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Goddard Space Flight Center Engineering Colloquium

Date: Monday, October 7, 2002

Title: History and Future of Nuclear Space Power: An Industry View

Speaker: James Crocker

Abstract

Nuclear power has played an important role in space exploration for over 50 years. In fact, missions to Jupiter, Saturn, and the outer planets would not be possible without it. This talk will outline the history of this safe and reliable power source for space applications and present some of the exciting possibilities for the future.

Speaker

Mr. James H. Crocker joined Lockheed Martin in March 2002 as the Vice President, Space Exploration Systems, within the Space Systems line of business for Lockheed Martin Astronautics Operations, Denver, Colorado. His near-term focus at LM is on program execution and continued success of the Mars Global Surveyor, Stardust, Odyssey and Genesis missions. He is also responsible for identification and pursuit of follow-on and new space systems opportunities that position Astronautics for long-term growth. Prior to his current assignment was also Head of Program Management for the European Southern Observatory and project manager for the construction of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). He also conceived the idea for and lead the team that developed COSTAR to correct the flawed optics on the Hubble Space Telescope.


Colloquium Committee Sponsor: Dr. Jan Kalshoven


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