dave@well.UUCP (Dave Hughes) (02/09/89)
The Space Foundation asked me to post this.
Contact: Robin Dailey
(719) 550-1000
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (January 30, 1989) -- The United
States Space Foundation will launch its Fifth National Space
Symposium,"Space -- A New Era", April 4-7 at the Broadmoor
Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Symposium, referred to as the "World Series of Space"
by the late Jules Bergman, ABC-TV Science Editor, will bring
together world authorities on space to discuss space policy
issues affecting all nations on Earth.
The four-day event will feature discussion sessions on
space policy issues, a workshop and technical review of policy
implications of space debris, a dinner and reception for the
Apollo astronauts, the annual Space Technology Hall of Fame
dinner, exhibits and displays by space-oriented corporations and
tours of NORAD.
Policy issues scheduled for discussion include:
* Space Station: Status and Potential
* NASA: Fit and Trim or Bureaucratic?
* Space Physiology and Medicine
* Aerospace Education: Preparing for Life in a New Era
* International Interests: Cooperation and Competition
* National Aerospace Plane: Pushing the Technological
Frontiers
* Space: Commercial Opportunity
* Military Space Issues
* Developing Military Space Technology
Confirmed program participants include Dr. Carl Sagan,
Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell
University and host of the award-winning television series
Cosmos; Dr. Edward Teller, Director Emeritus, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory; Roy Gibson, former Director of
the British National Space Center; Ian Pryke of the European
Space Agency; Lt. Gen. Donald Kutyna, Commander, Air Force
Space Command; Norman Augustine, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Martin Marietta; Dr. David Webb of the National
Commission on Space; Doug Heydon, President, Arianespace; Dr.
Carolyn Huntoon, Director of Space and Life Sciences, Johnson
Space Center; and Dr. Brenda Forman, Director for International
Marketing Policy, Lockheed Corporation.
Astronauts participating in the program include Wally
Schirra, Deke Slayton, Buzz Aldrin, Jim Irwin, Gene Cernan,
Charles Conrad, Joe Allen and Ox van Hoften.
Representatives from England, France, the Soviet Union, West
Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and the People's Republic of China
are expected to attend.
Endorsed by President Ronald Reagan, who commended the U.S.
Space Foundation for "...its pioneering efforts to galvanize
public support, motivate our youth and promote better technical
skills through sound education," the National Space Symposium
also has been endorsed for attendance by the Department of
Defense.
The U.S. Space Foundation, founded in 1983, is a
nonprofit organization committed to stimulating discussion on
space policy issues and developing educational and informational
programs to enhance better understanding of space and space
technologies.
Registration fee is $475 before March 3 and $525
thereafter. This includes all published conference material,
three luncheons, three receptions, a dinner and a bound copy
of the Symposium Proceedings Report.
Registration information may be obtained by contacting the
U.S. Space Foundation at P.O. Box 1838, Colorado Springs,
Colorado 80901, or calling (719) 550-1000.
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