Video of 2011 Goddard Symposium Speakers & Discussions

NASA: More Than You Imagine was the theme for the 49th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium, March 30-31, 2011, celebrating the ideas and accomplishments of American rocketry pioneer Robert H. Goddard. The American Astronautical Society (AAS), with support from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., sponsors this annual event.

This year's symposium featured keynote addresses by NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden and John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. Discussion panels included a wide range of aerospace industry leaders and experts, as well as senior representatives from NASA Headquarters. Invited guests also include Rob Strain, Director, NASA Goddard; William Wrobel, Director, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops, Va.; and distinguished planetary scientist Steve Squyres of Cornell University.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30

Welcome and Announcements

• Frank Slazer (20Mb), Aerospace Industries Association; AAS President
• Harley Thronson (6.6Mb), Associate Director for Advanced Concepts in Astrophysics, NASA GSFC; Chair, Symposium Planning Committee

Introduction of Keynote Speakers

• Rob Strain (36Mb), Director, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Symposium Honorary Chair

Keynote Speeches

• Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (136Mb), NASA Administrator
  Prepared Remarks (PDF)
• John Holdren (275Mb), Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
  Prepared Remarks (PDF)

Panel: NASA Headquarters Associate Administrators: Part 1 (366Mb)
Panel: NASA Headquarters Associate Administrators: Part 2 (486Mb)

• Moderator: Alan Ladwig Deputy Associate Administrator for Public Outreach, NASA Headquarters
• Laurie Leshin, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems
  (slides)
• William Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator for Space Operations
  (slides)
• Thomas Irvine, Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research
• Charles Gay, Deputy Associate Administrator for Science (slides)
• Woodrow Whitlow, Associate Administrator for Mission Support

Awards Luncheon

• Guest Speaker: William Wrobel (207Mb), Director, Wallops Flight Facility and Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate NASA Administrator (slides)
• Awards Presentations (97Mb), Director, Wallops Flight Facility and Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate NASA Administrator

How We Got Where We Are: 40 Years of Planning

• Roger Launius (242Mb), Senior Curator, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. (slides)
  
  NOTE: Due to a technical malfunction, a short segment of video is missing from the beginning of this recording, and the microphone volume increases suddenly at 42 seconds.

Panel: Yuri's 50th Anniversary and the Future of Human Spaceflight (576Mb)

• Moderator: Walt Faulconer, President, Strategic Space Solutions, LLC
• Laurie Leshin, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems (slides)
• Cleon Lacefield, Vice President and Orion Program Manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems (slides)
• David Mindell, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
• Todd May, Associate Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and Lead for the Space Launch System (SLS) Planning Office (slides)

Panel: NASA's Three Chiefs: Operations & Research (463Mb)

• Moderator: Warren Ferster, Editor-in-Chief, Space News
• Bobby Braun, Chief Technologist, NASA Headquarters
• Greg Robinson, Deputy Chief Engineer, NASA Headquarters (slides)
• Nicholas White, Director, Sciences & Exploration Directorate, NASA GSFC

Closing Video Remarks

• Charles Elachi (25Mb), Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Vice President, California Institute of Technology; recipient of the 2011 Carl Sagan Memorial Award sponsored by SAIC

THURSDAY, MARCH 31

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

• Rob Strain (22Mb), Director, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Symposium Honorary Chair

Keynote Speech: The Future of Planetary Exploration

• Steve Squyres (325Mb), Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University. (slides)

Panel: Protecting Our Home (576Mb)
Mitigating Hazards to Earth from Asteroids & Space Weather

• Introductory remarks: Harley Thronson, Associate Director for Advanced Concepts in Astrophysics, NASA GSFC
• Moderator: Christyl Johnson, Deputy Center Director for Science and Technology, NASA GSFC
• Tom Jones, Senior Research Scientist, Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition; Veteran Astronaut (slides)
• Michael A'Hearn, Distinguished University Professor, CMPS-Astronomy, University of Maryland (slides)
• William Murtagh, Program Coordinator, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (slides)
• Michael Hesse, Director, Community Coordinated Modeling Center, NASA GSFC (slides)

Luncheon Speaker

• Introductory remarks: Frank Slazer, Aerospace Industries Association; AAS President
• David Neyland (333Mb), Director, Tactical Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) (slides)

Panel: Partnerships That Matter (Part 1) (321Mb)
Panel: Partnerships That Matter (Part 2) (332Mb)

• Moderator: Joe Rothenberg, Senior Vice President International Development, Swedish Space Corporation
• Charles Baker, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, NOAA (slides)
• Kathy Turner, Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science, DOE (slides)
• Andreas Diekmann, Head, Washington Office, European Space Agency (slides)
• William Smith, President, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) (slides)

Panel: Commercial Spaceflight to LEO (Part 1) (380Mb)
Panel: Commercial Spaceflight to LEO (Part 2) (370)Mb

• Introductory remarks: Frank Slazer, Aerospace Industries Association; AAS President
• Moderator: Robert Dickman, Executive Director, The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Philip McAlister, Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems, NASA Headquarters
• Bretton Alexander, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation (slides)
• Frank Slazer, Vice President for Space Policy, Aerospace Industries Association
• Ken Davidian, Director of Research, Office of the Chief Engineer, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, FAA
• Colonel Lee Rosen, USAF, Commander, 45th Launch Group

Wrap-up and Final Thoughts

• Robert Burke (137Mb),Vice President, Civil and Military Systems, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems