session 1
- Title
International Geophysical Year, 50th Anniversary and Organisational History
- type
oral
- Description
The political and programmatic implications on the course of international space activities due to the conduct of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) 1957-58. Review of scientific and technical projects and their results from the IGY. History of government, industrial, academic & professional societies & organisations long engaged in astronautical endeavours.
- Date
2008-09-29
- Time
- Room
- IPC members
Chairman: Mr. Douglas Millard, The Science Museum, United Kingdom;
Chairman: Mr. Philippe Jung, Airbus SAS, France;
Rapporteur: Dr. Frederick I. Ordway III, US Space and Rocket Center, United States;
Rapporteur: Mr. Christophe Rothmund, Airbus Safran Launchers, France;
Order | Time | Paper title | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | An Unintended Consequence of the IGY: Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Founding of NASA | presentation | Dr. Roger D. Launius | Smithsonian Institution | United States | ||
2 | presentation | Mr. Hervé Moulin | Institut Français d'Histoire de l'Espace | France | |||
5 | NASA's Office of Advanced Research & Technology and the Emergence of the Space Station | presentation | Mr. John C. Mankins | ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC | United States | ||
6 | managing the unmanageable: apollo, space age management, and american social problems | presentation | Dr. Roger D. Launius | Smithsonian Institution | United States |