13 May 1999
NEWS RELEASE:
INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE MARKS NATIONAL
SPACE SOCIETY, APOLLO 10 ANNIVERSARIES
Astronauts, Actors, And Worldwide Space Activists To Gather Over
Memorial Day Weekend In Houston for 18th Annual
Conference
On May 27, 1999, the 18th International Space Development
Conference (ISDC) will convene at the Hobby Radisson Hotel in
Houston, Texas. The five-day conference, organized by the National
Space Society (NSS), marks 25 years of pro-space advocacy. A Sunday
evening gala banquet will mark the Society's anniversary with
astronauts, actors, and space activists from around the world.
Other conference highlights include:
- welcome reception hosted by this year's corporate sponsor, SGI
(May 27);
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics symposium
(May 28);
- celebration of Apollo 10 30th anniversary with crew members
(May 28);
- "Dreams to Reality" banquet with science fiction authors (May
29);
- debut of NSS 25th anniversary poster by noted space artist,
Robert McCall;
With the conference located close to the NASA Johnson Space Center,
over eighty speakers will discuss a variety of issues ranging from
the International Space Station to missions to Mars. Scheduled
speakers include: NSS Chairman and Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin;
NSS President and astronaut Dan Brandenstein; Award-winning science
fiction writer and Mars Pathfinder scientist Geoffrey Landis;
three-time shuttle astronaut and former NSS President Charles
Walker; Author of "The Case for Mars" Robert Zubrin; Apollo 10 crew
members Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan; former NASA
flight director Chris Kraft; science fiction authors Catherine
Asaro and Robert Forward; "Babylon 5" actor and NSS Governor Bruce
Boxleitner;
Advance registration is preferable. Registration, as well as the
updated conference agenda and full speaker list, is available via
the NSS website at http://www.nss.org/isdc/ or on
America Online at keyword: "NSS". The National Space Society
promotes change in social, technical, economic, and political
conditions to advance the day when people will live and work in
space.
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