Schedule
1997
Tuesday, April 29th
8:00 AM

Keynote Address (Introduction Video)

Howell M. Estes III, USAF CINCNORAD, US Space Command Commander, Air Force Space Command

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Challenger Main Ballroom

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM

Panel Session I - Space Successes and Failures

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Challenger Main Ballroom

8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:30 AM

Luncheon

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Holiday Inn, Manatee Ballroom

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
2:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - A Historical Perspective of Robotics Development in the Space Station Program

Trung T. Pham
Kumar Krishen

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room A

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - Launch and Space Systems

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room A

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - Planning for Operations On-Board the International Space Station

Sean M. Fuller, ISS Operations Planning Group NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX 77058
Michael R. Davis, ISS Operations Planning Group NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX 77058
H. Jeffrey Durham, ISS Operations Planning Group NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX 77058

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room A

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - Re-Engineering the Modification Line of Business

Mark Minich

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room A

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - Risks and Trade-Offs for Unproven Launch Vehicles

Philip Chien, Earth News

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room A

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - Technology Transfer in the Space Sector: Implementation and Issues

Vijay Krishen
Trung T. Pham

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room A

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - The Year 2000 Problem

Ellen P. Prince, Senior Project Engineer United Space Alliance Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room A

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Benefits for Mankind

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room B

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Dual Use HRG for Space and Subterranean Applications

Anthony Matthews
Greg Londerville
Guy Thomas Varty

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room B

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - From Technocracy to Venture Firm

Mark Jaster, Technology Program Management Office NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room B

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Medical Spin-Off Benefits of Hubble CCD's

Carolyn A. Krebs, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room B

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Novel Microgravity Materials Processing: Case Study Approach

David A. Noever, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center/ES76 Huntsville, AL 35812

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room B

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - PC's in Space: Priming the Next Generation Astronomers and Scientists

Tom Devlin Ph.D.

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room B

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Recent Space Program Spin-Offs

Don Vargo

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room B

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Spinoffs for Hubble Optics

Robert J. Aronno, Tinsley

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room B

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - Eastern Range Launch Performance 1988-1996: Implications for Modernization

Michael W. Maier

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room C

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - Integrated Resource Management

Richard W. Sirmons
Richard H. Davignon

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room C

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - IPT Paradigm for Long Range Planning

Captain Ron DeLap, Space and Missile Systems Center Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA
Major Scott Suhr, Space and Missile Systems Center Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room C

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - Overview of the USAF Space Structures Technology Program

Ken Qassim, Phillips Laboratory PL/VTS
Kevin Slimak, Phillips Laboratory PL/VTS

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room C

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - Project Apollo & the Cold War: Understanding the Space Race as Ritual Combat

Hal Issen

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room C

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - Revealing the Past

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room C

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - Bridging the Education Gap

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room D

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - Chemical Ecology: A Study of the Bioactivity of Brazilian Pepper Extract

Elizabeth Barile, (Student)

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room D

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - Development of a Low-Cost Elementary School Computer Lab Using Excess NASA Equipment

Daniel Woodard, The Bionetics Corporation, Mail Code BIO-1, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room D

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - Integrating University Space Studies Coursework with the Launch Site Work Environment

Roger Johnson Ph.D., UCF
Roelof Schuiling Ph.D., NASA
Ron Phillips Ph.D., UCF

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room D

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - Irradiation: The Effects on Our Food

Chris Greenstein, (Student)

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room D

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - Marsville - Elementary Students Design a Colony of the Future

Laura Reeves, SPACE Resource Teacher, Office of Technology Transfer for Education Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base Albuquerque, New Mexico

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room D

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - The New Model for Education and Training

David L. Hosley, United Space Alliance

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room D

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - The Physics Teaching Resource Agent Program - A Successful Nationwide Model that has Transformed the Learning and Teaching of Physics and Physical Science

Betty P. Preece, Science Education Consultant 615 N. Riverside Indialantic FL 32903 USA

Holiday Inn, Manatee Room D

2:00 PM
6:30 PM

Space Congress Banquet

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Cruise Terminal #10 Port Canaveral

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM