Wednesday, April 28

Panel Session IV - Creating a Tight Space Exploration Initiative

Robert Zubrin, President, The Mars Society

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Panel Session IV - Exploration Transportation Systems

Mike Kahn, Vice President of Reusable Solid Rocket Motor Program, ATK Thiokol

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Panel Session IV - Launch Vehicle Options for Exploration

Michael Gass, Vice President, Space Transportation, Loclrneed-Martin

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Panel Session IV - Launch Vehicle Options for Exploration

Daniel J. Collins, Vice President and Delta Program Manager, The Boeing Company

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Panel Session IV - NASA's Utilization of Expandable Launch Vehicles

Stephen M. Francois, Manager, Launch Services Program, NASA

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Panel Session V - Aurora Spaceplane Project

Ray Nielsen, Fundamental Technology Systems, X-Prize participant

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Panel Session V - Kistler K-1 Reusable Aerospace Vehicle

Joseph W. Cuzzipoli, Vice President and Program Manager, Kistler Aerospace Corporation

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Panel Session V - X-Prize & Zero-G Briefing to the 4F1 Space Congress

Peter Diamandis, Chairman, X-Prize Foundation

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-A - Autonomous Flight Safety System

Bob Ferrell, NASA YA-07, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
James Simpson, NASA YA-07, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Roger Zoerner, ASRC-10, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Barton Bull, NASA GSFC/WFF, Code 598, Wallops Island, VA 23337
Jim Lanzi, NASA GSFC/WFF, Code 598, Wallops Island, VA 23337

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-A - Commercial Approach for using TCP/IP in Range Operations

Richard E . Prickett, Space Frontier Operations, Inc.

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-A - Generation of a Launch Infrastructure that Supports the Commercial Use of the Space Environment

Andrew W. V. Clark, Space Frontier Operations, Inc., P.O. Box 445, Cape Canaveral, Fl 32920

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-A - Geographic and planning characteristics of commercial spaceports: Strategic policy considerations for their future

Christopher Shove, Geographic Information Science & Applied Geographies Research Center, University of Toledo

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-A - Space-Based Telemetry And Range Safety Flight Demonstration 1

Erik Denson, NASA-KSC
Lisa Valencia, NASA-KSC
James Simpson, NASA-KSC
Don Whiteman, NASA-Dryden Flight Research Center/RI
Steve Gundick, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Reserch Center/WFF
Richard Birr, ASRC Aerospace-Kennedy Space Center
David Wampler, Advanced Engineering & Science Division

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-A - The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Standard Interface Specification For Space Vehicle Accommodations

Cris Guidi, USAF
Jennifer Draper, USAF
Rembert N. Schofield

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-A - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as Technology Demonstrators for Advanced Range Systems

Jeffrey C. Orr, NASA-Kennedy Space Center
Jennifer Murray, NASA-Kennedy Space Center
Jeff Yetter, NASA-Lewis Research Center
Michael Carney, Northwestern University

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-A - Use of Neural Networks as a Range Safety Decision Support System

Gerald Williams, ENSCO, Inc.
Derek Richard, ENSCO, Inc.
Ron Ostroff, ENSCO, Inc.
Jeremy Keen, ENSCO, Inc.

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-B - A Decade of Weather Technology Delivered to America's Space Program by the Applied Meteorology Unit

Francis J. Merceret, NASA/KSC/YA-D
William H. Bauman III, AMU/ENSCO, Inc.
William P. Roeder, 45WS/SYR
Richard A. Lafosse, SMG/JSC/ZS - 8
David W. Sharp, NOAA/NWS/MLB

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-B - An Operational System for Launch Area Hazard Prediction and Mitigation

Allan Dianic, ENSCO, Inc., 1980 N. Atlantic Ave. Suite 230, Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931
Erik Magnuson, ENSCO, Inc., 1980 N. Atlantic Ave. Suite 230, Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-B - Development and Operational Applications of a Real-time Range Data Simulator

Ron Ostroff, ENSCO, Inc., 1980 N. Atlantic Ave. Suite 230, Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931
Gerald Astra Williams, ENSCO, Inc., 1980 N. Atlantic Ave. Suite 230, Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931
Allan Dianic, ENSCO, Inc., 1980 N. Atlantic Ave. Suite 230, Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-B - Development of a Lunar Consumables Storage and Distribution Depot

William Notardonato, NASA-Kennedy Space Center
Rob Mueller, NASA-Kennedy Space Center
Robert Johnson, NASA-Kennedy Space Center

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-B - Development of Columbia Leading Edge Reconstruction System

Dan Wegerif, ASRC Aerospace Corporation

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-B - Development of Equipment to Support Shuttle Operations

Dan Wegerif, ASRC Aerospace Corporation

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-B - Mass Spectrometer-based Hazardous Gas Detection for Aerospace Applications

C Richard Arkin, Hazardous Gas Detection Lab, ASRC Aerospace, ASRC-14, Kennedy Space Center

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-B - Payload Ground Handling Mechanism Vision Measurement System

Christopher Immer, ASRC Aerospace-Kennedy Space Center
John Lane, ASRC Aerospace-Kennedy Space Center
Jeff Brink, NASA-Kennedy Space Center
Robert Youngquist, NASA-Kennedy Space Center

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-C - Commercial Applications of Spaceport Cryogenic Technologies: Technologies, Facilities, Capabilities, and Expertise

Stephen J. Sojourner, University-Affiliated Spaceport Technology Development Contract (USTDC), Sierra Lobo, Inc.
Zolton Nagy, University-Affiliated Spaceport Technology Development Contract (USTDC), Sierra Lobo, Inc.
Stan Augustynowicz, University-Affiliated Spaceport Technology Development Contract (USTDC), Sierra Lobo, Inc.
James Fesmire, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-C - Commercial Use of KSC's Cable Inspection Technologies and Potential Opportunities in the Near Future

Pedro J. Medelius, Chief Technologist, ASRC Aerospace, University-Affiliated Spaceport Technology Development Contract (USTDC)

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-C - Commercialization of Space-Based Technologies

Kristen J. Riley, University of Florida, Environmental Systems Commercial Space Technology Center

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-C - Low-Cost, Environmentally Friendly Fire Suppression: Technology Opportunity

Clyde Parrish, NASA-KSC
Jeffrey A. Kohler, ASRC Aerospace Corporation

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM

Paper Session I-C - PolyOne's Corrosion Control and Anti-Static Coatings

Chris Geer, PolyOne Corporation

Cape Canaveral, Florida

8:00 AM