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Space Topics: ISDC 2006
The Planetary Society Session Schedule
ISDC 2006 will feature dozens of presentations, panel discussions, interactive
exhibits and activities spanning the entire spectrum of space-related issues.
The theme is "Exploring New Worlds."
Throughout the 4-day event The Planetary Society will host the following
special sessions focusing on planetary exploration.
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PLENARY SESSION (in the Grand Salon) |
9:00 |
Welcome
NSS and The Planetary Society |
9:15 |
Charles Elachi, JPL Director |
| 9:50 |
Solar Sailing |
Louis Friedman, Executive Director, The Planetary Society |
10:00 |
SPACE VENTURING FORUM START |
10:00 |
Elon Musk, President SpaceX |
11:00 |
Space Venturing Panel |
TBD |
12:00 LUNCH with SpaceShipOne's Burt Rutan
PLANETARY SOCIETY SESSION (held in Gateway Ballroom) |
2:00-3:45
MARS AND VENUS, NEW RESULTS |
| 2:00 |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |
Rich Zurek, JPL, MRO Project Scientist |
| 2:35 |
Planetary Visualization |
Dan Maas, Maas Digital |
| 3:00 |
New Views of Hidden Worlds, including data
from Venus Express |
Kevin Baines, JPL |
3:45-5:00
MARS AND VENUS: POSSIBLE FUTURE MISSIONS |
| 3:45 |
Technology Perspectives in the Future Exploration
of Venus |
Tibor Balint, JPL |
| 4:10 |
Landing Large Landers on Mars, including
Humans |
Rob Manning, JPL |
| 4:35 |
Solar Sailing |
Louis Friedman, Executive Director The
Planetary Society |
| 5:10 |
END SESSION |
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7:00 ORBITS AWARD DINNER WITH DENNIS TITO
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PLENARY SESSION (in Grand Salon) |
9:00 |
Greg Olsen, Private Astronaut
Eric Anderson, CEO Space Adventures |
| 10:00 |
Shana Dale, NASA Deputy Administrator |
| 10:30 |
Centennial Challenge Announcement |
NASA |
10:45-12:00
BACK TO THE MOON, ON TO MARS,
SESSION 1 |
| 10:45 |
Introduction |
Louis Friedman, Executive Director of The
Planetary Society |
| 10:50 |
Current Goals for Human Exploration Beyond
Earth Orbit |
John Connolly, NASA JSC
Chris McKay, NASA Ames
Dietrich Vennemann, ESA |
12:00 LUNCH with Buzz Aldrin
PLANETARY SOCIETY SESSION (in California Ballroom) |
2:00-5:00
BACK TO THE MOON, ON TO MARS SESSION 2 |
| 2:00 |
Current International Mission Planning (Robotic) |
M. Huang, China
N. Bhandari, India
V. Linkin, Russia
D. Vennemann, ESA
Representatives from U.S., Japan, and Europe TBD |
| 4:30 |
Forum: Discussion with Audience |
All |
| 5:00 |
Roundtable: Internationalizing Lunar Goals
and Missions |
J. Connolly, C. McKay, M. Huang, Bhandari,
Vennemann, ESA, Friedman and others TBD |
| 6:00 |
Planetary Society Forum (covering aspects
of The Planetary Society and interaction with audience) |
Planetary Society Directors:
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chairman
Bill Nye, Vice President
Louis Friedman, Executive Director
Bruce Murray, Former Chairman
Chris McKay, Board MemberHeidi Hammel, Board Member |
7:00 DINNER with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Planetary Society Chairman of the Board
and Director of the Hayden Planetarium
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PLENARY SESSION (in Grand Salon) |
| 9:00 |
Bill Nye, The Science Guy |
| 9:45 |
Planetary Visualization |
Dan Maas |
9:45 |
Science Fiction Author Panel |
Greg Benford
Larry Niven and
Jerry Pournelle |
| 10:45 |
“Small Bodies” Panel |
TBD |
| 10:45 |
Stardust Mission |
Andrew Westphal, UC Berkeley |
| 11:15 |
Deep Impact Mission |
Don Yeomans, JPL |
| 11:45 |
Hayabusa Missions |
Junichiro Kawaguchi, JAXA |
| 12:00 |
END OF SESSION |
12:00 LUNCH with Rusty Schweickart on Near Earth Objects
PLANETARY SOCIETY SESSION |
2:00-6:00
OUTER PLANETS EXPLORATION |
| 2:00 |
The Voyager Interstellar Mission |
Ed Stone, Caltech, Voyager Project Scientist |
| 2:35 |
The Pioneer Anomaly |
Slava Turyshev, JPL |
| 3:10 |
Europa and a Possible Mission |
Bob Pappalardo, University of Colorado |
| 3:45 |
Cassini-Huygens Mission to the Saturnian
System |
David Doody, JPL |
4:20 |
New Horizons Mission to Pluto |
Rosaly Lopes, JPL |
5:00 |
Making a Europa Documentary |
Dan Birman, Birman Productions |
5:10 |
Sneak Preview of Upcoming Science Channel
Documentary:“Europa: Mystery of the Ice Moon” |
Dan Birman |
6:00 |
END of SESSION |
7:00 DINNER with Peter Diamandis
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PLANETARY SOCIETY SESSION (in the Grand Salon) |
| 9:00 |
NASA Mars Missions Updates |
Daniel McCleese, JPL, Chief Scientist of
the Mars Program |
| 9:45 |
Astrobiology |
Scott Hubbard, SETI Institute |
| 10:20 |
Search Strategies in the Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence (SETI) |
Seth Shostack, SETI Institute |
| 10:55 |
The Planetary Society Optical SETI Telescope |
Bruce Betts, The Planetary Society |
| 11:10 |
The Art of Star Trek |
Michael Okuda, Rick Sternbach |
12:00 LUNCH, guest Simon "Pete" Worden, Newly Appointed Director NASA
Ames Research Center
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