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Experts from the fields of education, entertainment, and robotics will appear as witnesses before the President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond in a public hearing to be held in San Francisco, April 15 and 16, 2004. The hearing will take place at the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology, 1150 Francisco Street, San Francisco, California.
Space writer Ray Bradbury will lead off the testimonies, which begin at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 15. He will be joined by television and computer games experts. The second panel of the day will focus on education: Astronaut/educator Barbara Morgan will speak, along with the Executive Directors of the National Science Teachers Association and the National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions. A panel of labor representatives will complete the first day of testimony.
On Friday, April 16, the hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. with testimony from propulsion experts Byron Wood, Mike Martin and Jim Mosquera. The 10:15 a.m. presentation is titled Prospects for Space Prosperity, and will be followed by a panel on Asteroids, Mars and Beyond. Carnegie Mellon Robotics expert Red Whittaker will address the Commission at 1:00 p.m., and the hearing will conclude with audience comments from 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. and a press conference at 3:45.
The President's Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy (Moon, Mars and Beyond) is charged with building consensus, providing recommendations to the President regarding moon research activities, increasing young peoples interest in space science, and bringing in industry and other countries as space partners.
| Witness List and Timeline | |
|---|---|
| *** NOTE: All times are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) *** | |
| Thursday, April 15, 2004 | |
| 1:00 - 1:15 p.m. PDT | Welcome and Introductions Chairman Pete Aldridge |
| 1:15 2:00 p.m. PDT | Entertainment and Space Exploration Ray Bradbury, Writer John Bernardoni, Ancient Mariner Media Lawrence Holland, Totally Games |
| 2:00 2:15 p.m. PDT | BREAK |
| 2:15 3:00 p.m. PDT | Educating Tomorrow's Astronauts Barbara Morgan, Educator/Astronaut Dr. Jerry Wheeler, Executive Director, National Science Teacher's Association Jim McMurtray, Executive Director, National Alliance State Science and Mathematics Coalitions Dominic Farrar, Odyssey Program |
| 3:00 4:00 p.m. PDT | Sustainability for the Long Haul Reecie Giesecke, President UAW Local 848 Dean Zvorak, President UAW Local 887 David Goodreau, Chairman and Co-founder Small Manufacturers Association of California |
| 4:00 p.m. PDT | Commission adjourns |
| Friday, April 16, 2004 | |
| 9:00 - 9:15 a.m. PDT | Welcoming Remarks Chairman Pete Aldridge |
| 9:15 10:00 a.m. PDT | Propulsion Requirements Byron Wood, Boeing Rocketdyne Michael F. Martin, Aerojet James Mosquera, US Navy (Naval Reactors) |
| 10:00 10:15 a.m. PDT | BREAK |
| 10:15 11:00 a.m. PDT | Prospects for Space Prosperity Dr. Stan Rosen, California Space Authority James Benson, SpaceDev |
| 11:00 12:00 PDT | Planetary Science Dave Morrison, NASA Ames Research Center Michael Carr, US Geological Survey, Astrogeology Dept. Jonathan Lunine, University of Arizona |
| 12:00 1:00 p.m. PDT | LUNCH |
| 1:00 2:00 p.m. PDT | Robotics William L. "Red" Whittaker, Carnegie Mellon Robotics |
| 2:00 2:15 p.m. PDT | BREAK |
| 2:15 3:00 p.m. PDT | Provost M.R.C. Greenwood, University of California |
| 3:00 3:30 p.m. PDT | Audience Comments |
| 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. PDT | Press Conference |
| 4:30 p.m. PDT | Hearing adjourns |