From: baalke@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov   
      
   Allard Beutel   
   Headquarters, Washington              November 14, 2003   
   (Phone: 202/358-4769)   
      
   James Hartsfield   
   Johnson Space Center, Houston   
   (Phone: 281/483-5111)   
      
   NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-122   
      
   NASA PARTICIPATES IN AMERICAN ASTRONAUTICAL SOCIETY   
   CONFERENCE   
      
        NASA officials, speaking on topics ranging from assured   
   access to space to Mars exploration, will be among   
   participants at the American Astronautical Society's National   
   Conference and 50th Annual Meeting Nov. 18-19 in League City,   
   Texas.   
      
   William Gerstenmaier, International Space Station Program   
   Manager, will deliver the conference's keynote address.   
   Jefferson D. Howell Jr., director of NASA's Johnson Space   
   Center (JSC) in Houston, is the honorary chair of the event,   
   which is open to members of the media.   
      
   JSC Deputy Director Randy Stone will welcome attendees during   
   the opening session on Nov. 18. Other NASA personnel   
   scheduled to speak during plenary sessions or to moderate   
   discussions include:   
      
   o	Lynn Cline, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space   
   Flight, NASA Headquarters, Washington, will moderate a   
   panel discussion on the "Quest for Assured Access to   
   Space"   
   o	Andrew Algate, space architect lead for transportation,   
   NASA Headquarters, will discuss the Integrated Space   
   Transportation Plan   
   o	Michael Kostelnik, Deputy Associate Administrator for   
   Space Station and Shuttle programs, NASA Headquarters,   
   will discuss the Space Shuttle's Return-to-Flight   
   activities   
   o	Adena Loston, Associate Administrator for Education,   
   NASA Headquarters, will moderate a panel discussion of   
   "Space in the Classroom"   
   o	Frank Jordan, manager, Pre-Projects and Advanced   
   Studies, Solar Systems Exploration Programs, NASA Jet   
   Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will moderate   
   a session on "Mars -- Potential of the Red Planet"   
   o	James Garvin, lead scientist for Mars exploration,   
   Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, will   
   discuss the 2003 Mars rovers' status   
   o	Everett Gibson, senior scientist, Office of   
   Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science at JSC,   
   will discuss the status of research on Martian   
   meteorite ALH84001   
   o	Franklin Chang-Diaz, astronaut and director of the   
   Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory at JSC, will   
   discuss the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma   
   Rocket   
   o	Rob Navias, public affairs officer at JSC, will   
   moderate a media roundtable   
      
   Media can find more information and register to attend the   
   conference at:   
      
   http://www.astronautical.org   
      
   For more information about NASA, visit:   
      
   http://www.nasa.gov   
      
      
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