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Project Title:
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Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program
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SSBX-L-07-07-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Sub Unit:
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Aeronautics & Space Engineering Board
Space Studies Board
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RSO:
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Alexander, Joseph
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Policy for Science and Technology; Science: Past and Future; Space and Aeronautics
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Meeting 1 - Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program
November 5, 2008 - November 7, 2008
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Carmela Chamberlain
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| Email:
cchamber@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-3477
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Fax:
202-334-3701
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Agenda:
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
1:00 p.m.
Retrospective on the history of U.S. space policy (John Logsdon, National Air and Space
Museum)
2:00 p.m.
Department of Defense perspectives (Ryan Henry, Deputy Under Secretary for Policy)
3:00 p.m.
BREAK
3:15 p.m.
NASA perspectives (NASA Administrator Michael Griffin)
6:00 p.m
ADJOURN
Thursday, November 6, 2008
10:00 a.m.
NOAA perspectives (Mary Kicza, Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services)
10:30 a.m.
Reflections on environmental challenges in the 21st century (Vice Adm. Conrad Lautenbacher, former NOAA Administrator)
11:00 a.m.
Hill perspectives (key authorization & appropriation committee staffers invited)
12:30 p.m
LUNCH
1:30 p.m.
Department of Transportation perspectives (George Nield, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration)
2:30 p.m.
Panel discussion on “Space in the eyes of the public”:
• Joel Achenbach (Washington Post)
• Howard McCurdy (American University)
• Kathy Sawyer (journalist & author)
• George Whitesides (National Space Society)
3:45 p.m.
BREAK
4:00 p.m.
International perspectives
• Joan Johnson-Freese (Naval War College)
• Kenneth Flamm (University of Texas)
5:30 p.m.
ADJOURN
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Les Lyles
Len Fisk
Ray Colladay
Joseph Burns
Jay Apt
Pierre Chao
Paul Nielsen
George Whitesides
Kenneth Flamm
Joan Johnson-Freese
David Baltimore
James Armor
Michael Turner
Thomas Vonder Haar
Wanda Austin (via telecon).
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
NRC Balance and Composition Discussion.
Goals of the study and the Statement of Task.
Agenda for the meeting.
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
November 13, 2008
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