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2017
WELCOME TO SPACEFEST VIII!
At Spacefest there are varied events available to round out this rare and amaz-
ing experience: talks and panels, luncheons, a formal banquet dinner, as well as
VIP social events.
Table of Contents
Astronauts............................................8
Speakers and Authors...........................15
Art......................................................21
Panels.................................................23
Special Events......................................25
Booksignings........................................27
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A S T RO N AU TS
These are genuine American heroes. They risked their lives not for glory, but for the
challenge, and their countrys pride. All of these men and women are active, approach-
able, mentally sharp and friendly. They will answer your thoughtful questions, shake your
hand, and they love children, being grandparents themselves.
CLAY ANDERSON
VANCE BRAND
MICHAEL COLLINS
Michael Collins was picked by NASA to be an astronaut in
1963. His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 10 in 1966 with
John Young, and flew again on Apollo 11 in 1969, the first
moon landing mission with crew-mates Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin. Collins orbited the Moon in the Command Mod-
ule Columbia while Neil and Buzz went to the surface in the
Lunar Module Eagle. After a day on the Moons Sea of Tran-
quility, Buzz and Neil rendezvoused with Collins and he took
them back home to Earth.
WALT CUNNINGHAM
RICHARD GORDON
Richard Gordon was picked as a NASA astronaut in the third
group, in 1963. Gemini XI, commanded by flying buddy Pete
Conrad, had Gordon doing a spacewalk and later experi-
menting with orbital mechanics by way of a tethered Agena
in a lower orbit. This was his first space flight in 1966. On
the flight he performed two EVAs. He then flew as CMP on
Apollo XII in 1969, the second manned mission to land on
the Moon. While his crewmates Pete Conrad and Alan Bean
landed in the Ocean of Storms, Gordon remained in orbit
aboard the command module.
FRED HAISE
Fred Haise was Lunar Module Pilot aboard the ill-fated, but
heroic Apollo XIII. LMP Haise was considered an expert on LM
systems. Good thing, because Apollo XIIIs LM Aquarius was
used as a lifeboat while a frozen, cold, dark command module
was attached to it. The crew returned alive, thanks to brilliant
ground personnel, and the good ship Aquarius, which was nev-
er designed to do what it did. Haise was also a commander in
the space shuttle approach and landing tests (ALT) in the late
1970s.
A S T RO N AU TS
JACK LOUSMA
Jack Lousma was picked as a NASA Apollo astronaut in
1966. He was assigned to Apollo XX, but the program was
canceled at Apollo XVII. He was subsequently assigned to
the second 3-man Skylab crew, commanded by Alan Bean,
spending 59 days in space. Nearly ten years later, he was
named as commander of the STS-3, the third test flight of
the space shuttle Columbia. He made the only shuttle land-
ing at backup site White Sands, New Mexico during a vicious
dust storm.
BRUCE McCANDLESS
Bruce McCandless is the man behind the space helmet, and
also behind the development of the Manned Maneuvering Unit
(MMU) a dream since Gemini days. The MMU allows astro-
nauts to fly untethered, or remain at a fixed point in space-
while working. He graduated second in his class at the Naval
academy in 1958 and was picked in the fifth group of Apollo
astronauts in 1966, but was only named to supporting roles.
He stayed with NASA for over 25 years. He flew two early
space shuttle missions. One tested the free-flying MMU, the
other deployed the Hubble Space Telescope, but it was his
flight of the MMU in 1984 that resulted in the iconic photo. He
flew as a mission specialist on STS-41B and STS-31.
JIM McDIVITT
Jim McDivitt was selected as an astronaut by NASA in Sep-
tember 1962. He was command pilot for Gemini IV, a 66-or-
bit 4-day mission that began on June 3, and ended June 7,
1965. Highlights of the mission included a controlled ex-
tra-vehicular activity period and a number of experiments.
