21 Oct 2008: Session 1: Ares - A Project Making Progress | Luncheon: Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator | Session 2: Constellation: Enabling Research and Discovery | Session 3: Huntsville and the U.S. Space Program - An Historical Perspective
22 Oct 2008: Session 4: What's Ahead for the Space Program with a New Administration and Congress? | Session 5: Industry Perspective and the Future of Exploration

2008 Von Braun Memorial Symposium Session 5: Industry Perspective and the Future of Exploration

  • Moderator: Jack Lee, NASA, retired
  • Jim Chilton, Vice President, Exploration Launch Systems, The Boeing Company
  • Michael Rudolphi, Vice President, Launch Systems Site Operations and Integration, ATK
  • Ron Wetmore, Vice President, Human Space Flight, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
  • Rick Bachtel, General Manager, Alabama Operations, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
  • Lawrence H. Williams, Vice President, Strategic Relations, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)

Jim Chilton, “Exploration: An Industry Perspective”

Michael Rudolphi, “Space Exploration… Going Beyond Earth Orbit”

Ron Wetmore, “Industry Perspectives on the Future of Exploration”

Rick Bachtel, “Perspective on the Future of Exploration”

Lawrence Williams, “Von Braun Symposium 2008: SpaceX”

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