session 4

Title

History of UK Contribution to Astronautics

type

oral

Description

Special session with invited and proposed speakers. This session will cover ancient rocketry and the origin (technical and political aspects) of the modern space programme of the UK.

Date

2008-10-02

Time

15:00

Room

Alsh 1

IPC members

• Chairman: Mr. John Harlow, Aerojet Rocketdyne, United Kingdom;

• Chairman: Dr. Otfrid G. Liepack, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;

• Rapporteur: Prof. Yasunori Matogawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Philippe Cosyn, Independent scholar, Belgium;