He was commander of Apollo IX, a 10-day earth orbital flight
launched on March 3, 1969. This was the first flight of the
complete set of Apollo hardware and was the first flight of the
Lunar Module.
JERRY ROSS
Jerry Ross was chosen by NASA in 1980, his first flight was
STS-27, a secret DoD flight, only the second after the Chal-
lenger hiatus of 1986-1988. Among his notable missions was
the deployment of the Gamma Ray Observatory, Spacelab,
the first ISS assembly mission, and a docking with MIR. He
set and now shares the world record for number of space
launches (seven) and he ranks third in the world for number
of space walks (nine). His new book is Spacewalker: My Jour-
ney in Space and Faith as NASAs Record-Setting Frequent
Flyer.
A S T RO N AU TS
DAVE SCOTT
Dave Scott was the first to drive the lunar rover, landing his
Apollo XV LM Falcon in the Hadley-Apennine region in mid-
1971. Apollo XV was the first real scientific exploration of
the moon, and the two moonwalkers (Scott and Jim Irwin)
spent nearly three days on the surface. The entire crew was
schooled in geological skills by one of the top names in the
field, and it paid off with an unprecedented booty of mean-
ingful rock samples and lunar photography. Scott and CMP
Neil Armstrong performed the first successfull docking of two
vehicles in space on Gemini VIII in 1966. Scott served as
CMP for Apollo IX in 1969
RHEA SEDDON
Rhea Seddon was the eighth woman inducted into the U.S. As-
tronaut Hall of Fame during a public ceremony held at the Ken-
nedy Space Center Visitor Complex. A veteran of three space
shuttle flights, mission specialist of STS-51D in 1985, STS-40
in 1991, STS-58 in 1993, Dr. Rhea Seddon spent 19 years with
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In
1978 she was selected as one of the first six women to enter
the Astronaut Program.
NICOLE STOTT
PAUL WEITZ
AL WORDEN
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S PE A K E R S & AU T H O R S
RICK ARMSTRONG EMILY CARNEY
Rick Armstrong was born June 30, 1957 in Lancaster, CA, to A proofreader and writer by trade, her blog This Space Available
Neil and Janet Armstrong. In 1962 the family moved to Hous- often tackles the less serious side of spaceflight. She also has
ton, Texas as his father was selected as a NASA astronaut. written for many websites including America Space, Ars Technica,
They spent 8 years in Houston, then relocated to the Wash- and Popshifter. She also wrote for the United States only trilingual
ington DC area. The Armstrongs had once more moved to the newspaper, Tampas La Gaceta. (SATURDAY: SALON A&B @
Cincinnati, OH, area in 1972. Rick earned a B.A in Biology from 11:00am)
Wittenberg University in 1979. His particular interest was ma-
rine biology, and landed a marine mammal trainers job in 1982
with a company in Mississippi, and in 1985 went to work at the
Naval Ocean Systems Center Hawaii Lab. In 1988 he was lured MICHAEL CARROLL
away by his brother to work at a software development startup Michael Carroll has been an astronomical, paleo and science fic-
in Ohio, where he worked until 1994. Rick went into business tion artist for three decades. He has done work for NASA, the Jet
for himself as a software developer and consultant, which con- Propulsion Laboratory, and dozens of book and magazine publish-
tinues to this day. Hes been exclusively working as a database ers internationally. His art has appeared in several hundred mag-
developer and consultant since 1998. azines throughout the world, including Smithsonian, National
(FRIDAY: SALON E @ 7:30pm) Geographic, TIME, Sky and Telescope, Astronomy and more.
