[meteorite-list] NASA Holds Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium Nov. 14-15

[Ron Baalke]

Nov. 7, 2012

David E. Steitz 
Headquarters, Washington                                    
202-358-1730 
david.steitz at nasa.gov 

Kathy Barnstorff 
Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 
757-864-9886 
kathy.barnstorff at nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-212

NASA HOLDS INNOVATIVE ADVANCED CONCEPTS SYMPOSIUM NOV. 14-15

WASHINGTON -- The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program's 
2012 Fall Symposium will be held Nov. 14-15, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza 
Hotel in Hampton, Va. NIAC examines early stage concepts that may 
lead to advanced and innovative space technologies critical for NASA 
to enable missions in the next 10 to 100 years. 

Panel topics during the free public symposium include propulsion and 
power, space debris removal, near-Earth object mitigation, humans in 
space and on the surface of planets, robotics and space probes, and 
imaging and communications. 

Experts in aeronautics and advanced technologies will give keynote 
presentations and discuss the latest news about NIAC's progress and 
plans. Poster sessions will showcase the ongoing projects of current 
NIAC fellows. 

Keynote speakers include NASA's chief technologist, Mason Peck, and 
professor Penny Boston of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and 
Technology in Socorro. Boston will discuss "What's a nice girl like 
you doing in a place like this? Looking for life in all the wrong 
places, from caves to Mars and beyond" at 10:45 a.m. EST Wednesday, 
Nov. 14. Peck will discuss "Technology and the Future" at 8 a.m., 
Thursday, Nov. 15. For those unable to attend, keynote speakers and 
other presenters at the symposium can be seen on LiveStream at: 

http://www.livestream.com/niac2012 

To view the complete conference agenda and for free registration, 
visit: 

http://tinyurl.com/bb87x35 

Journalists registering to attend the symposium should list their news 
organization under "affiliation." Reporters seeking interviews with 
NASA or other symposium participants should contact Kathy Barnstorff 
at kathy.barnstorff at nasa.gov or 757-864-9886. 
NIAC is part of NASA's Space Technology Program, which is innovating, 
developing, testing, and flying technology for use in NASA's future 
missions and the greater aerospace community. 

For more information about the NIAC program and NASA's Space 
Technology Program, visit: 

http://go.usa.gov/YArh 
	
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