session 2
- Title
History of US Contribution to Astronautics Post WWII
- type
oral
- Description
Technical session with invited & proposed speakers. Origin (technical & political aspects) of the space activities & programs in the USA after Second World War.
- Date
2019-10-23
- Time
- Room
- IPC members
Co-Chair: Mr. Karlheinz Rohrwild, Hermann-Oberth-Raumfahrt Museum e.V., Germany;
Co-Chair: Dr. Otfrid G. Liepack, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;
Rapporteur: Prof. Radu Rugescu, Association Dedicated to Development in Astronautics (A.D.D.A), Romania;
Rapporteur: Ms. Rachel Tillman, The Viking Mars Missions Education and Preservation Project (VMMEPP), United States;
Order | Time | Paper title | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14:45 | Aerojet Engineering Corporation: Stimulation and Creation 1935-1942 | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Stephen E. Doyle | Clean Energy Systems, Inc. | United States |
2 | 15:00 | The spy race: First developments on US spy satellites during the cold war. | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Angel Cuellar | Eurospace | France |
3 | 15:15 | The Mars Project 1948 to 1956 A.A.Jackson Triton Systems LLC Houston Texas | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Albert Jackson | Triton Systems LLC | United States |
4 | 15:30 | A Look at The Durant and Ordway Relationship and How They Impacted Spaceflight | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Randy Liebermann | United States | |
5 | 15:45 | Joseph Gavin and MIT’s Contribution to Aeronautics and Astronautics | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Andrew Erickson | Naval War College/Harvard University | United States |
6 | 16:00 | Pioneering Private Spaceflight: Robert Truax and His Volks Rocket Project | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Rick Sturdevant | US DoD | United States |
7 | 16:15 | 15 | withdrawn | Ms. Viva Miller | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | United States | |
8 | 16:30 | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Hyoung Joon An | Science and Technology Policy Institute | Korea, Republic of | |
9 | 16:45 | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Benjamin Davis | The Davis Group | United States | |
10 | 17:00 | From the Moon to Mars: The common threads - mapping celestial bodies | 15 | withdrawn | Ms. Rachel Tillman | The Viking Mars Missions Education and Preservation Project (VMMEPP) | United States |
11 | 17:15 | "The Gorgons: America's First Family of Missiles, 1943-1953" | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Frank H. Winter | National Air and Space Museum | United States |