Thu, Aug 25, 2005
Conference Showcases Industry's Space Capabilities, Key
Challenges
Expanding America's capabilities in space and setting the agenda
for continued innovation will be the focus of the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' (AIAA) SPACE 2005
Conference and Exposition, Aug. 30 to Sept. 1, 2005, sponsored by
Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) at the Long Beach Convention
Center.
The latest developments in future manned missions to the moon
and Mars, and robotic missions, orbital systems and operations,
integrating networked operations, planet finding, and space
colonization will be among the more than 77 panels and paper
sessions in 17 discussion tracks led by government, scientific,
academic and commercial authorities. The conference will feature
the largest exhibition of next generation space-based and space
exploration technology this year on the West Coast.
"This conference fosters discussion of important industry-wide
challenges and opportunities, which this year include the
President's mandate to reach for the 'Moon, Mars and Beyond'," said
William H. Swanson, Chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company, this
year's corporate sponsor. "This new quest will help generate
fantastic new technologies and an imperative to attract more young
people to study math, science and engineering."
Swanson will join other industry leaders from Loral Space and
Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Ball Aerospace
and Technologies Corporation, and Orbital Sciences Corporation in a
top executive level overview of key space marketplace opportunities
in national security, civil, and commercial space as well as
challenges such as the aging and shrinking workforce, overcapacity,
export control policies, and technical and budgetary hurdles.
Keynote speakers and program highlights include:
-
William H. Swanson, Chairman and
CEO, Raytheon Company will discuss the imperative for America to
produce more math, science and engineering graduates.
- General Lance W. Lord, Commander, Air Force Space Command, will
address the military perspective of expanding the envelope of
space;
- Dr. Pedro "Pete" Rustan, Director for Advanced Science and
Technology, National Reconnaissance Office, will share his vision
of future space technologies and cooperation between the national,
military, civil, and commercial space; and
- Dr. Michael D. Griffin, NASA Administrator, will discuss what
lies ahead in the President's Vision for Space Exploration, Space
Shuttle return to flight, International Space Station, and Space
and Earth Science.
- Four panels discuss technical and cultural changes needed to
achieve mission success consistently and the blueprints for driving
and managing mission assurance.
- Educators and workforce veterans discuss the demands of the US
space enterprise, future space workforce needs, and steps that
government, industry, and educational institutions can take to
ensure America's continued leadership in space.
- "Education Alley" offers a special program of family-oriented
games, contests and space-themed demonstrations to interest young
visitors in science and math.
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