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[djellison]

Thanks to the efforts of Emily and Jen at TPS....I am now registered as Press for the '06 International Astronautical Congress in Valencia.

The 2nd announcement contains the most information about the line up for the week
http://www.iac2006.com/pdf/2nd_Announcement.pdf

However Monday AM is going to be a highlight. The heads of NASA, ESA, RSA, JAXA, CNSA ISRG and CSA will all be there.

If anyone spots a particular session they want to hear about - let me know as I'm trying to schedule my week as well in advance as I can!

Cheers
Doug

[hendric]

Here you go. The yellows are conflicts, with the bold the preferred session.

I think small space science missions trumps space based astronomy, because even though spitzer et al put out great science, I think a Hayabusa captures more of the imagination, and want to know what else is going on. If SSSM means nano sattelites in formation measuring the magnetosphere, then give it a pass.

Electric propulsion is interesting because it is such an enabling technology that really opens up the solar system for lower cost/smaller missions. I'm sure we'll all get our fill of moon exploration soon enough between all the probes heading there.

You would probably prefer to see the poster sessions, but I thought "Beyond Education" a must-see for UMSF. E/PO, for me, seems to be weighted heavily to the E side vs the PO side, and I'd like to see that change.

Lessons learned is just something I have an interest in, as an engineer I like to hear about how other teams encountered and overcome problems in their designs.