FORGING THE FUTURE OF SPACE SCIENCE
THE NEXT 50 YEARS

January 16, 2008
Tallahassee, FL

PANEL SESSION

Planetarium, Challenger Learning Center
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Dr. Simon Ostrach, Distinguished Professor, Florida University and Wilbert J. Austin Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University (Panel Moderator)
Dr. Joseph Cain, Florida State University . Presentation: "Geopotential Studies of the Earth and Martian Magnetic Fields"
Dr. Carol Anne Clayson, Associate Professor, Meteorology Department, Florida State University. Presentation: “Using Satellite Observation for Meteorological Events”
Dr. Ray O’Neal, Jr., Associate Professor of Physics, Florida A&M University
Dr. Norman Thagard, MD, Retired NASA Astronaut, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee, Associate Dean for College Relations & Professor, College of Engineering of Florida State University. Presentation: “Space Medicine”

BREAK

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

PANEL SESSION CONTINUES

Planetarium, Challenger Learning Center
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

LECTURE: LEAVING THE PLANET – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT RESULTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

IMAX Theater, Challenger Learning Center
7:00p.m.

Lecturer: Carl Walz
NASA Astronaut
Director, Advanced Capabilities
NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate

REGISTER FOR THE LECTURE – Please register for this event so that we have an estimate of audience size. While this registration does not guarantee a seat, room capacity is expected to be adequate.

Local co-host: Florida State University, Florida A&M University, and the Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee.

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Sponsored by: The National Academies NASA Boeing Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman Orbital Sciences Corporation ATK Ball Aerospace Aerospace Corporation

Co-sponsored by: American Astronautical Society American Astronomical Society American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics COSPAR International Space University National Space Society Planetary Society

Carl E. Walz

Carl Walz, a retired U.S. Air Force (USAF) Colonel, is the director for the Advanced Capabilities Division in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. He is responsible for a broad range of activities that include human research, technology development, nuclear power and propulsion, and the Lunar Robotic Exploration Programs to support the Vision for Space Exploration.

Col. Walz is a veteran of four space flights and has logged a total of 231 days in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51 (1993), the Orbiter flight engineer on STS-65 (1994), a mission specialist on STS-79 (1996), and served 196 days in space as flight engineer on International Space Station Expedition-Four (2001-2002).

During his service in the Air Force, Col. Walz was responsible for analysis of radioactive samples from the Atomic Energy Detection System at McClellan Air Force Base, California. He was also a flight test engineer at the USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base. From 1984 to 1987, Col. Walz served as a flight test engineer to the F-16 Combined Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base, where he worked on a variety of F-16C airframe avionics and armament development programs. From 1987 to 1990, he served as a flight test Manager at the Air Force Flight Test Center.

Col. Walz is the recipient of numerous awards including the Defense Superior Service Medal, the USAF Commendation Medal, and the USAF Achievement Medal, four NASA Space Flight Medals, and a NASA Distinguished Service Medal. In 2003, he was presented with the National Aeronautic Association Gagarin Award.

Biography source:
NASA Johnson Space Flight Center

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