(FRIDAY: SALON A&B @ 3:30pm)
BILL AYREY
Bill Ayrey started working at ILC Dover in 1977. He recalls CHRIS CALLE
walking into the plant on his first day and seeing several Apollo graduated from the University of Michigan School of Fine Art in
space suits hanging on a rack that were obviously set aside as 1983. Chris has designed many U.S. postage stamps and comem-
the company was moving forward with the development of the orative first day covers, including the 20th Anniversary of the
Space Shuttle EVA suit. It wasnt long before he was working First Man on the Moon commemorative stamp. While growing up,
with George Durney and other engineers who were the devel- Chris often sketched with his father, Paul, who continues to be a
opers of the Apollo suits. Bill went on to manage the Test Lab constant source of knowledge and inspiration for him. The two
and became involved in testing the materials and assemblies shared a studio in Connecticut. Chris inherited the talent and is
to be used in the Shuttle suits. He has spent over 140 hours continually nurtured by his father, ensuring a long tradition of the
pressurized in the Shuttle EVA suit while testing the many com- finest in American art.
ponents throughout its years of development. (FRIDAY: SALON C&D @ 9:45am)
(FRIDAY: SALON C&D @ 1:30pm)
ANDY CHAIKIN
CHARLIE BAKER Chaikin is best known as the author of A Man on the Moon: The
spent 40 years of his life at NASA involved in flight test that Triumphant Story of the Apollo Space Program, first published in
was at the frontier of space flight, from X-aircraft to the landing 1994. This acclaimed work was the main basis for Tom Hanks
of the Space Shuttle. He was crew chief on the X-15 and man- HBO miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon, which won the
ager of the Shuttle Support Office at the Dryden Flight Re- Emmy for best miniseries in 1998. Chaikin spent eight years
search Center. Charlie assisted in developing the night landing writing and researching A Man on the Moon, including hundreds
system used for STS-8, the first night Space Shuttle landing. of hours of personal interviews with each of the 23 surviving lunar
(SATURDAY: SALON E @ 4:30pm) astronauts. A three-volume, fully illustrated edition of A Man on
the Moon was published by Time-Life books in 1999.
(FRIDAY: SALON E @ 4:30pm)
ROBERT BRAND
Robert Brand worked on Apollo XI comms in Sydney Australia
at the age of 17. Involved in communications for most Apollo JAY CHLADEK
missions and STS missions up until the Challenger disaster. Jay is a freelance space historian, author and a builder of award
Stationed at the Parkes Dish for ESAs Giotto encounter with winning space and science fiction model replicas. As a contributor
Halleys Comet and Voyager encounters with Uranus and Nep- of content to online venues, Jays work has been seen on col-
tune. (SATURDAY: SALON C&D @ 2:15pm) lectSPACE, the Space Hipsters Facebook Group, CultTVman.com
and Starshipmodeler.com.
(FRIDAY: SALON C&D @ 4:30pm)
VINCE CAPASSO
came to NASA as Head of Propulsion for the X-15 in 1962. In
1963 he became the Operations engineer for one of the X-15
aircraft, a position he held for the rest of the flight program. In
the last few months he served as pilot for two penlight engine
tests in the aircraft. He also assisted the Smithsonian Institute
in the installation of X-15-1. Vince also was on a committee to
review the plans for Space Shuttle turnaround because of his
X-15 experience. (SATURDAY: SALON E @ 4:30pm)
S PE A K E R S & AU T H O R S
LEONARD DAVID
Leonard David is a lifelong space journalist. These days he
freelances for Space.com, Space Coalition and Space News, but
was past editor of Final Frontier, as well as NSS Ad Astra and
Space World magazines. He also contributes to the American MANFRED DUTCH VON EHRENFRIED
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace Dutch von Ehrenfrieds career with NASA encompassed many
America magazine. Leonard Davids Inside Outer Space website different fields. From 1961-1968 he served in both the Mercu-
is at http://www.leonarddavid.com/ (FRIDAY: SALON A&B @ ry and Houston Mission Control Centers as a Flight Controller in
11:00am) the Flight Control Operations and Flight Dynamics Branches, and
was an Apollo Pressure Suit Test Subject (1967-1970) between
missions. During this time he also served in the Apollo Spacecraft
Program Office as the Mission Staff Engineer on Apollo VII and
CHARLES F. DEITERICH back up on Apollo VIII. He was a Mission Manager and crewmem-
Employed at NASAs Johnson Space Center (1964-1994), he ber on the NASA/USAF RB-57F Earth Resources Aircraft Program.
