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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Commercial nuclear innovation "new space" age
In early 2006, a start-up company launched a small rocket from a tiny island in the Pacific. It exploded, showering the island with debris. A year later, a second launch attempt sent a rocket to space but failed to make orbit, burning up in the atmosphere. Another year brought a third attempt—and a third failure. The following month, in September 2008, the company used the last of its funds to launch a fourth rocket. It reached orbit, making history as the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to do so.
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10:30AM–12:30PM EDT
Panel|Orchid
Session Chair: Anthony M. Calomino|Alternate Chair: Jonathan Cirtain
Vanda
Session Chair: Tabitha Dodson|Alternate Chair: Barry Miller
Calypso
Session Chair: Scott Wilson|Alternate Chair: Emily Jane Watkinson
1:30–3:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Harold Gerrish|Alternate Chair: Katey E. Lenox
Session Chair: Jeff George
Session Chair: Dayna Ise|Alternate Chair: Kelsa B. Palomares
4:00–6:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Donald Helton|Alternate Chair: Susannah Howieson
Session Chair: Scott Wilson|Alternate Chair: Lucas Rich
Session Chair: Todd Tofil|Alternate Chair: Sebastian Corbisiero
Session Chair: Susannah Howieson|Alternate Chair: Donald Helton
Session Chairs: Michelle Rucker, Laura Burke|Alternate Chair: Michael Chappell
Session Chair: Patrick McClure|Alternate Chair: Susan S. Voss
Session Chair: John Scott|Alternate Chair: Leonard Dudzinski
Session Chair: Ron Litchford|Alternate Chair: John Scott
Session Chair: Susan Voss|Alternate Chair: Patrick McClure
Session Chair: Leonard A. Dudzinski|Alternate Chair: Steven R. Oleson
Session Chair: Lucas Rich|Alternate Chair: Scott Wilson
Session Chair: Michael B. Smith|Alternate Chair: Lee S. Mason
Session Chair: Emily Jane Watkinson|Alternate Chair: Scott Wilson
Session Chair: Katey E. Lenox|Alternate Chair: Harold Gerrish
Session Chair: Lee S. Mason|Alternate Chairs: Michael B. Smith, Mike Houts
Orchid
Session Chair: Sebastian Corbisiero|Alternate Chair: Todd Tofil
Session Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck|Alternate Chair: Michael B. Smith
Session Chair: Michael LaPointe|Alternate Chair: Ronald Turner
Session Chair: Kelsa B. Palomares|Alternate Chair: Dayna Ise
10:00AM–12:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Wes Fuhrman|Alternate Chair: Paul Ostdiek
Session Chair: Jean-Pierre Fleurial|Alternate Chairs: Bill Otting, Leo Gard, Chad Barklay