ISPCS Public Forum
The ISPCS Public Forum, is focused on middle and high school students in the morning, and university and community members in the afternoon. We expect approximately 600 students. The university portion of the Public Forum will enable students to learn about programs like NASA's Microgravity Student Flight Opportunity Program from New Mexico State University teams who have flown. They will also learn about CRuSR and NASA's other Near Space platforms. The intent of this event is to engage these STEM audiences as they will be the future workforce designing and building experiments that will benefit from programs like CRuSR. Since students in New Mexico have been flying with the Student Microgravity Program for twelve years, the program is embedded at all three research universities.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
RSVP AT nmsgc@nmsu.edu or 575-646-6414
ISPCS Public Forum - Agenda
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Pan American Center, New Mexico State University
10:00 - 11:30 K-12 Public School Forum
Sponsored by: NASA, Las Cruces Sun News, and Coas Books, Inc.
- Pat Hynes, ISPCS Chair and Director of New Mexico Space Grant Consortium
- George Whitesides, CEO, Virgin Galactic
- Message from Richard Branson
- Mark Severance, ISS National Laboratory Education Projects Manager
- Clay Anderson, NASA Astronaut, STS-117, STS-131, ISS
- Maureen Gannon, Virgin Galactic Customer
- Aaron Prescott, Commercial Division Director, Spaceport America
- Rocket Launch (parking lot)
12:00 - 1:15 NMSU Public Forum
Sponsored by: New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, ASNMSU, and Las Cruces Bulletin
- Pat Hynes, ISPCS Chair and Director of New Mexico Space Grant Consortium
- George Whitesides, CEO, Virgin Galactic
- Message from Richard Branson
- NMSU Student Researcher - Doug Weathers - Student Launch Program
- NMSU Student Researcher - Ivan Ferrell - Microgravity Program
- NMSU Student Researcher - Selene Virk - Research Scholarship
- Mark Severance, ISS National Laboratory Education Projects Manager
- Clay Anderson, NASA Astronaut, STS-117, STS-131, ISS
- Aaron Prescott, Commercial Division Director, Spaceport America
1:30 - 3:00 Community Public Forum
Sponsored by: Steinborn TCN Commercial Real Estate, Bohannan Huston Inc, and
Village of Hatch
- John Hummer, CCIM Owner/Broker, Steinborn TCN Commercial Real Estate
- Mayor Tulley, Titusville FL
- Mayor Miyagishima, Las Cruces, NM
- Mayor Montgomery, Truth or Consequences, NM
- Mayor Nordyke, Hatch, NM
