session 1

Title

Memoirs and Organisational Histories

Description

Autobiographical and biographical memoirs of individuals who have made original contributions to the development and application of astronautics and rocketry. History of government, industrial, academic and professional societies & organisations long engaged in astronautical endeavours.

Date

2013-09-23

Time

15:15

Room

301A

IPC members
papers

Order

Time

Paper title

Selection result

Mode

Presentation status

Speaker

Affiliation

Country

1

André-Louis Hirsch (1899-1962) - A sponsor for early astronautics in France

accepted

15'

withdrawn

Mr. Pierre-François Mouriaux

Association Histoires d'espace

France

2

Heinz-Hermann Koelle and His Contributions to Space Development

accepted

15'

confirmed

Dr. Charles Lundquist

University of Alabama in Huntsville

United States

3

The Father of the High Thrust Ion Engine

accepted

15'

confirmed

Mr. John Harlow

Aerojet Rocketdyne

United Kingdom

4

The Railroad and the Space Program Revisited: Historical Analogues and the Stimulation of Commercial Space Operations

accepted

15'

withdrawn

Dr. Roger D. Launius

Smithsonian Institution

United States

5

BMW rocket engines 1939-45

accepted

15'

withdrawn

Mr. Christophe Rothmund

Snecma

France

6

The Pedro Paulet's liquid propellant rocket engine invention:first step in the space rocketry

accepted

15'

confirmed

Mr. Luis Rojas

Peru

7

BRAZILIAN ASTRONAUTICAL HISTORY: FROM SANTOS DUMONT UP TO ASTER MISSION

accepted

15'

withdrawn

Prof.Dr. Ana Paula Marins Chiaradia

UNESP/FEG

Brazil

8

Medical-biological research for manned space flights

accepted

15'

confirmed

Prof. Alexander Medenkov

Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research Institute, MAI)

Russian Federation

9

Entering the Sixtieth Year of Acta Astronautica

accepted

15'

confirmed

Prof. Rock Jeng-Shing Chern

University of Science & Technology

Canada