Media attendance of any LINK 2002 activity requires advance
accreditation and registration. To register or request an interview
slot contact Mark Ward, 407-254-0840, markeward@aol.com.
See accompanying Note to Editors at
ftp://ftp.hq.NASA.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2002/02-n037.txt
Monday, May 20
— 9:30 a.m. – Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Universe Theatre:
Opening session with speeches by Roy Bridges, Director of NASA Kennedy
Space Center; Scott B. Gudes, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere; Link Foundation spokesperson, Marilyn Link; and
oceanographer, Sylvia Earle.
— 12:30 p.m. – KSCVC Debus Conference Facility: Keynote luncheon
speaker Don Walsh, pilot of Trieste bathyscaphe during world’s deepest
recorded ocean dive, January 1959.
— 7 p.m. – DCF: Keynote dinner speaker, Russel Turner, President of
United Space Alliance.
— 7:30 p.m. – Live video link with NASA astronauts inside NOAA’s
Aquarius Undersea Lab.
— 8 p.m. – KSCVC IMAX Theatre: Screening of 3D IMAX film “Space
Station” with comments by astronaut Mike Gernhardt.
— 9 p.m. – KSCVC IMAX Theatre: Preview of the IMAX film “Voyage into
the Abyss” with comments by producer, Stephen Low.
Tuesday, May 21
— 12:30 p.m. – KSCVC, DCF: Keynote luncheon speaker, astronaut Mike
Gernhardt.
— 7 p.m.- KSCVC, Saturn V Rocket Center: Keynote dinner speaker, Scott
Carpenter, Mercury astronaut / Sealab aquanaut.
Wednesday, May 22
— 12:30 p.m. – KSCVC, DCF: Keynote luncheon speaker, John Delaney,
University of Washington.
— 1:30 p.m. – KSCVC, DCF: Closing Session with speeches b: Eric
Lindstrom, NASA Oceanography Program; Capt. Craig McLean, NOAA Office
of Ocean Exploration; and Andy Clark, Marine Technology Society.
— 3 p.m. – Interview opportunities with LINK 2002 participants, by
prior arrangement only.
The Plenary and Keynote sessions of the Symposium will be webcast. For
a complete schedule of web cast events see
http://www.thelinkproject.org/events/link2002.asp#Agenda
For general information on the symposium visit the Link Project web
site at
For information about the MATE ROV competition visit
