Registration Opens for 2014 Humans to Mars Summit

Buzz Aldrin, William Gerstenmaier, Chris McKay and Miles O’Brien among Scheduled Speakers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chirs Carberry of Explore Mars, Inc. invites interested parties to register for the 2014 Human to Mars Summit (H2M) to be held on April 22-24, 2014 at at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by Explore Mars, the George Washington University, and the Space Policy Institute at GW, H2M will be a comprehensive Mars exploration conference to address the major technical, scientific, and policy related challenges that need to be overcome to send humans to Mars by 2030. Topics will include Mars mission architecture and challenges, science goals, planetary protection, International cooperation, space and US competitiveness, ISRU, and many other topics.

Some of the tentative speakers already include -
Buzz Aldrin (Apollo XI)
William Gerstenmaier (NASA: Associate Administrator, HEOMD)
Miles O’Brien (PBS Frontline; NOVA)
Rebecca Keiser (NASA: Associate Deputy Administrator)
Doug McCuistion (former Director, NASA Mars Exploration Program)
Chris McKay (Planetary Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center)
John Spencer (Mars World Enterprises)
James Garvin (NASA; Chief Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center)
Michael Raftery (Boeing; Director, ISS Utilization and Exploration)
Penelope Boston (New Mexico Tech)
Sam Scimemi (NASA| Director, International Space Station)
Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne: Executive Director Space – Washington Operations)
Kris Lehnhardt (George Washington University)
Joel Levine (The College of William and Mary)
Marc Kaufman (National Geographic; Washington Post)

You can take advantage of early registration and save money before the registration fee increases after January 1, 2014. Register here: http://2014h2m.eventbrite.com