Tuesday, April 28

Science Fair

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Holiday Inn, Dolphin Room

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - A Strategy for Implementation of Integrated Vehicle Health Management into the Space Shuttle Program

Jack J. Fox, NASA, Kennedy Space Center

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - Flight Opportunities for Commercial Utilization

Kenneth A. Jackson Sr.
Bernard A. Harris

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - New Space Launch Market Needs and Meeting Them

Karen Ramos

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - Technology-Based Business Incubators as a Means of Commercialization and Technology Transfer

Kathleen F. Harer

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-A - U.S. Commercial Space Launch Policy Implementation: Lessons Learned from 1986-1992

Craig R. Reed Ph.D.

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Contracts vs. Commercialization - The Need for Privatization by NASA: A Perspective on ISS Plans for Commercialization Through Privatization

Sid Clinton

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Crew Training for International Space Station: Plans, Concepts and Issues on the Eve of First Element Launch

Ven C. Feng, NASA, Johnson Space Center

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Engineering for the ISS Lifetime

Irene Taylor

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Modeling Methodology: The Use of Vehicle Control System Modeling for the International Space Station (ISS) Program

Scott C. Haase, Boeing
Jimmy L. Williams, Boeing

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - Report on the International Space Station's Planning for Critical Assembly Phase Failures

Anthony J. Butina, International Space Station, Logistics & Maintenance, NASA, JSC
William W. Robbins Jr., International Space Station, Logistics & Maintenance, NASA, JSC

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - The International Space Station Partners: Background and Current Status

Daniel V. Jacobs, Manager, Russian Integration, International Partners Office, International Space Station Program, NASA, JSC

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-B - X-Ray Crystallography Facility Commercial Pathfinder for Space Utilization (IAF Paper)

William McDonald
Johanna Lewis
Craig Smith
Lawrence DeLucas
Michael Kearney
Ken Jackson

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - 1997 Eastern Range Launch Performance

Michael W. Maier

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - Lessons Learned Establishing the Titan IVB Launch System Capability

Daniel C. McAlister, Launch Operations Manager, Lockheed Martin/Launch Operations

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - Meteorological Support to Assure Safe Access to Space

R. W. Taylor, USAF
R. M. Lucci, USAF
S. C. Jacobs, USAF
D. E. Hamms, USAF
A. A. Guiffrida, USAF

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - Space Environments Impacts on Satellite, Radar and Communications Systems

Mike Christie, USAF

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - Technology Advances and Developments in Low Power Gallium Arsenide for Space Applications

C. Cerny
K. Merkel, Space Mission Technologies Division, Phillips Laboratory
A. Wilson, Space Mission Technologies Division, Phillips Laboratory
G. McMillian, Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation
G. Schmidt, Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation
D. Foster, Motorola Inc., Space & Systems Technology Group
R. Bobb
E. Martinez
F. Schuermeyer

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-C - What's Wrong With the Commercial Space Launch Act: A Launch Base Perspective

Wayne Eleazer, USAF

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - A Plan for Small Physics Departments for the Twenty-First Century

J. D. Patterson, Physics and Space Sciences Department, Florida Institute of Technology
J. H. Blatt, Physics and Space Sciences Department, Florida Institute of Technology
M. B. Moldwin, Physics and Space Sciences Department, Florida Institute of Technology
T. D. Oswalt, Physics and Space Sciences Department, Florida Institute of Technology
M. A. Wood, Physics and Space Sciences Department, Florida Institute of Technology

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - An Interdisciplinary Student Payload to Perform Space Based Remote Sensing and to Measure Microgravity and Radiation Effects

Andrew Blitz
Robert Friedfeld
Rolando Branly
Eric Acherman
Joseph M. Ritter
John D. Bickham
John Feranda
Chris Dahl
Chris Theodorakis

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - Internet Science and TechnologyFair

Bruce M. Furino, External Resource Development Manager, University of Central Florida
Joyanne L. Craft, Member of the Technical Staff, Engineer Ground Design & Operations, United Space Alliance

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D - Students Describing How They See Space Benefiting Them

Betty P. Preece

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM

Paper Session I-D Leveraging Space for Improved Science Programs

Robert B. Friend

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel

2:00 PM