was the lead Apollo Retrofire Officer for most of the Apollo He later worked with the Space Station Program Office at NASA
missions, and of particular note: was the first manned lunar Headquarters as the support contractor.
orbit mission (Apollo VIII), the first lunar landing mission (FRIDAY: SALON E @ 9:45am)
(Apollo XI), and Apollo XIII. He developed the Apollo XIII abort
maneuver plan and combined vehicle trajectory sequencing,
including the safe disposal of the radioactive fuel container on
the lunar module. Later, he supported the Apollo/Soyuz and FRANCIS FRENCH
Skylab programs as a Flight Dynamics Officer. Francis French is the former Director of Events for Sally Ride Sci-
(FRIDAY: SALON C&D @ 8:30am, SATURDAY: SALON E @ ence and the current Director of Education at the San Diego Air &
9:45am) Space Museum, and a regular presence on television and maga-
zines discussing spaceflight and astronomy.
(FRIDAY: SALON A&B @ 4:30pm, SATURDAY: SALON E @
2:15pm)
DAN DURDA
Another multi-talented Renaissance Man, Dan also holds a
pilots license, and is an expert underwater cave diver. He also
is a hiker, caver (spelunker) and geologist. He volunteers for JAY GALLENTINE
grisly underwater search and rescue teams, and is constantly A space historian from Minnesota, Jay focuses on unmanned lunar
on call. He therefore covers most of what the surface of this and planetary exploration. His first book, Ambassadors from
planet has to offer. His particular field of study is related to as- Earth, won the 2009 Eugene M. Emme Award for astronautical
teroids and interplanetary dust. His artwork has recently been literature. His second book, Infinity Beckoned, hit the streets in
published in Sky and Telescope, and was chosen as one of the early 2016.This year at SPACEFEST, Jay will once again be pre-
illustrators of comet Hale-Bopp co-discoverer Alan Hales new senting a huge load of original research during his talk about The
book on comets. He is also a member of the Galileo imaging Top-Secret Town. (SATURDAY: SALON C&D @ 11:00am)
team. (FRIDAY: SALON C&D @ 2:30pm)
TIM GAGNON
JOE ENGLE Tim Gagnon was born and raised in East Hartford, Connecticut. A
Major General Joe H. Engle earned his astronaut wings on June fascination with space exploration came early as did an interest in
29, 1965, flying the X-15 aircraft to an altitude of 280,600 feet art. Like many others of his generation Tim remembers watching
becoming the youngest pilot ever to qualify as an astronaut. the missions of his childhood heroes on a small black and white
Three of his sixteen flights in the X-15 exceeded the 50-mile television with rabbit ears that could receive few broadcast
(264,000 ft) altitude required for astronaut rating. General stations. For his 16th birthday gift in 1972 his parents arranged
Engle has flown over 185 different types of aircraft including for Tim and his father to attend the launch of Apollo 17 as invited
38 different fighter and attack aircraft. He has logged more guests of NASA. In 1983 while serving on the East Harford Bicen-
than 14,700 flight hours 9,900 in jets and over 224 hours in tennial Commission, Tim painted a portrait of Apollo 13 astronaut
space. (FRIDAY: SALON E @ 2:30pm) Jack Swigert. Swigert had lived in East Hartford while working
as a pilot for Pratt and Whitney and serving in the Connecticut
Air National Guard prior to joining the space program in 1966.
