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[4:00 p.m.] - Planetarium Show and Astronaut Presentation - Baton Rouge Planetarium  [ EVENT FULL ]
Chair - Leroy Chiao, LSU - astronaut

[1:00 - 3:00 p.m.] - Student event - Meet the Explorers - BBQ on the Parade Ground
Chair - Leroy Chiao, astronaut/LSU

• Dale Andersen, SETI Institute - astrobiologist, arctic/antarctic explorer and diver
• Leroy Chiao, LSU - astronaut
• Eileen Collins, astronaut
• John Finley, LSU, mountaineer
• John Grunsfeld, NASA - astronaut, astronomer, mountaineer
• Pascal Lee, Mars Institute - geologist
• Richard Linnehan, astronaut
• James Pawelzck, Penn State - physiologist/astronaut
• James Rice, Arizona State - space geologist, arctic/antarctic explorer
• William Readdy, Discovery Partners - astronaut
• Steve Squyres, Cornell University - space geologist and Mars Rover principal investigator
• Sunita Williams, NASA, astronaut

[6:30 - 8:00 p.m.] Evening Session 1: A Human Expedition to Mars: A Day in the Life - Cox Auditorium
Chair - Andrew Turnage, Association of Space Explorers

• Dale Andersen, astrobiologist, arctic/antarctic explorer and diver
• Eileen Collins, astronaut
• John Grunsfeld, astronaut, astronomer, mountaineer
• James Rice, space geologist, arctic/antarctic explorer
• Pascal Lee, Mars Institute
• Steve Squyres, space geologist and Mars Rover principal investigator
• William Readdy, astronaut
• Sunita Williams, astronaut

[8:00 - Noon] Session 2: Those Who Support the Explorers -Energy, Coast & Environment Building
Chair - Miles O'Brien, CNN

• Introduction - Symposium co-chairs Leroy Chiao & Keith Cowing
• Welcome - LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe
• Welcome - Carl Meade, Northrop Grumman Information Systems
• Key Note - Jim Fowler
• Public Perceptions - Miles O'Brien, CNN
• Families and Spaceflight - June Scobee Rodgers, Challenger Center

Risks of Nature (panel): Impact of and Response to Hurricane Katrina

• Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden
• Chief Ricky W. Adams, LSU
• Steven A. Turner, NASA - Michoud Report: Riding Out Katrina

[1:00 - 5:00 p.m.] Session 3: Expedition Planning & Acceptable Risk
Chair - Daniel Bennett, Explorers Club

• Planning XPrize and Other Risky Competitions - Peter Diamandis, X Prize/Zero Gravity Corp.
• Planning a Mountain Expedition, Kenneth Kamler, Yale university
• Mount Everest Climb - John Finley, LSU
• Diving Under Polar Ice - Dale Andersen, SETI Institute
• Astronaut Risks - James Pawelczyk, Penn State
• Setting Up a Moon Base - Geoffrey Yoder, NASA Headquarters
• Planning for the Unknown - Carl Meade, Northrop Grumman Information Systems

[7:00 - 9:00 p.m.] Session 4: Travels on Sea and in Space Chair - Cox Auditorium
Leroy Chiao, Astronaut/LSU, chair

• Alex Whitworth & Peter Crozier, oceanic circumnavigators

[8:00 - Noon] Session 5: Earth as a Classroom: Terrestrial Analogs for Extraterrestrial Environments - Energy, Coast & Environment Building
Chair, Keith Cowing, SpaceRef Interactive

• Planetary Analogs - Keith Cowing, SpaceRef Interactive
• Atacama Desert - Fred Rainey, LSU
• Devon Island Haughton Mars Project - Pascal Lee, Mars Institute
• NASA Desert Rats- Barbara Romig, NASA
• NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) - Michael Lopez-Alegria, astronaut/NASA
• Polar Analogs - Dale Andersen, SETI Institute

[1:00 - 2:30] Session 6: Earth as a Classroom: Terrestrial Analogs for Extraterrestrial Environments (continued)
Chair, Keith Cowing, SpaceRef Interactive

• RSpace Radiation: Risks and Rewards, John P. Wefel, LSU
• Enzyme Kinetics in Microgravity, Vince LiCata, LSU

[2:00 - 5:00 p.m.] Session 7: Risk & Commercial Space Exploration
Chair - Robert Davis, Northrop Grumman

• Commercial Manned Spaceship: Today and Tomorrow - Greg Olsen, GHO Ventures
• Defining the Future - Robert Davis, Northrop Grumman
• New Life from Old Space Stations - Art Dula, Excalibur Almaz

Business Risk Valuation for Space (panel) Chair - Sean O'Keefe, LSU

• William Anders
• John Schumacher, Aerojet

[7:15 - 9:30 p.m.] Session 8 (evening)
Chair - Daniel Bennett Cox Auditorium

• Bold Endeavors - Dr. Jack Stuster, Anacapa Sciences
• First Mission to the Moon - William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut
• Symposium Close- Carl Meade , Northrop Grumman Information Systems