--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIAA:
What:
- A panel of experts will discuss the next steps in deep space exploration for the United States, and the barriers which must be overcome to make those steps successful. Possible exploration destinations, the future of international partnerships for exploration, fuel sources for exploration, robotic v. human exploration, and the medical barriers to exploration, will all be discussed.
When:
- 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Where:
- Room 2325, Rayburn House Office Building, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, D.C. 20003
Who:
- Dr. James Green, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA
- Col. Brian Duffy, U.S. Air Force (retired), vice president and Johnson Space Center program manager, Exploration Systems, ATK
- James “Jim” Crocker, vice president and general manager, Civil Space, Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Dr. Kris Lehnhardt, M.D., attending physician and assistant professor, George Washington University
- Dr. Ralph L. McNutt Jr., physicist, and Science and Analysis Branch Scientist for Space Science, Space Department, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
The event will be moderated by Dr. Scott Pace, director, Space Policy Institute, The George Washington University. U.S. Congressman Randall M. Hultgren (Ill.-14th) will provide opening remarks.
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