The painting is currently on display at the CT Air National Guard
MICHELLE EVANS Headquarters in East Granby, CT. Also in 1983 Tim represented
Michelle Evans is the founder and president of Mach 25 Media East Hartford as a guest of NASA at the launch of STS-7 when the
and is a writer, photographer, and communications specialist Bicentennial Medallion was flown aboard the space shuttle Chal-
in aerospace. The author of The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the lenger. (FRIDAY: SALON C&D @ 11:00am)
First Wings into Space (University of Nebraska Press, 2013),
her background in aerospace engineering includes serving in
the US Air Force working on missile systems and later in private
industry accomplishing environmental testing for systems used
in airliners and spacecraft. (FRIDAY: SALON E @ 1:30pm)
S PE A K E R S & AU T H O R S
AL HALLONQUIST WILLIAM B. HUBBARD
Al Hallonquist is a published Aerospace Historian, and the William Hubbard has been Professor of Planetary Sciences at the
author and maintainer of www.mercury13.com. As such he is Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona since 1972.
the 1st contact for the surviving Mercury 13 girls, and general- He was director of LPL from 1977 to 1981. His awards include
ly guards their gate. Al is also the guy who helps coordinate Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (1991), Fellow of the
the astronaut show of SPACEFEST, and is formerly an agent to American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003), and
Apollo XVs Al Worden, and works with many others currently. the Gerard P. Kuiper Prize in Planetary Sciences (2005). Special-
(THURSDAY: SALON B&D @ 12:30pm) izing in observational and theoretical studies of the outer solar
system, Hubbard has over 200 scientific publications, and was
involved in the astronomical discoveries of the Neptune ring arcs,
the small Neptune satellite Larissa, and the atmosphere of Pluto.
JAMES R HANSEN He was a member of the original proposal team for the Juno Ju-
A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and a former historian for piter orbiter mission, and is currently a Juno co-investigator with
NASA, Dr. James R. Hansen is Professor of History at Auburn responsibility for using its gravity measurements to help deter-
University in Alabama. An expert in the history of science and mine Jupiters interior structure and composition.
technology, he has written numerous books and articles on (FRIDAY: SALON A&B @ 2:30pm)
a wide variety of topics. His prizewinning 2005 book, FIRST
MAN (soon to be a major biopic movie) was the first and only
authorized biography of Neil Armstrong, spending three weeks
on the New York Times Bestseller list and garnering major PRANVERA HYSENI
book awards, including the American Astronautical Societys Pranvera Hyseni, is 21 years old, from the Republic of Kosovo in
Prize for Astronautical Literature, and the American Institute of Europe. Shes the Founder and Director of Astronomy Outreach
Aeronautics and Astronautics Outstanding Book Award. He is of Kosovo which is the largest non-profit astronomy outreach
also the co-author of TRUTH, LIES, AND O-RINGS: Inside the program in her country. She currently attends school at the Uni-
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. versity of Pristina a Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
(FRIDAY: SALON E @ 3:30pm) and I major in Geography. In just about 2 years there are now
over 100 members in the organization and everyone is enthu-
siastic about participating in Star Parties at local schools and
public squares, all have which been very successful. They not only
MILT HEFLIN observe the night sky but solar observe as well! AOK provides the
Milt Heflin worked for NASA for nearly half a century, including community and schools many opportunities that they never had
service on the prime recovery ships during splashdown and before, to actually look through a telescope and learn so much
post-landing activities for Apollo VIII, X, XVI and XVII, each of more about astronomy and capturing their attention and involv-
the three Skylab missions, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. ing them in this wonderful and exciting science. (SATURDAY:
He later became a Flight Director who led the Mission Control SALON A&B @ 8:30am)
team during the flight of STS-61, widely considered one of the
most important missions of the entire 30-year Space Shut-
tle program. At the time of his retirement, he was serving as
Associate Director (Technical) at the Johnson Space Center, CHRIS IMPEY
Houston. Chris Impey is a University Distinguished Professor. For 17
(FRIDAY: SALON E @ 11:00am) years he was Deputy Head of the Astronomy Department at the
University of Arizona, and he is currently Associate Dean of the
College of Science. He has over 180 refereed publications and 60
conference proceedings, and his work has been supported by $20
RICK HOUSTON million in grants from NASA and the NSF. As a professor, he has
Rick Houston is a full-time writer who lives in Yadkinville, N.C. won eleven teaching awards, and has been heavily involved in
with wife Jeanie, a district court judge, and their twin thirteen- curriculum and instructional technology development. Chris Impey
year-old sons, Adam and Jesse. He has an adult son, Richard, is a past Vice President of the American Astronomical Society.
