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Chris Burroughs
(505) 277-1816 January 8, 1997
Editor's Note: The news media will have the opportunity to meet major speakers and learn more about the Space Technology and Applications International Forum during a news conference, Monday, Jan. 27 at 10 a.m. immediately following the first plenary session. The conference will be held in the plenary session room at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque. Space will be reserve in the front for the media.
SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM JAN. 26-30
More than 500 space technology scientists from around the world are expected to attend the University of New Mexico Space Technology and Applications International Forum scheduled for Jan. 26-30 at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, N.M.
A series of six conferences dealing with space technology and applications will be part of the week-long event.
The forum evolved from the Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion, which has been organized annually by UNM's Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies since 1984.
Conferences that make up the forum are: 1st Conference on Future Science and Earth Science Missions; 1st Conference on Synergistic Power and Propulsion Systems Technology; 1st Conference on Applications of Thermophysics in Microgravity; 2nd Conference on Commercial Development of Space; 2nd Conference on Next Generation Launch Systems; 14th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion.
Besides the conferences, the forum will offer four plenary sessions including Views from the Top, Opportunities on the Frontier, Risks and Rewards, and Global Perspectives.
Some 200 high school students from throughout New Mexico are expected to attend a "Schools Special Session" that will encourage young people's interests in space exploration.
A total of 59 technical sessions will feature the presentations of 272 papers published by the American Institute of Physics.
A discussion on how top officials see space exploration is planned for the first plenary session Jan. 27 at 8:30 a.m. Presenting talks will be U.S. Rep. Steve Schiff, U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici; F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., chairman of the House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics; Robert Davis, Deputy Under Secretary for Space; and James Blackwell, President and Chief Operating Officer, Aeronautics Sector, Lockheed Martin.
Also on Jan. 27 at a luncheon Gary Payton, director of the NASA Space Transportation Division, will deliver a talk for Daniel Goldin, administrator of NASA.
Other dignitaries and VIPs attending the conference and making presentations include Peter B. Ulrich, director, Advanced Technology and Mission Studies Division, NASA; Christine M. Anderson, director, Space Technology Directorate, Phillips Laboratory; Welsley T. Huntress, Jr., associate administrator, Office of Space Science, NASA; Ed Gabris, director, Space Processing Division, NASA; Pete Worden, U.S. Air Force Deputy Director of Requirements, Petterson AFB; Wolfgang Demisch, managing director BT Securities; William A. Gaubatz, director business development, McDonnel Douglas Aerospace; Wilbur C. Trafton, associate administrator for Space Flight, NASA; Ian Pryke, head, European Space Agency; Karl Reuter, Director General's Cabinet Head, European Space Agency; Edward A. Sloot, manager, Microgravity Science Program, Canadian Space Agency; and Sadayuki Tsuchiya, director of the Los Angeles office of the Japanese National Space Development Agency.
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