Thursday Session

Thursday Session

Opening Address

His Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India:  
Space Exploration and Human Life (PDF Video)

  • Keynote Address

    Lord Rees of Ludlow (Prof. Martin J.), HM Astronomer Royal; President of the Royal Society, Cambridge, UK:   
    The Future of Space Exploration and Exploitation (PowerPoint Video)

  • Luncheon Speaker
    Yevgeny Zvedre, Head, Science and Technology Office, Embassy of the Russian Federation:   
    Lessons of the Russian-US Cooperation in Space (PowerPoint Video)
  • Session 1: The Future of Human Space Flight

    Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, MIT; Shuttle Astronaut, Endeavour and Discovery (Video)

    Dr. Roald Sagdeev Director Emeritus, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences; Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of Maryland:
    Legacy of Sputnik and “friendly” competition between the piloted and robotic approaches of Space Age (PowerPoint Video)

    Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ: 
    Honest marketing of human activities in space (Video)

    Harrison Schmitt, Chair, NASA Advisory Council; Astronaut, Apollo 17: 
    Realism in the Expansion of the Earth’s Economic Sphere to include the moon (PowerPoint Video)
  • Session 2: The Future of Science

    Moderator: Dr. Roger M. Bonnet, President, COSPAR;
    Executive Director, International Space Science Institute (Video)

    Dr. C. Z. (Frank) Cheng, Chief Scientist, National Space Org; Director, Plasma and Space Science Center,National Cheng-Kung University Taiwan, ROC: 
    Space Science in Solar System and Earthly Problems
    (PowerPoint Video)

    Dr. Keith Mason, Chief Executive Officer, Science & Technology Facilities Council: 
    Space Science and the Engines of Change
    (PowerPoint Video)

    Dr. John C. Mather, Nobel Prize Winner (Physics) 2006; Senior Astrophysicist, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA:
    Creating the Future of Science from Space
    (PowerPoint Video)
  • Youth Vision Session:   Aiming Ahead: Next Generation Visions for the Next 50 Years in Space (PowerPoint Video)

    Overview: Mark Lupisella, Engineer and Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

       Panelists:
          Chris Boshuizen:
          Shi Heng
          Tiffany Frierson

  • Dinner Speaker
    Harrison Schmitt, Chair, NASA Advisory Council; Astronaut, Apollo 17:
    A Trip to the Moon (PowerPoint Video)