from a previous marriage. Rick joined the University of Ne- (SATURDAY: SALON C&D @ 9:45am)
braska Press Outward Odyssey family when he contributed the
lead chapter on worldwide reaction to the flight of Apollo XI to
Footprints in the Dust: The Epic Voyages of Apollo.
(FRIDAY: SALON E @ 11:00am) DENNIS R. JENKINS
Dennis R. Jenkins worked as a contractor to NASA for 33 years,
mostly on the Space Shuttle Program in a variety of engineer-
ing and management roles. After supporting the first few space
NICK HOWES shuttle launches at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), he spent
Nick Howes is the Director of Aerolite Meteorites in Europe as five years activating the Vandenberg Launch Site in California
well as an outreach astronomer working with the Kielder Obser- before the facility was closed following the Challenger accident.
vatory in the UK and freelance science author whose work has Returning to KSC, he supported recovering from the accident and
included science writer for the European Space Agency Science a variety of special projects. In 2010 he became the USA project
Portal and NASA/NASA Blueshift. A Fellow of the Royal Astro- manager for the Orbiters on Display Working Group that delivered
nomical Society, he has written for Astronomy U.S, Sky and the space shuttle orbiters to the National Air and Space Museum,
Telescope, Popular Astronomy, Spaceflight and many other Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, California Science Cen-
publications and websites, including major work for the worlds ter, and the KSC Visitor Complex. Afterward Jenkins became the
largest telescope project, the Square Kilometre Array. He has project director for the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center that
co authored and consulted on 4 books on astronomy with will ultimately display Endeavour as a full launch stack. (FRIDAY:
Springer and Usborne. SALON E @ 8:30am)
(FRIDAY: SALON C&D @ 8:30am)
S PE A K E R S & AU T H O R S
DR. MICHAEL D. JONER NEIL McRAE
Dr. Michael D. Joner is a research professor of astronomy at Named after the first man to walk upon the moon, Neil McRae is
BYU. While specializing in several different areas of observa- currently the Chief Architect and Managing Director of Architec-
tional astrophysics and cosmology, he still finds time to dabble ture and Technology at BT (British Telecommunications) in which
with astrophotography. Every SPACEFEST he gives a lecture Neil is responsible for Technology strategy across all the lines of
on current topics in astronomy titled, How Do We Know That? business. A twenty-year Internet and Telecommunications pioneer
This year he will discuss How Do We Measure the Mass of a Neil has spent his career driving his personal purpose, to get
Black Hole? Mike, in the continuation of his popular series people connected, in which he believes gives people opportunity
describes how astrophysicists make sensitive observations that to learn and be successful. Neil is a space exploration enthusiast
allow them to map the internal structure of a distant galaxy and has spent some time researching the history of Telecommuni-
and find the mass of a central black hole. cations and Information Technology and what part this has played
(SATURDAY: SALON A&B @ 1:15pm) in Spaceflight. (FRIDAY: SALON A&B @ 9:45am)
CRAIG RYAN
ROD PYLE Portland writer Craig Ryan has just published his fourth book,
Rod Pyle is a bestselling author and recognized expert on called Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Ren-
the history of space exploration. His seven books have been egade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth, which explores
published by Prometheus/Random House, McGraw-Hill, the life of an Air Force colonel whose research led to break-
Smithsonian, Harper-Collins and Carlton Books and are part throughs in automobile and aviation safety. Ryans previous books
of the permanent collection of the American Association for all dealt with extreme adventure and aviation discovery: The
the Advancement of Science. Destination Moon was cited as Pre-Astronauts (about manned ballooning), Magnificent Failure
a Top Ten Science Book of 2005 by About.com, and has been (about a man who attempted to set a world free fall record) and
published in four editions. He recently completed Destination Come Up and Get Me (the autobiography of aviation pioneer Joe
Mars for Prometheus books which was selected for Scientif- Kittinger). (FRIDAY: SALON C&D @ 3:30pm)
ic Americans Book Club. Rod is currently writing a new book
about the Mars rover Curiosity, and is a regular on radio includ-
ing WGN/Chicago, NPR, the syndicated Coast to Coast and Dr.
