SGC Daejeon 2009



Space Generation Advisory Council

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SGAC "Move an Asteroid" competition 
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SGC presentations

First day

  • Welcoming word from the Chairs of SGAC, Ben Baseley-Walker and Agnieszka Lukaszczyk
  • A short history of the organization as well as the main activities of SGAC Ariane Cornell, Executive Director of SGAC
  • Project briefing on the structures, outlines, purposes and schedules of the five SGC 2009 projects - Alex Karl, Project Coordinator
  • A viewpoint on the challenges of space industry - J.R. Edwards, Lockheed Martin
  • A presentation of the Orion project - David McReavy and Kat Coderre, Lockheed Martin

 

The second day

  • A presentation on "The role of small satellite programs in building national space technology" - Soon D. Choi, Ph. D, Professor Emeritus of KAIST and Founding Director of Satellite Research (SaTRec)
  • Introduction of the Annual International Conference on Integration of Science and Technology, ICISTIS-KAIST - KAIST students
  • A presentation on issues related to space debris - Ray Williamson, the President of Secure World Foundation
  • Speech of the Ambassador Ciro Arévalo, the Chair of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, UN COPUOS
  • Presentation of IAF - Jim Zimmerman, President of the International Space Services, Inc.

 

The third day

  • Brief presentation of the "Move an Asteroid" competition - Tejal Thakore
  • Using Electric Solar Sails to redirect objects that may impact Earth - Sini Merikallio, winner of the 2009 Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) Move an Asteroid competition
  • A presentation on global positioning systems (GPS) - Jim Miller, Sr. GPS Technologist at NASA
  • The NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) project and World Space Week project presentation - Dennis Stone, President of World Space Week and also a NASA employee
  • A presentation on the history of space exploration, milestones and future changes - Prof. Dr. Berndt Feuerbacher, the current President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
  •  Speech by Dr. Chris Boshuizen of NASA Ames Research Center, representing Dr. Bob Richards of Odyssey Moon