On June 6-8, 2011, Georgia Tech hosted a symposium commemorating NASA's Space Shuttle Program, the astronauts and the many engineers, scientists, technicians and staff who devoted their efforts and careers to making this program the tremendous success it has been. The Symposium was supported by NASA, the Boeing Company, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Georgia Space Grant Consortium.

This Symposium brought together an international group of scientists, technologists, engineers, mission designers, policymakers, and students to discuss the Shuttle's era of significant contributions and to exchange ideas about the future of space exploration.

SYMPOSIUM VIDEOS

If you were unable to attend the Symposium or simply want to review one of the presentations or panel discussions, you can view the videos using the links below.  You must have Microsoft SilverLight installed on your computer to view the videos: System Requirement for Viewing These Videos.

DAY 1

1. Welcome 
   Prof. Vigor Yang, Chair, School of Aerospace Engineering
   Dr. G. P. "Bud" Peterson, President, Georgia Institute of Technology
   Prof. Robert Loewy, Symposium Co-Chair
2. Opening Remarks
   Gen. Charles Bolden, Jr., NASA Administrator
3. The Engineering, Scientific and Cultural Legacy of the Space Shuttle
   Steve Hawley, Prof. of Physics & Astronomy, Dir. Engineering Physics, University of Kansas, NASA Astronaut 1978-2008
4. A Brief History of the Orbiter Evolution
   Tim Reith, Chief Engineer for Orbiter, Boeing
5. Space Shuttle Propulsion System
   Chris Singer, Director of Engineering, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
6. International Collaboration Panel
   Russ Romanella, chair, Assoc. Dir. for Eng. & Tech. Ops., NASA Kennedy Space Center
   Michael Hiltz, Macdonald Dettwiler and Associates, Toronto
   Shannon Lucid, NASA Johnson Space Center, NASA Astronaut 1979-2008
   William McArthur, Mgr, Orbiter Project Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, NASA Astronaut 1990-2011
7. Ground Operations
   Dana Hutcherson, Flow Director, NASA Kennedy Space Center
8. Safety
   Bryan O'Connor, Chief, Safety & Mission Assurance, NASA HQ, NASA Astronaut 1980-1991
9. Flight Systems & Mission Ops
   Stephen Koerner, Dep. Dir., Mission Operations Directorate, NASA Johnson Space Center

DAY 2

1. Opening Remarks
   Virginia Barnes, President & CEO, United Space Alliance
2. Space Shuttle Program Retrospective
   William "Bill" Hill, Assistant Associate Administrator, Space Shuttle Program, NASA HQ
3. Lessons Learned Panel
   Ralph Roe, chair, Dir., NASA Eng. & Safety Center, NASA Langley Research Center
   Jan Davis, VP & Dep. Gen. Mgr., Jacobs ESTS Group, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA Astronaut 1987-98
   Jim Owen, Chief Engineer, Space Shuttle Propulsion, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
   John McManamen, Chief Engineer, Space Shuttle Program, NASA Johnson Space Center
   Bob Lang, VP & Chief Engineer for Space Shuttle Program, United Space Alliance
   Steven Sullivan, Chief Engineer, Launch Vehicle Processing, NASA Kennedy Space Center

SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS

The Symposium proceedings are available as a PDF file for downloading at the link below.  The proceedings include the following:

• Symposium Agenda
• Edited transcriptions of all session talks including all illustrations
• Transcription of Banquet Keynote by Robert Thompson, Shuttle Program Manager, 1970-1981
• Links to session videos (shown above)
• Report on Student Involvement
• A Brief History of the Space Shuttle Development
• Orbiter History
• List of Shuttle Program Managers

Downloads:

The Proceedings are available in two versions. The ONLY difference is the image resolution of the slides used in the talks. The smaller file has compressed images so details in some slides may not be readable when zoomed. The second preserves the original slide image resolution but results in a much larger file size.

For these large files it is better to right-click on the link and choose "Save Link as..." to download directly to a file.

• Proceedings (30 Mb, smallest file size)
• Proceedings (141 Mb, high definition images)