Video of 2012 Goddard Symposium Speakers & Discussions

The 50th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium was held March 28-29, 2012 at the Greenbelt Marriott in Greenbelt, Md. This year's theme, "Dreams and Possibilities: Planning the Achievable," provided an opportunity for presentations, panel discussions, and displays about current success and the future direction of NASA and the aerospace industry. This year's emphasis was on missions that were achievable within about a half-decade: those space activities that were on the horizon, just beginning to take shape or guide current investments and programmatic decisions.

Supported by the Goddard Space Flight Center and sponsored by the American Astronautical Society, this symposium brought together leaders in government, industry, academia, and entrepreneurs also to discuss recent political and budgetary decisions and challenges.

Dr. Steven Squyres, Head of the NASA Advisory Committee, and NASA Administrator, Charlie Bolden, Jr., were the keynote speakers for the first day. Kathryn Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, NOAA, opened the second day of the symposium and Congressman Ralph Hall (R-TX), Chairman on the House Science and Technology Committee, gave a luncheon keynote talk.

Other speakers included Dr. John Grunsfeld (NASA Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator) , Dr. Waleed Abdalati (NASA Chief Scientist), and Dr. Michael Hesse (NASA GSFC Heliophysics Division Director).

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28

Welcome and Announcements (9MB)

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

Introduction of Keynote Speakers

• Chris Scolese (10MB), Director, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Symposium Honorary Chair

Retirement Award

• NASA Award Presentation to Mary Glackin (7MB), NOAA
  

Keynote Speeches

• Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (42MB), NASA Administrator
  
• Steve Squyres (53MB), Chair, NASA Advisory Council and Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University
  

Panel: Human Exploration Strategy (185MB)

• Moderator: Frank Morring Senior Editor, Aviation Week & Space Technology
• Dan Dumbacher, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development, NASA HQ (slides)
• Jeff Davis, Director of Space Life Sciences, NASA Johnson Space Center (slides)
• John Olson, Director, Strategic Analysis and Integration Division; Director, Mission Support Services Office, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA HQ (slides)
• John Karas, Vice President & General Manager of Human Spaceflight, Lockheed Martin (slides)
• John Elbon, Vice President and General Manager, Space Exploration, The Boeing Company (slides)
• Alexander Saltman, Executive Director, Commercial Spaceflight Federation (slides) (movie)

Awards Luncheon

• Guest Speaker: Representative Ralph Hall (R-TX), (18MB), Chairman, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
• Awards Presentations (27MB)

Panel: Science Stragegy - Expand scientific understanding of the Earth and the Universe in which we live (141MB)

• Moderator: Waleed Abdalati, NASA Chief Scientist (slides)
• John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for Science, NASA HQ (slides)
• Matt Mountain, Director, Space Telescope Science Institute (slides)
• Barbara Giles, Heliophysics Division Director, Science Mission Directorate, NASA HQ (slides) (zip file of movies)
• Jim Garvin, Chief Scientist, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA GSFC (slides)

Panel: Technology Stragegy - Create the innovative new space technologies for our exploration, science, and economic future (151MB)

• Moderator: James Reuther, Director, Crosscutting Capability Demonstrations (slides)
• Ray Colladay, Chair, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board Study on NASA's Technology Roadmaps, National Research Council (slides)
• Robert Bauer, Deputy Director, Earth Science Technology Office, NASA GSFC (slides)
• David Barnhart, Phoenix Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) (slides)

Closing Remarks

• Marcia Smith (21MB), President, Space & Technology Policy Group, LLC

THURSDAY, MARCH 29

Opening Remarks

• Frank Slazer (9MB), Aerospace Industries Association; AAS President

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

• Chris Scolese (13MB), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Symposium Honorary Chair

Keynote Speech:

• Kathryn Sullivan (81MB), Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, NOAA (slides)

Panel: Public Outreach and Education Strategy (165MB)

• Moderator: Freeman A. Hrabowski, President, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
• Louisa Koch, Director and Chair, NOAA Education Council (slides)
• James Stofan, Deputy Associate Administrator for Program Integration, NASA HQ (slides)
• Lance Bush, President and CEO, Challenger Center for Space Science Education
• Alan Ladwig, Deputy Associate Administrator for Communications - Public Outreach, NASA HQ

Luncheon Speaker

• RADM Liz Young, USN (ret) (58MB), Director, Systems Engineering, National Reconnaissance Office

Award

• Goddard Medal Presentation to Rob Strain (7MB)

Panel: Future Infrastructure: Communications, Launch and Aeronautics (56MB)

• Moderator: Olga Dominguez, Assistant Administrator, Office of Strategic Infrastructure, NASA HQ (slides)
• Robert Cabana, Director, NASA Kennedy Space Center (slides)
• Calvin Williams, Acting Director for NASA Technical Capabilities and Real Property Management, Mission Support Directorate, NASA HQ (slides)
• Badri Younes, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation, NASA HQ (slides)

Panel: Space and Terrestrial Weather: Climate Change and More (154MB)

• Moderator: Nancy Colleton, President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies; Executive Director, Alliance for Earth Observations (slides)
• Michale Hesse, Director, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA GSFC (slides)
• Berrien Moore, Chesapeake Energy Corporation Chair in Climate Studies, School of Meteorology and Dean, College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences, University of Oklahoma (slides)
• Louis Uccellini, Director, National Weather Service, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, NOAA; President, American Meteorological Society (slides) (Hurricane Irene Video)
• Robert Winokur, Deputy Oceanographer of the Navy and Acting Director, Oceanography, Space and Maritime Domain Awareness Division, Chief of Naval Operations (slides)

Wrap-up and Final Thoughts

• Roger Launius (28MB), Senior Curator, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (slides) (Apollo 14 flag video)