Panels  - Last Update: January 27, 2008   

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008                                                       

7:00 Registration Begins        

8:00 Symposium Start
     US National Anthem
     Welcome remarks
     Speakers:
     Thomas Hancock - Symposium Chair
     Dr. Jan Davis Astronaut
     International Space Station Crew
     Alabama Lt. Governor Folsom

8:30 Memorial Loss of Columbia, Challenger, Apollo 1
     Speaker: Art Willett – NASA Shuttle Quality Control
     Speaker: Kevin Ravenscraft – Pastor Madison Bible Church

8:50 Break

9:00 -Panel - SATURN V and Shuttle launches - astronauts
     Chair             Jack Lee
     Speaker:       Charlie Duke – Astronaut Apollo 16
     Speaker:       Jim Halsell  Astronaut - Shuttle
     Speaker:       Bob Springer Astronaut - Shuttle

10:45 Lunch  

11:30 - Apollo Lunar Rover - Builder and Driver Points of view
     MC: Ed Buckbee
     Speaker: Sonny Morea Apollo Lunar Rover Project Manager
     Speaker: Charlie Duke Astronaut Apollo 16 - Lunar Rover Driver
                              
12:45 Break

1:00 Panel - The Evolution and Development of the Saturn
Launch Vehicles Family
     Chair:     Frank Williams

Part 1
     Speaker: Frank Williams - Jupiter-C to J.F.K. Lunar Program
     Speaker: Stan Reinartz - SATURN I / IB
     Speaker: Rein Ise - SATURN V Development

2:15 Break

Part 2 - 2:30 Start
     Speaker: Jim Odom - SATURN V, S-II Stage
     Speaker: Brooks Moore - SATURN Guidance & Control
     Speaker: Bill Sneed - SATURN V Program Success

EVENING of FEBRUARY 1, 2008           

6:00  Dinner panel - Oral Histories of Rocketry - Growing Up in the
Rocket City - Dinner and Panel Under the Saturn V   
     
     MC: Ed Buckbee--NASA Public Affairs Alumni
     Speaker: Dr. Jan Davis
- Look Out Moon , Here Comes  Huntsville
     Speaker: Axel Roth - Huntsville and High School Days in the Early 1950's
     Speaker: Dr. Klaus Dannenberg - The Russians  Are Coming!   -      
                        So Where Is My Dad'?
     Speaker: Konrad Dannenberg - I'm a Dad and  Rocket Scientist

      6:00 -  6:30 social
      6:30 – 7:15 Dinner
      7:15 – 9:00 Speakers and questions

9:15 Break

9:30 Movie "In The Shadow of The Moon" documentary and
discussion with Duncan Copp
MC: Carol Covell

9:30-9:45 Discussion about film with Duncan Copp
9:45         Movie Start
11:30       Questions to Duncan Copp

11:40 Closing Remarks: Tom Hancock - Symposium Chair

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2008  

7:00 Registration Begins        

8:00 Panel - Sputnik and Explorer 1 design, construction and
launch challenges - Redstone Rocket  
                              
     Chair: Viva Austin
     Speaker: Konrad Dannenberg - History of USA Satellite Launches
     Speaker: Michael Baker -  Army's Role in Explorer-1
     Speaker: Heinz Struck - Redstone Modifications
     Speaker: Bob Jaques - Design of Explorer-1 Satellite
     Speaker: Dave Christensen :  Launch of Explorer-1 Satellite
     Speaker: Rick Chappell :  Scientific Results of Explorer-1

9:45 Break

10:00 Panel - Development of the Space Shuttle     
       
     Chair              Mike Tinker                                
     Speaker:        Bob Ryan                                 
     Speaker:        Steve Cash                                 
     Speaker:        Former Astronaut Tom Jones                                 
     Speaker:        Robert Schwinghamer   

11:45 Break

11:45 Lunch

12:30 Lunch Panel - Infrastructure for Human Space Flight  
      
     Chair:        Alan Lawrie & Robert Schwinghamer   
     Speaker:   Jack Conner – Saturn Application
     Speaker:   Robert Schwinghamer  –
     Speaker:   Robert Lightfoot  - Constellation Applications
     Speaker:   Alan Lawrie -    
     Speaker:   Charlie Gillespie  -      

1:45 Break

2:00 Panel - Post-Saturn activities - Skylab, Spacelab
     Chair            Bob McBrayer                                
     Speaker:      George Hardy - Skylab
     Speaker:      Dr. Owen Garriott Astronaut- Skylab         
     Speaker:      Jack Lee - Spacelab  
     Speaker:      Carolyn Griner - Spacelab                              

3:30 Break

3:45 Panel - Rocket Engines for the Saturn and Ares      
     Chair              Terry Abel
     Speaker:        David Christensen
     Speaker:        Richard Brown  
     Speaker:        Rick Bachtel                         
     Speaker:        Michael H. Kynard

5:00 Break

5:15 - Technical Brief- Constellation Program - Ares I and V, Orion
and Lunar Precussor Robotic Landers Development Status
                             
     MC:                    Bob McBrayer
     Speaker:             Rajiv Doreswamy – Ares I and V
     Speaker:             Scott Wilson - Orion
     Speaker:             Sheila Cloud – Michoud Assembly Facility
     Speaker:             Tony Lavoie - Lunar Precursor Robotic Landers

Evening of February 2, 2008
                                 
7:00 Dinner - The von Braun Rocket Team - A Look Back -  Dinner and
Panel - Under the Saturn V  
     MC: Konrad Dannenberg  and Heidi Collier
     Speaker:        Nataliya Koroleva –
Soviet Chief Designer
     Speaker:        Dr. Jesco von Puttkamer - NASA Life: Some    
                   Memorable Personal Highlights through 45 Years
      7:00 -  7:30 Social
      7:30 – 8:15 Dinner
      8:15 -  8:30 Special Awards and Presentations
      8:30 – 10:00 Speakers and Questions

10:00 Closing Remarks: Tom Hancock - Symposium Chair