Event To Focus On The Next 50 Years Of Space Exploration
Top leaders from industry, academia, NASA and other government
agencies will come together at the 3rd Space Exploration
Conference, February 26–28 at the Colorado Convention Center
in Denver. Organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIAA) in coordination with NASA, the event will bring
together the space community to review pivotal programs from the
past and to synergize its input to support a robust space
exploration program for the next 50 years.

The event kicks off with an opening keynote address from The
Honorable Ms. Shana Dale, Deputy Administrator, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration. The first panel will be
comprised of updates from the various NASA Mission Directorates
including Space Exploration, Space Operations, Science, and
Aeronautics Research.
Other expert panels will address:
-
Constellation Initial
Capabilities: From ISS to Lunar Missions
- Constellation Lunar Capability
- Lunar Architecture Update
- Transition: A Look Ahead
- Exploration Commercial Development
- Human and Robotics Collaboration to Further Space
Exploration
- International Collaboration and Global
Exploration
- Exploration and Science Collaboration
- Sustaining Space Exploration: A Generation Y Perspective
- "Learning from Our Past," a panel comprised of Apollo era
veterans including astronauts
United Space Alliance will host the opening reception
at 6:00 pm MST Tuesday, February 26 in the main exhibit
hall. The main exhibit hall will feature more than 30 organizations
working in civil, military and commercial space that will
demonstrate their capabilities in the space exploration arena. The
exhibition also includes a special Small Business Pavilion Forum to
enable this key segment of the community to participate.

Lockheed Martin is the sponsor of educational activities held in
conjunction with the 3rd Space Exploration Conference.
Education Alley, February 26–27 at the convention center,
will offer teachers and students from the Denver area an
interactive exhibit designed to demonstrate the possibilities of
exploring planets beyond Earth. Teachers will be inspired with new
tools to excite their students. Student visions of the future are
captured in artwork and podcast competitions associated with the
conference. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet US
astronauts and learn while having fun.
The Boeing Company will host the Future Exploration Leaders
Reception on Wednesday evening, 6:30 pm MST on February 27.
This networking event is designed to introduce today’s
leaders to tomorrow’s workforce. Students from local area
universities, recently hired college graduates, and management and
technical leaders from the Apollo Era to the present will interact
with conference attendees to discuss the future of space
exploration.

The 3rd Space Exploration Conference, 50 Years of Space
Exploration: Taking the Next Giant Leap, will be held February.
26-28 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. The event is
organized by AIAA in coordination with NASA. Prime corporate
sponsors include United Space Alliance, The Boeing Company, and
Lockheed Martin Corporation. Other sponsors include Raytheon, ATK,
and Booz Allen Hamilton. The Space Exploration Conference is
supported by the American Astronautical Society, California Space
Authority, Coalition for Space Exploration, National Space Society,
and Space Exploration Alliance.