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    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
    • Chairman: Mrs. Marsha Freeman, 21st Century Science & Technology, United States;

    • Chairman: Mr. Hervé Moulin;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Theo Pirard, Space Information Center, Belgium;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Niklas Reinke, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

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

    15'

    withdrawn

    Mr. Pierre-François Mouriaux

    Association Histoires d'espace

    France

    2

    Heinz-Hermann Koelle and His Contributions to Space Development

    15'

    confirmed

    Dr. Charles Lundquist

    University of Alabama in Huntsville

    United States

    3

    The Father of the High Thrust Ion Engine

    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

    15'

    withdrawn

    Dr. Roger D. Launius

    Smithsonian Institution

    United States

    5

    BMW rocket engines 1939-45

    15'

    withdrawn

    Mr. Christophe Rothmund

    Snecma

    France

    6

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

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Luis Rojas

    Peru

    7

    BRAZILIAN ASTRONAUTICAL HISTORY: FROM SANTOS DUMONT UP TO ASTER MISSION

    15'

    withdrawn

    Prof.Dr. Ana Paula Marins Chiaradia

    UNESP/FEG

    Brazil

    8

    Medical-biological research for manned space flights

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Alexander Medenkov

    Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research Institute, MAI)

    Russian Federation

    9

    Entering the Sixtieth Year of Acta Astronautica

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Rock Jeng-Shing Chern

    University of Science & Technology

    Canada