ISDC09 Honored Speakers and Guests
Buzz Aldrin
Lunar module pilot for Apollo 11 and former Chairman of the NSS Board of Governors
Elon Musk
Co-founder of PayPal and Space Exploration Technologies
Will Whitehorn
President, Virgin Galactic
Dr. George Nield
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, FAA
Eric Anderson
CEO, Space Adventures
George Whitesides
Senior Advisor to the NASA Administrator and former NSS Executive Director.
Geoffrey L. Yoder
Director of the Constellation Systems Division NASA
Gwynne Shotwell
President, SpaceX
John Schumacher
Vice President Aerojet
Steve Cook
Manager, Ares Projects, NASA
Richard Garriott
Sixth private citizen to conduct a space mission aboard the ISS
Alan Lindenmoyer
Manager, Commercial Crew & Cargo Program, NASA
Charlie Precourt
Astronaut and Vice President, ATK Launch Systems
Julie A. Sattler
Vice President & General Manager, Special Programs
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Rusty Schweickart
Apollo 9 Astronaut and Chairman, B612 Foundation
Brig Gen Susan Mashiko
Vice Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA
Laurence A. Price
Deputy Program Director, Crew Exploration Vehicle Exploration Systems
Lockheed Martin
Tim Pickens
CEO, Orion Propulsion
Ms. Lynn Cline
Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Operations, NASA HQ
Janet C. Karika
Director, Interagency Launch Programs
Jacobs NASA Launch Services Program
Ms. Patti Grace Smith
Former FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation & Consultant, Virgin Galactic
Bob Richards
Vice President and COTS/CRS Program Director Advanced Programs Group, Orbital Sciences Corporation
Jeff Greason
President XCOR Aerospace
James Chilton
Boeing, Vice President and Program Manager, Exploration Launch Systems
Story Musgrave
Six time Shuttle Astronaut
Taylor Dinerman
Writter and syndicated weekly columnist
John Mankins
President, Space Power Association
Janet Petro
Deputy Director, NASA Kennedy Space Center
Chris Lewicki
Phoenix Mission Manager
Brett Alexander
President, Personal Spaceflight Federation
Robert D. Richards
Founder & CEO, Odyssey Moon Ltd.
Director of Space Technology, Optech Incorporated
Don Beattie
Headed the Apollo Lunar Science Program
Winston Scott
Shuttle astronaut and head of the Florida Space Commission
Art Dula
Trustee of America Heinlein Prize Trust and NSS Governor
Lon Levin
Executive, Entrepreneur and NSS Governor
Andrew Chaikin
Author and Space Historian
Robert Zubrin
Author and President of the Mars Society
Marvin Minsky
NSS Governor, Founder of AI and of the MIT AI Lab