Schedule for the Space Science 50th Reunion / Conference

WEDNESDAY

• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Don Ellison, NCSU
  "PARTICLE ACCELERATION IN SUPERNOVA REMNANT SHOCKS" [107 MB]

FRIDAY

• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Space Physics Seminar, Ivan Kantor, INPE, Brazil
  "Ionospheric Total Electron Content and Scintillation measured with GPS over Brazil"
• 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Reception with hors d'oeuvres and drinks at Brockman Hall 101
• 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm: sunset at the "Turrell Skyspace"
• 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm: music by Kimberly M'Carver's band
• 8:00 pm- 10:00 pm: observing at the observatory (if clear)
• Special: "In Memoriam" tables... bring photos and stories of those who will be with us only in spirit!

SATURDAY

• Saturday morning to early afternoon: "Frontiers in Space Science Conference", BRK 101
  
  CONFERENCE TALK SCHEDULE
  
  

  Time	Person	Affiliation	Title
  8:00	Continental Breakfast
  8:30	Reiff/Wolf	Rice	Welcome and Logistics
  Sesson 1	Atmosphere & Ionosphere - Art Few (Chair)
  8:40	Robert Showen	Shotspotter, Inc.	"From Heating the Ionosphere to Cooling the Cities"  [66 MB]
  9:00	Gary Morris	Dean at St. Edwards	"A Decade of Ozonesonde Measurements in Houston"  [91 MB]
  9:20	Andy Weinheimer	UCAR	"Observations of Atmospheric Composition From Aircraft" [58 MB]
  9:40	Hugh Christian	MSFC	"Lightning - From its Base to Space" [62 MB]
  10:00	Luiz Dias	INPE (Brazil)	"From Ionospheric Research to Software Testing in the Brazilian Aeronautical Industry" [60 MB]
  10:20	Vince Wickwar	Utah State	"Upper-Atmosphere and Ionosphere Research" [62 MB]
  10:40	Richard Behnke	NSF	"NSF's Role in Space Science and Space Weather Research" [67 MB]
  Sesson 2	Instrumentation & Exploration - Dick Wolf (Chair)
  10:55	Janice Karty	Boeing	"Galaxies, Hornets, & Eagles" [53 MB]
  11:15	David Cummings	USRA (Ret)	"Small Satellites in University Research" [43 MB]
  11:35	Moshe Harel	Intergam consulting (Israel)	"Horizon 2020 - The European Research and Innovation Program" [57 MB]
  11:55	Roman Gomez	SWRI	"MMS-HPCA: The Plasma Composition Analyzer for the Magnetospheric Multi-scale Mission" [42 MB]
  12:15	Rick Chappell	MSFC	"The Origin of Plasma in the Earth's Neighborhood--A 50 Year Exploration Adventure" [53 MB]
  12:35	Lunch (catered Goode Company BBQ) bring in your food for the talk
  Sesson 3	Extending to Deep Space - Edison Liang (Chair)
  1:15	Henry Garrett	JPL	"Jupiter's Radiation Environment"
  1:35	Jim Newman	Naval Postgrad School	"From working on very large satellites (ISS, HST) to very small satellites (CubeSats)." Subtitled: "One person's valuable satellite is another person's space junk."
  1:55	Curt Michel	Rice	"Voyager 1 leaving the Heliosphere"
  2:15	Al Harper	U Chicago	"From Buffalo Bayou to the Distant and Early Universe"
  2:35	Jerry Fishman	MSFC	"Gamma Rays have been Good to Me" [48 MB]
  3:00-6:30	ON YOUR OWN (Museum, visiting, touring)

  
  
• Saturday afternoon: on your own
  Optional: Planetarium show at Houston Museum of Natural Science (extra $7, includes museum entry)
• 6:30 pm: Cocktail Reception (at Crowne Plaza, Kirby at SW Freeway, two drink tickets included)
• 7:00 pm: Reunion Banquet (at Crowne Plaza)
• 8:00 pm: Awards and Dinner speakers (Alex Dessler and Paul Cloutier)
• 10:00 pm - 12:00 pm: Dancing