session 3B
- Title
“Can you believe they put a man on the Moon?”
- type
oral
- Description
This special session welcomes papers focusing on all aspects of the development and preparation for the man arrival on the Moon in 1969. The session seeks papers on topics including but not limited to: technology & scientific aspects (developments, results, spin-offs, etc); reflection on the impacts (political, cultural and societal); contributions from non - US countries and Russia Moon program.
- Date
2017-09-29
- Time
- Room
- IPC members
Co-Chair: Dr. John Charles, NASA Human Research Program, United States;
Co-Chair: Ms. Vera Pinto Gomes, European Commission, Belgium;
Rapporteur: Dr. Otfrid G. Liepack, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;
Order | Time | Paper title | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Space Race Revisited: The Lunar Landing and its Larger Lessons | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Andrew Erickson | Naval War College/Harvard University | United States | |
2 | FROM FRESNEDILLAS APOLLO STATION TO EUROPE’s ONLY LUNAR MUSEUM. | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Juan F. Cabrero Gomez | ISDEFE/ESA | Spain | |
3 | The Cultural Impact of the Apollo Missions and the Protection of Cultural Heritage on the Moon | 15 | confirmed | Prof. Andrea Harrington | University of Mississippi | United States | |
4 | Witnesses to the space race: Ireland watches the moon landing | 15 | confirmed | Ms. Ruth McAvinia | Ireland | ||
5 | "Vidimus et admirati sumus": The Holy See and the Moon Landings | 15 | withdrawn | Mr. Virgiliu Pop | Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) | Romania |