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The 2019 Humans to Mars Summit
The Humans To Mars Summit (H2M) embodies the core mission of Explore Mars, Inc., which is to advance humanity to the Martian surface by the 2030s. The 2019 Summit featured a diverse lineup of topics, technologies, breakout sessions, and audience participation that addressed the future challenges and progress of human exploration of Mars. Speakers included high-ranking NASA officials, industry executives, experts from diverse fields (including science, engineering, and policy), representatives from the entertainment industry, international luminaries, and STEM education professionals.
New at H2M 2019:
Venue: National Academy of Sciences Building
Dedicated Networking Time
3 Full Days Of Technical Programming
New & Improved Format
- Apollo Moon Landing: 50th Anniversary
- Mars science and robotic precursor missions
- Utilizing the Moon to enable human exploration of Mars
- Insight, the 2020 Rover, and future science missions
- Feeding Mars: Agriculture, synthetic biology, 3-D printing
- Diplomacy, international collaboration, and Mars exploration
- Living off the land: In-situ resource utilization
- How the Gateway will be utilized to advance human exploration of Mars Mars
- The partnership between the entertainment industry and space exploration
- Innovating our way to Mars
Speakers Included:
Ellen Stofan
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Director
Ellen Stofan
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Director
Rachael Mann
#TeachlikeTED, Founder; The Martians in Your Classroom, Co-Author
Rachael Mann
#TeachlikeTED, Founder; The Martians in Your Classroom, Co-Author
Anjan Contractor
CEO, BeeHex
Anjan Contractor
CEO, BeeHex
Robert Folgel
NASA HQ, InSight Program Scientist
Robert Fogel
NASA HQ, InSight Program Scientist
Barry Finger
Paragon Space Development Corporation, Chief Engineer and Director of ECLSS
Barry Finger
Paragon Space Development Corporation, Chief Engineer and Director of ECLSS
Steve Hoffman
The Aerospace Corporation, Senior Engineering Specialist
Steve Hoffman
The Aerospace Corporation, Senior Engineering Specialist
Michael Waltz
U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman, Florida’s 6th Congressional District
Michael Waltz
U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman, Florida’s 6th Congressional District
Rick Zucker
Explore Mars, Inc., Vice President, Policy
Rick Zucker
Explore Mars, Inc., Vice President, Policy
Keri Kukral
CEO & Founder, Raw Science
Keri Kukral
CEO & Founder, Raw Science
Ron Turner
NIAC, Senior Science Advisor
Ron Turner
NIAC, Senior Science Advisor
Sydney Do
NASA JPL, Systems Engineer
Sydney Do
NASA JPL, Systems Engineer
Mary Lynne Dittmar
Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, President & CEO
Mary Lynne Dittmar
Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, President & CEO
Neeraj Gupta
Sierra Nevada Corporation, Director, Advanced Development
Neeraj Gupta
Sierra Nevada Corporation, Director, Advanced Development
Rebecca Keiser
National Science Foundation, Head, Office of International Science and Engineering
Rebecca Keiser
National Science Foundation, Head, Office of International Science and Engineering
Ruth Hemmersbach
DLR
Ruth Hemmersbach
DLR, Head of the Division of Gravitational Biology; Vice Director of the Institute of Aerospace Medicine
Rich Cooper
Space Foundation
Rich Cooper
Space Foundation, Executive Policy & Program Strategist / Tactician / Communicator
Leonard David
Author of Moon Rush: The New Space Race
Leonard David
Author of Moon Rush: The New Space Race
Ken Davidian
FAA, Director of Research, Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Ken Davidianv
FAA, Director of Research, Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Lori Glaze
NASA, Director of Planetary Science Division
Lori Glaze
NASA, Director of Planetary Science Division
Scott Hubbard
Stanford University, Professor
Scott Hubbard
Stanford University, Professor
Kent Joosten
Booze Allen Hamilton, Consultant
Kent Joosten
