Special Aerospace Services Holding The Event January 18-20, 2012

A number of experienced spaceflight-focused speakers are scheduled to present at the second Human Spaceflight Technical Forum on January 18-20, hosted by Special Aerospace Services.

The Forum will focus on the value of human spaceflight to the nation and its strategy going forward. As a result, speakers featured at the two-day Forum will include: Jeff Ashby , a former American naval aviator and astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions; John Shannon , head of Strategic Planning for NASA; Robert Dickman , Executive Director of The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; James Van Laak , Deputy Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation at the FAA.

In addition, the Forum will host Andrew Chaikin as its keynote speaker at its Thursday evening dinner. Mr. Chaikin is a highly-regarded science journalist, space historian and the author of several books on space, including "A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts."

"The Forum is where the most experienced leaders in spaceflight will develop the 21st century construct for human space flight strategy and elucidate the value to the nation of that enterprise," said N. Wayne Hale Jr., Special Aerospace Services Director of Human Spaceflight.

FMI: www.specialaerospaceservices.com/forum2012.htm