Posts: 42986 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 03-18-2019 08:38 PM
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum release
NASA: From the Moon to Mars and Beyond
June 19, 2019 | 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM Smith Hall, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Boston, Massaschusetts
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, Apollo 11 Lunar Command Module pilot Michael Collins, former NASA administrator Charles Bolden, former director of the Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa, and former NASA deputy administrator Dava Newman discuss NASA’s past, present, and future with National Air and Space Museum director Ellen Stofan. Full details on a daylong schedule of activities will be available later this spring. This program is supported in part by Raytheon Company and Draper.
Please note: registration for this special program will open on Wednesday, May 1.
All Forums are free and open to the public. Reservations are strongly recommended, and may be made by clicking the "Register" link in on this page, or by calling 617-514-1643. Registration guarantees a seat in the building, but not in the main hall. Doors to the main hall open approximately one hour before the start of each program.
DaveS Member
Posts: 18 From: New Bedford, MA Registered: Aug 2017
posted 05-08-2019 02:02 PM
Just received my confirmation I have my general admission tickets for this event. So stoked. As we say in New England, "Wicked Cool."
ejectr Member
Posts: 1751 From: Killingly, CT Registered: Mar 2002
posted 06-17-2019 04:29 PM
Anyone going to this event at the JFK Library in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday? I'm going to listen to Mike Collins. I've got two tickets but will spend the entire day there.
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Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42986 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-18-2019 11:27 PM
For those not in Boston, here is the agenda and video feeds for watching online:
Keynote Address with Dennis Muilenburg 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Boeing Company Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg gives the keynote address for the JFK Space Summit at the JFK Library.
Astronauts Speak: Dispatches from the International Space Station 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
An extraordinary panel of international astronauts including Chris Cassidy and Tracy Caldwell Dyson (United States), Koichi Wakata (Japan), Paolo Nespoli (Italy), and Oleg Kotov (Russia) will discuss the international cooperation that has been essential to so many of the scientific and technological breakthroughs resulting from human space exploration. Moderated by Doug Brinkley, author of "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race."
Earth, Moon, Planets, and Cosmos: What We Know and What Discoveries Await 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Former NASA Earth Science Division Director Michael Freilich will examine how space satellites have revolutionized our understanding Planet Earth. Scientists Maria Zuber, MIT Vice President for Research, Laurie Leshin, President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Sara Seager, MIT Professor of Planetary Science and Physics, will discuss scientific discoveries that have changed our understanding of the universe beyond Planet Earth, and questions that still remain unanswered. CNN host S.E. Cupp moderates.
NASA: From the Moon to Mars and Beyond 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
Apollo 11 Lunar Command Module pilot Michael Collins, former NASA administrator Charles Bolden, former director of the Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa, and former NASA deputy administrator Dava Newman discuss NASA’s past, present, and future with National Air and Space Museum director Ellen Stofan.
Fireside Chat with Jeff Bezos and Caroline Kennedy 6:45pm - 7:30pm EDT
Jeff Bezos, Founder of Blue Origin, will join Ambassador Caroline Kennedy for a fireside chat about his vision for going to space to benefit Earth.