Michio Kakus Science Fantastic. JIM SCOTTI
(FRIDAY: SALON A&B @ 12:15pm) Jim Scotti is a planetary scientist working on the Spacewatch Proj-
ect at the University of Arizonas Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.
Spacewatch pioneered the use of electronic detectors in survey-
ing the sky for asteroids and comets and remains amongst the
DR. MARC RAYMAN leading discoverers and observers of objects in the solar system.
Marc Rayman is one of the top scientists and engineers with Jim has discovered 11 comets with Spacewatch, several hundred
JPL in Pasadena, CA. A highly sought-after speaker, he explains of the more than 850 Near-Earth Asteroids discovered by the
technical terms and concepts unusually clearly, and he is widely project, and is a leading recorder of faint returning short period
known for communicating the thrill of interplanetary adven- comets. (SATURDAY: SALON C&D @ 8:30am)
tures. He has been compared to the late Carl Sagan in this
regard. He was responsible for the first use of advanced ion
engines on an interplanetary mission, Deep Space 1, in 1998,
which also yielded NASAs first close-up images of a comet.
HARRY SHAPIRO
Harry Shapiro was an X-15 engineer who worked for North Ameri-
(THURSDAY: SALON E @ 5:00pm) can Aviation, the firm that created the worlds highest and fastest
experimental rocket plane. Projects that he was responsible for on
the X-15 included the ejection system for the external fuel tanks
on the X-15A-2, the scramjet mockup flown at Mach 6.7, various
experiment packages including the Hycon camera system, which
could read a test target on a car from 250,000 feet. (SATUR-
DAY: SALON E @ 4:30pm)
S PE A K E R S & AU T H O R S
SETH SHOSTAK
Seth Shostak is the Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute,
involved with the hunt for intelligence elsewhere in the cos-
mos using the radio antennas of the Allen Telescope Array.
In addition to numerous professional publications, Seth has
written over five hundred popular magazine, newspaper and
Web articles on various topics in astronomy, technology, film
and television. He lectures on astronomy and other subjects,
and for six years was a Distinguished Speaker for the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He also chaired the
International Academy of Astronautics SETI Permanent Study
Group. Every week he hosts the SETI Institutes hour-long,
science radio show, Big Picture Science
(THURSDAY: SALON E @ 4:00pm)
ALAN STERN
Dr. Alan Stern is a planetary scientist, an author, and the for-
mer Director of the Southwest Research Institutes Department
of Space Studies in Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Stern is the principal
investigator (PI) for the New Horizons space probe and its
encounter with Pluto in 2015. Dr. Stern has numerous technical
papers and 50 popular articles. He has given over 100 hundred
technical talks and dozens of popular lectures and speeches
about astronomy and the space program. He has written two
books, The U.S. Space Program After Challenger and Pluto and
Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System.
