Thursday, April 29

Paper Session III-A - Exploration in the New Millennium: the Educational Experience at the KSC Visitor Complex

James E. Ball, Spaceport Strategies LLC

Radisson Resort at the Port, Jamaica Room

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-A - NASA Human Mission to Mars Initiative - Concepts and Scenarios

T. Howard Smith

Radisson Resort at the Port, Jamaica Room

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-A - Space Systems - Mars and Beyond

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Radisson Resort at the Port, Jamaica Room

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Paper Session III-A - Space Transportation Options for the 21st Century

George Schmidt, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Mike Houts, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Harold Gerrish, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Jim Martin, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Radisson Resort at the Port, Jamaica Room

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-A - The Delta Launch Vehicle Family

Tom Parkinson

Radisson Resort at the Port, Jamaica Room

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-B - Computerized Tomography (CT) Inspection of Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM) Modules for the Study and Analysis of Phenomena such as Earthquakes

H. Peter Engel

Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Salon I

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-B - Development of a Microgravity-Rated Hydroponic Plant Culture Apparatus

Howard G. Levine, Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
William C. Piastuch, Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Thomas W. Dreschel, Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Salon I

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-B - Development of Biomolecular Techniques for the Analysis of Gravity Sensing Mechanisms in Space Flight Specimens: Applications in Biomedicine and Gravitational Biology

K. M. Johnson, National Research Council, NASA / Kennedy Space Center, FL
J. E. Love, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Salon I

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-B - Earth, Continuing to be a Better Place to Live from International Endeavors in Space

Ronald A. Caswell

Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Salon I

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-B - Scientific Enlightenment

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Salon I

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Paper Session III-B - Stellar Evolution Today and in the Early Universe

H. John Wood, NASA GSFC
Ann M. Jenkins, Boeing

Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Salon I

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-B - The Universe as Viewed by the Hubble Space Telescope

Mario Livio

Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Salon I

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-C - Improving Public Education Beyond 2001

Dian L. Hardison, NASA, Kennedy Space Center

Radisson Resort at the Port, Martinique Room

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-C - Partnerships for Learning: U.S. Space Camp and the University of Central Florida

Mary Kalen Romjue Ph.D.

Radisson Resort at the Port, Martinique Room

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-C - Reaching for the Stars

Canaveral Council of Technical Societies

Radisson Resort at the Port, Martinique Room

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-C - Students Describe how Education Should Prepare Them for the Future

Betty P. Preece, SWE, AIM, IEEE

Radisson Resort at the Port, Martinique Room

1:00 PM

Paper Session III-C - The World Wide Web as a Science and Engineering Educational Tool

Paul A. Curto, Chief Technologist NASA Headquarters Inventions & Contributions Board

Radisson Resort at the Port, Martinique Room

1:00 PM