Comet Encounter Conference
9 Sep 2010
(Source: NASA)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Newseum welcome you to the 25th anniversary of the First Comet Encounter by a robotic spacecraft. The feat of the team of America's scientists and engineers that led to the historic encounter with comet Giacobini-Zinner on September 11, 1985, established a foundation of discoveries that continues today.
In the next 6 months, NASA spacecraft will encounter 2 additional comets:
- Hartley-2 on November 4, 2010
- Tempel-1 on February 14, 2011
Did comets bring life's building blocks to Earth? What will we discover next?
Conference Schedule
9 a.m.: Welcome
Mr. Joe Urschel
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Newseum
Mr. Dwayne Brown
Master of Ceremonies
NASA
Introduction
Comets: Views Across Time -- New Worlds, New Discoveries
Dr. James L. Green
Director, Planetary Science
NASA
9:25 a.m.: Cometary Science: What Have We Learned?
]Dr. Anita Cochran
Assistant Director, McDonald Observatory
The University of Texas at Austin
10 a.m.: ISEE-3/ICE Anniversary, ICE-2:Teaching An Old Spacecraft New Tricks
Dr. Robert Farquhar
Executive for Space Exploration
KinetX, Inc.
10:40 a.m.: Deep Impact Becomes EPOXI
Dr. Michael A'Hearn
Principal Investigator
EPOXI Comet Encounter Mission
University of Maryland
11:15 a.m.: Stardust-NExT To Comet Tempel-1 Comet Encounter
Dr. Joseph Veverka
Principal Investigator
Stardust NExT Encounter Mission
Cornell University
11:50 a.m.: Concluding Remarks
Mr. Dwayne Brown
Mr. Kjell Stakkestad
President and Chief Executive Officer
KinetX, Inc.
12 p.m.: Luncheon
Knight Conference Center
8th Floor, Newseum
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