Leaders of Space Societies to Discuss Job Growth Potential in Commercial Space
What: Panel of experts to discuss the U.S. job creation ability of commercial space initiatives including the International Space Station’s biotech research, nano-satellites, cubesats, civilian spaceflight and commercial reusable suborbital research.
When: 11:00 – 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Where: Room 2325, Rayburn House Office Building, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, D.C. 20003
Who:
– Alexander MacDonald, director, Emerging Space Office, NASA, Office of the Chief Technologist
– Lt. Col. Paul Damphousse, U.S. Marine Corps (retired), executive director, National Space Society
– Cynthia “Cindy” Martin-Brennan, executive director, American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology
– Kris Kimel, president, Kentucky Space
The event will be moderated by Bruce Pittman, chairman, AIAA Commercial Space Group
On-site Media Contact: Duane Hyland, 703.835.4867, duaneh@aiaa.org
AIAA is the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. With more than 35,000 individual members worldwide, and 90 corporate members, AIAA brings together industry, academia, and government to advance engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. For more information, visit www.aiaa.org.