(SATURDAY: SALON E @ 11:00am)
JONATHAN WARD
Jonathan Ward from Greensboro, North Carolina, is a Solar
System Ambassador for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His
professional experience includes extensive work with leader-
ship teams and several years with Boeing on the Space Station
Freedom program. He maintains web sites at www.apollo-sat-
urn.com and www.apollolaunchcontrol.com to document his
research on the Apollo era at Kennedy Space Center. Jonathan
is the author of two books published simultaneously this year;
Rocket Ranch and Countdown to a Moon Launch. (SATURDAY:
SALON A&B @ 9:45am)
A RT
LUCY WEST has
over 30 years experi-
MICHAEL COLLINS ence as a professional
watercolors embrace the artist. Her works have
things he holds most been commissioned and/
dear: Landscapes of his or exhibited by notable
Florida Everglades home, venues such as NASA /
and places he has visit- Kennedy Space Center,
ed on family vacations; The House of Representatives / Washington D.C.,
the fish and wildlife Westinghouse Corp., Brunswick Corp., independent
native to Florida, and films, music industries, literary industries, galleries
airplanes and jets he flew and private collectors worldwide. Her works have
as a test pilot. Rarely been published in many books and magazines and
does he paint anything are featured in science and space related articles,
space-related. During his trip to the moon, he saw blogs and websites. In both 2012 and 2013 she
the colorless, battered surface beneath him, and won Best in Show at the internationally celebrat-
returned home with a deep appreciation of Earth, ed annual space conference, Spacefest. Lucy is a
its color and wildlife, and its special place in the member of the International Association of Astro-
universe. nomical Artists.
VIP RECEPTION
(UNIVERSAL TICKETS ONLY) Thursday @ 6:00pm
Before the Banquet, we hold a reprise of the VIP reception held Thursday evening, only
smaller. This features a no-host bar and provides an excellent opportunity to mingle with
our special guests.
S.T.E.A.M
(SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ART, MATH) Friday & Saturday @ 9:00am
Open to the public and free, our STEAM event at Spacefest will be in the San Luis Con-
ference room and extended to the Starr Circle Covered patio. Demonstrations, exhibits,
displays, hands-on activities, and formation will be provided. Special thanks to Universi-
ty of Arizona College of Science, LPL and Kuiper Circle for their help creating this event.
ASTRONAUT LUNCH
(UNIVERSAL, GALACTIC & ALA CARTE TICKETS ONLY) Friday @ 12:00pm
Ever wonder what it would be like to walk on the moon or work in space? Take advan-
tage of this amazing opportunity to have lunch with an astronaut that has been there
and done that. Tables will be seated first come, first served according to the time of your
ticket purchase order.
SPEAKER LUNCH
(UNIVERSAL, GALACTIC & ALA CARTE TICKETS ONLY) Saturday @ 12:00pm
Take a moment over lunch to learn more about the universe from authors and scientists
that study it daily. This is your chance to ask those questions burning in your mind. Ta-
bles will be seated first come, first served according to the date of your ticket order.
BANQUET
(UNIVERSAL, GALACTIC & ALA CARTE TICKETS ONLY) Saturday @ 7:30pm
Spacefests Banquet is a lavish affair with up to 450 people seated with an astronaut or
VIP at the head of each table. Many of the astronauts bring their spouses to this event
as well. You wont get a much better chance to meet the astronauts wives elsewhere
during Spacefest. The banquet, with VIP-priority seating, is included in only the Univer-
sal Ticket Package. These ticket holders will be seated first, according to the date and
time of their ticket purchase.
SPECIAL EVENTS
PASM also opened a new display hangar, Hangar 5. Which contains the PBY, PB4Y-2, as
well as several other WWII aircraft that have refurbished and put indoors. Also several
support vehicles and World War II early guided bombs are on display in Hangar 5.
As with every year several of the outdoor aircraft have been repainted and refurbished.
This past year several of our Vietnam War Air Force aircraft have been repainted.
BOOKSIGNINGS
FRIDAY
8:15am - 9:00am.............................JONATHAN WARD & AMY SHIRA TEITEL
SATURDAY
8:15am - 9:00am.......................DUTCH VON EHRENFRIED & LEONARD DAVID