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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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| 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. |








| Confirmed Speakers Original German rocket pioneers, US engineers, managers from Redstone, Apollo, Space Shuttle and Ares projects |







| Marshall Retires Association |


| US Space History References |


| All Data Copyright 2008 By Thomas M. Hancock III All Rights Reserved |