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.