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    Title

    History of US Contribution to Astronautics Post WWII

    Description

    Technical session with invited & proposed speakers. Origin (technical & political aspects) of the space activities & programs in the USA after Second World War.

    Date

    2019-10-23

    Time

    14:45

    Room

    147B

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Mr. Karlheinz Rohrwild, Hermann-Oberth-Raumfahrt Museum e.V., Germany;

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

    • Rapporteur: Prof. Radu Rugescu, Association Dedicated to Development in Astronautics (A.D.D.A), Romania;

    • Rapporteur: Ms. Rachel Tillman, The Viking Mars Missions Education and Preservation Project (VMMEPP), United States;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    14:45

    Aerojet Engineering Corporation: Stimulation and Creation 1935-1942

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Stephen E. Doyle

    Clean Energy Systems, Inc.

    United States

    2

    15:00

    The spy race: First developments on US spy satellites during the cold war.

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Angel Cuellar

    Eurospace

    France

    3

    15:15

    The Mars Project 1948 to 1956 A.A.Jackson Triton Systems LLC Houston Texas

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Albert Jackson

    Triton Systems LLC

    United States

    4

    15:30

    A Look at The Durant and Ordway Relationship and How They Impacted Spaceflight

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Randy Liebermann

    United States

    5

    15:45

    Joseph Gavin and MIT’s Contribution to Aeronautics and Astronautics

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Andrew Erickson

    Naval War College/Harvard University

    United States

    6

    16:00

    Pioneering Private Spaceflight: Robert Truax and His Volks Rocket Project

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Rick Sturdevant

    US DoD

    United States

    7

    16:15

    Beyond Hidden Figures: An Exploration of African American Women in Space and Their Contributions to the Space Endeavor

    15

    withdrawn

    Ms. Viva Miller

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    United States

    8

    16:30

    Creating Space for Science: From Apollo to Skylab

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Hyoung Joon An

    Science and Technology Policy Institute

    Korea, Republic of

    9

    16:45

    The Failure of Apollo: NASA's Mistakes - and Ours

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Benjamin Davis

    The Davis Group

    United States

    10

    17:00

    From the Moon to Mars: The common threads - mapping celestial bodies

    15

    withdrawn

    Ms. Rachel Tillman

    The Viking Mars Missions Education and Preservation Project (VMMEPP)

    United States

    11

    17:15

    "The Gorgons: America's First Family of Missiles, 1943-1953"

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Frank H. Winter

    National Air and Space Museum

    United States