developed in 1955-1956 as a
high-performance rocket for testing purposes.
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America In Space
Technical Symposium
50 Years of United States Space Exploration
February 1st and 2nd, 2008
Davidson Center, US Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Agenda
February 1, 2008
7:00 Registration Begins
8:00 Welcome
8:30 Memorial Loss of Columbia, Challenger, Apollo 1
9:00 - Panel - SATURN V and Shuttle launches - astronauts
11:30 Panel - Apollo Lunar Rover - Builder and Driver Points of view
1:00 Panel - The Evolution and Development of the Saturn Launch Vehicles Family
6:00 Dinner panel - Oral Histories of Rocketry - Growing Up in the Rocket City
Dinner and Panel Under the Saturn V
9:30 Movie "In The Shadow of The Moon"
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2008
7:00 Registration Begins
8:00 Panel - Sputnik and Explorer 1 design, construction and launch challenges -
Redstone Rocket
10:00 Panel - Development of the Space Shuttle
12:30 Panel - Infrastructure for Human Space Flight
2:00 Panel - Post-Saturn activities - Skylab, Spacelab
3:45 Panel - Rocket engines for the Saturn and Ares
5:15 Panel - Technical Brief- Constellation Program
7:00 Dinner - The von Braun Rocket Team - A Look Back - Dinner and Panel - Under the
Saturn V
9:00 Closing Remarks
Confirmed
Speakers
Original
German rocket
pioneers,
US engineers,
managers from
Redstone,
Apollo, Space
Shuttle and
Ares projects
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Marshall Retires Association
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US Space
History
References
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All Data
Copyright 2008
By Thomas M. Hancock III
All Rights Reserved
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