session 3A

Title: History of Australia’s Contribution to Astronautics
Description: Special session with invited & proposed speakers. Origin (technical & political aspects) of the space activities & programs in Australia.
Date: 2017-09-28
Time: 09:45
Room: Meeting Room L2

IPC members

Co-Chair: Ms. Kerrie Dougherty, Australia;
Co-Chair: Dr. Otfrid G. Liepack, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;
Rapporteur: Mr. John Harlow, Aerojet Rocketdyne, United Kingdom;
Rapporteur: Dr. Charles Lundquist, University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	Ken Atock: Australia’s Forgotten Rocketeer	15	confirmed	Ms. Kerrie Dougherty		Australia
2	The CSIRO Parkes Telescope and the Deep Space Network	15	confirmed	Mr. John Sarkissian	CSIRO	Australia
3	Australia and the Manned Space Flight Network: From Mercury to Skylab	15	withdrawn	Ms. Kerrie Dougherty		Australia
4	Australis-OSCAR V and WRESAT: the possible origins of an Australian space program	15	confirmed	Ms. Kerrie Dougherty		Australia