Booze Allen Hamilton, Consultant
Justine Kasznica
Babst Calland, Shareholder
Justine Kasznica
Babst Calland, Shareholder
Bhavya Lal
Science & Technology Policy Institute, Research Staff Member
Bhavya Lal
Science & Technology Policy Institute, Research Staff Member
David J. Lawrence
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Planetary Scientist, Physicist
David J. Lawrence
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Planetary Scientist, Physicist
Alex MacDonald
NASA, Senior Economic Advisor, Office of the Administrator
Alex MacDonald
NASA, Senior Economic Advisor, Office of the Administrator
Saralyn Mark
NASA, White House, and HHS, Former Senior Medical/Policy Advisor; iGIANT, President & Founder
Saralyn Mark
NASA, White House, and HHS, Former Senior Medical/Policy Advisor; iGIANT, President & Founder
Jim Maser
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Senior Vice President, Space Business Unit
Jim Maser
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Senior Vice President, Space Business Unit
Jancy McPhee
SciArt Exchange, Director; Project Mars Compitition
Jancy McPhee
SciArt Exchange, Director; Project Mars Compitition
Peter McGrath
Boeing, Director, Business Development, Space Exploration Division
Peter McGrath
Boeing, Director, Business Development, Space Exploration Division
David Murrow
Lockheed Martin Co., Deep Space Exploration Business Development
David Murrow
Lockheed Martin Co., Deep Space Exploration Business Development
Masami Onoda
JAXA, Director, Washington, D.C. Office
Masami Onoda
JAXA, Director, Washington, D.C. Office
Karina Perez
Aerospace Industries Association, Assistant, Strategy and Integration & Technical Operation and Standards
Karina Perez
Aerospace Industries Association, Assistant, Strategy and Integration & Technical Operation and Standards
Lisa Pratt
NASA, Planetary Protection Officer
Lisa Pratt
NASA, Planetary Protection Officer
Humphrey "Hoppy" Price
NASA JPL, Mars Program Chief Engineer
Humphrey "Hoppy" Price
NASA JPL, Mars Program Chief Engineer
Allyson Reneau
Harvard; ISU; International Motivational Speaker
Allyson Reneau
Harvard; ISU; International Motivational Speaker
Mir Sadat
National Security Council, Director, Defense Policy and Strategy
Mir Sadat
National Security Council, Director, Defense Policy and Strategy
Gerald Sanders
NASA, ISRU System Capability Lead
Gerald Sanders
NASA, ISRU System Capability Lead
Eric Stallmer
Commercial Spaceflight Federation
Eric Stallmer
Commercial Spaceflight Federation
Jennifer Stern
NASA GSFC, Planetary Geochemist
Jennifer Stern
NASA GSFC, Planetary Geochemist
David Thompson
Orbital ATK, Founder and former CEO
David Thompson
Orbital ATK, Founder and former CEO
David Turner
U.S.State Dept, Deputy Director, Office of Space and Advanced Tech.
David Turner
U.S.State Dept, Deputy Director, Office of Space and Advanced Tech.
Bert Ulrich
NASA, Multimedia Liaison, Film and Television Collaborations
Bert Ulrich
NASA, Multimedia Liaison, Film and Television Collaborations
Sonya Gavankar
Newseum
Sonya Gavankar
Director Of Public Relations at Newseum
Rob Chambers
Lockheed Martin
Rob Chambers
Lockheed Martin, Senior Manager of Systems Engineering
Timothy Cichan
Lockheed Martin
Timothy Cichan
Lockheed Martin, Space Exploration Technology Architect
Dava Newman
MIT, Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics
Dava Newman
MIT, Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautic
Jeffrey Kluger
Editor at large, Time magazine
Jeffrey Kluger
Editor at large, Time magazine
Lynn Rothschild
NASA Ames, Sr Research Scientist
Lynn Rothschild
NASA Ames, Sr Research Scientist
Mike Selden
CEO, Finless Foods
Mike Selden
CEO, Finless Foods
Raquel Nuno
UCLA, Planetary Scientist; Science Communicator
Raquel Nuno
UCLA, Planetary Scientist; Science Communicator
Ron Sparkman
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Stardom, a Space Media Company
Ron Sparkman
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Stardom, a Space Media Company
Janet Ivey
Janet Ivey
CEO & Creator Janet's Planet; President, Explore Mars, Inc.
