ISDC08 Honored Speakers and Guests
Hon. Nick Lampson
U.S. Congressman, Texas, 22nd District
Gary E. Payton
Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space Programs
Dr. John Marburger
Science Adviser to the President and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Miles O'Brien
Chief Technology and Environment Correspondent, CNN
Burt Rutan
President of Scaled Composites and designer of SpaceShipOne
Buzz Aldrin
Lunar module pilot for Apollo 11 and former Chairman of the NSS Board of Governors
Elon Musk
Co-founder of PayPal and Space Exploration Technologies
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist, Author, Director of Hayden Planetarium
Anousheh Ansari
CEO and Co-founder of Prodea Systems, Inc. and Spaceflight Participant
Dr. George Nield
Acting Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, FAA
Doug Cooke
Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Will Whitehorn
President, Virgin Galactic
General Simon 'Pete' Worden
Director, NASA Ames Research Center
Peter Diamandis
Founder, X PRIZE Foundation; Zero Gravity Corporation; Rocket Racing League, ISU
Robert Bigelow (invited)
President, Bigelow Aerospace
John Carmack
Founder and CEO, Armadillo Aerospace
Steve Kohler
President and CEO, Space Florida
Eric Anderson
CEO, Space Adventures
Greg Olsen
Entrepreneur, Scientist and Third Space Tourist to the International Space Station
Mark Uhran
Assistant Associate Administrator for ISS
Hugh Downs
Broadcaster, Author, NSS Chairman
George Whitesides
Executive Director, National Space Society
Charlie Precourt
Astronaut and Vice President, ATK Launch Systems
James Chilton
Boeing, Vice President and Program Manager, Exploration Launch Systems
Lindley N. Johnson
Discovery Program Executive, NASA Science Mission Directorate
Laurence A. Price
Deputy Program Director, Crew Exploration Vehicle Exploration Systems
Lockheed Martin
Julie A. Van Kleeck
Vice President, Space Programs, Aerojet
Neal Newman
Senior Advisor Office of External Relations, NASA
Tim Pickens
CEO, Orion Propulsion
Mark Sirangelo
Chairman and CEO, SpaceDev
John Mankins
President, Space Power Association
Billie Reed
Director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority
Charles Miller
President, Space Policy Consulting, Inc.
Jim Ball
Center Development Manager, Kennedy Space Center
Stu Witt
Mojave Spaceport Manager
Gary Hudson
Founder and CEO, AirLaunch
Dr. Michael Simpson
President of the International Space University (ISU)
Bob Hopkins
Chief of Strategic Communications, NASA
Paul E. Damphousse
Chief of Advanced Concepts, NSSO
Alan Ladwig
Manager, Space Systems Consultancy, WBB Consulting
William P. McNally
Assistant Administrator for Procurement, NASA
Doug Griffith
Space Law Expert, Law Office of Douglas Griffith
Steve Landeene
Executive Director, New Mexico Spaceport Authority
Jeff Roth
Director, Writer and Producer for The Wonder of It All movie
Granger Whitelaw
CEO, Rocket Racing League