Spring Space Forum 2012: Future of Human Spaceflight and Exploration

Purdue SEDS and the AAE Dept. have collaborated with NASA to involve our organization and the university in better understanding options for human exploration of space. Spring Space Forum 2012 will feature
presentations from representatives of the nation’s leading commercial aerospace companies discussing their plan for human spaceflight and exploration.

This event is FREE and open to the... [read more]

Purdue SEDS and the AAE Dept. have collaborated with NASA to involve our organization and the university in better understanding options for human exploration of space. Spring Space Forum 2012 will feature
presentations from representatives of the nation’s leading commercial aerospace companies discussing their plan for human spaceflight and exploration.

This event is FREE and open to the PUBLIC. We encourage anybody who has an interest in space or wants to know more about human spaceflight to attend!

Schedule:
8:15 am Breakfast/Meet and Greet
8:30 am Opening Statements and Panel/Speaker Introductions
9:00 am Mike Moses, VP of Operations, Virgin Galactic
10:00 am Dr. W. Michael Hawes, Director of Human Spaceflight Programs, Lockheed Martin
1:00 pm Rick Hoskin, Director of Advanced Launch Systems, ATK
2:00 pm Chris Ferguson, Crew and Missions Operations Director, Boeing
3:00 pm Dr. Garrett Reisman, Senior Mission Assurance Engineer, SpaceX
4:00 pm Closing Statements

Panel:
Will Watson, Executive Director, Space Frontier Foundation
Tim Reith, Commercial Crew Vehicle Propulsion Lead, Boeing
Dr. William Anderson, Associate Professor, Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

On the day of the event, representatives from each company will give a 30-40 minute presentation on their company’s plan, followed by a panel discussion, and ending in questions from the audience.

https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/Academics/StudentOrgs/seds/ssf.html

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