Dan Buckland
Duke University, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Mechanical Engineering
Dan Buckland
Duke University, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Mechanical Engineering
Ken Bowersox
NASA, Deputy Associate Administrator, HEOMD; former astronaut
Ken Bowersox
NASA, Deputy Associate Administrator, HEOMD; former astronaut
Dak Hardwick
Assistant Vice President, International Affairs Aerospace Industries Association
Dak Hardwick
Assistant Vice President, International Affairs Aerospace Industries Association
Julie Robinson
NASA JSC, Chief Scientist, ISS
Julie Robinson
NASA JSC, Chief Scientist, ISS
Ryan Whitley
National Space Council, Director of Civil Space
Ryan Whitley
National Space Council, Director of Civil Space
Jan Woerner
Director General, ESA
Jan Woerner
Director General, ESA, Presenting Via Skype
Jennifer Heldmann
NASA Ames, Planetary Scientist
Jennifer Heldmann
NASA Ames, Planetary Scientist
Joe Cassady
Executive Director Space, Washington D.C., Aerojet Rocketdyne
Joe Cassady
Executive Director Space, Washington D.C., Aerojet Rocketdyne
Mat Kaplan
Host, Planetary Radio, The Planetary Society
Mat Kaplan
Host, Planetary Radio, The Planetary Society
Arie Trouw
CEO & Co-Founder, XYO
Arie Trouw
CEO & Co-Founder, XYO
Jon Morse
CEO & Board Chair, Boldly Go Institute
Jon Morse
CEO & Board Chair, Boldly Go Institute
John M. Logsdon
John M. Logsdon
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Internation Affairs and Founder of GW's Space Policy Institute
Kim Binstead
Principal Investigator, HI-SEAS: Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation
Kim Binstead
Principal Investigator, HI-SEAS: Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation
Rebecca Keiser
National Science Foundation
Rebecca Keiser
Head, Office of International Science and Engineering National Science Foundation
Ann Merchant
Science and Entertainment Exchange, National Academy of Sciences
Ann Merchant
Science and Entertainment Exchange, National Academy of Sciences
Roya Mahboob
Founder and CEO, Digital Citizen Fund
Roya Mahboob
Founder and CEO, Digital Citizen Fund, & representatives of the Afghan Girls Robot Team
Maria Antonietta Perino
Director Relations with Space Associations, Thales Alenia Space Italy
Maria Antonietta Perino
Director Relations with Space Associations, Thales Alenia Space Italy
Sanjay Vijendran
European Space Agency (ESA)
Sanjay Vijendran
Mars Sample Return Campaign System Engineer & Coordinator, ESA
Paul Wooster
Principal Mars Development Engineer, SpaceX
Paul Wooster
Principal Mars Development Engineer, SpaceX
Nehemiah Williams
NASA JSC
Nehemiah Williams
AST, Liquid Propulsion Systems, NASA JSC
Abraham (Avi) Loeb
Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science, Harvard University
Abraham (Avi) Loeb
Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science, Harvard University
Richard M. Davis
NASA SMD
Richard M. Davis
NASA SMD
James Garvin
NASA GSFC
James Garvin
Chief Scientist, NASA GSFC
Bret Drake
Aerospace Corporation
Bret Drake
Aerospace Corporation
Patrick McClure
DOE, Los Alamos
Patrick McClure
Project Lead, Kilopower Project, Los Alamos
Robert Howard
Lab Manager, NASA Habitability Design Center, JSC
Robert Howard
Lab Manager, NASA Habitability Design Center, JSC
Natalie Mary
EVA Specialist, NASA
Natalie Mary
EVA Specialist, NASA
Gioia Massa
NASA KSC
Gioia Massa
Plant Scientist and Project Scientist, NASA KSC
Alexa Ernce
The Weiss School, Palm Beach, Fl.
Alexa Ernce
Student, The Weiss School, Fl.
Pascale Ehrenfreund
Chair of the DLR Executive Board
Pascale Ehrenfreund
Chair of the DLR Executive Board
Henk Rogers
Founder, International MoonBase Alliance
Henk Rogers
Founder, International MoonBase Alliance
Clive R. Neal
University of Notre Dame, Professor, Lunar Geology
Clive R. Neal
University of Notre Dame, Professor, Lunar Geology
Steve Mackwell
American Institute of Physics, Deputy Executive Officer
Steve Mackwell
American Institute of Physics, Deputy Executive OfficerThe Humans to Mars Summit 2019
May 14, 2019 – Day 1 | The Humans to Mars Summit 2019
7:30-8:30 | Continental Breakfast (Danish, fruit, juice, coffee) & Registration 8:30-8:40 | Opening Introductions & Welcome (To watch panel video, please click on panel title) 8:40- 9:00 | A Year in Review: The Humans to Mars Report 2019 (To watch panel video, please click on panel title)- Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne, Executive Director, Space; Explore Mars, Inc., Executive Vice President, Board of Directors Member) (Presentation Materials)
- Rob Chambers (Lockheed Martin Co., Director, Humans Spaceflight Strategy and Business Development) (Presentation Materials)
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- Pascale Ehrenfreund (DLR German Aerospace Center, Chair of the Executive Board) (Presentation Materials)
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- Robert Fogel (NASA HQ, InSight Program Scientist) (Presentation Materials)
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- David Murrow (Lockheed Martin, Deep Space Exploration Business Development) (Presentation Materials)
- Mat Kaplan Interview: Janet Ivey & Alexa Ernce (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Living Maths Interview Ellen Stofan (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Director) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Mat Kaplan Interview: Lori Glaze (NASA, Director of the Planetary Science Division (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Mat Kaplan Interview: Sanjay Vijendran (ESA, Lead, Mars Sample Return) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
May 15, 2019 – Day 2 | The Humans to Mars Summit 2019
8:00-8:45 | Continental Breakfast & Registration (Danish, fruit, juice, coffee) 8:45-8:50 | Morning Announcements (To watch panel video, please click on panel title) 8:50-9:30 | Human Exploration Extensibility from Moon to Mars (To watch panel video, please click on panel title) 9:30-9:50 | Space Exploration and an Evolvingly Complex Space Domain (To watch panel video, please click on panel title) 9:50-10:30 | Space, Entertainment, and STEM Education: Expanding a Brilliant Partnership (To watch panel video, please click on panel title) 10:30-10:50 | Networking Break- Mat Kaplan Interview: Humphrey "Hoppy" Price (NASA JPL, Mars Program Chief Engineer) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Mat Kaplan Interview: Ann Merchant (The National Academies, Deputy Executive Director, Office of Communications) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Ken Davidian (FAA, Director of Research, Office of Commercial Space Transportation) (Presentation Materials)
- Sonya Gavankar Interview: Peter McGrath (Boeing, Director, Business Development, Space Exploration Division) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Mat Kaplan Interview: Scott Hubbard (Stanford University) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Living Maths Interview Clive Neal (University of Notre Dame, Professor, Civil and Env. Engineering & Earth Science) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Featuring a special South African Pinotage produced by private astronaut Greg Olsen.
- Special Scotch toast will also be held by David Blackmore (Master Brand Ambassador, Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton)
2:00-5:30 | Parallel Afternoon Technical Sessions
Session 1: Mars Architecture Located in the Main Auditorium
2:00-3:15 | Session 1a: Effectively Utilizing the Gateway to Explore the Moon and Mars (To watch panel video, please click on panel title)- Maria Antonietta Perino (Thales Alenia Space Italia, Head of Advanced Exploration Programs) (Presentation Materials)
- Peter McGrath (Boeing, Director, Global Sales & Marketing, Space Exploration) (Presentation Materials)
- Mat Kaplan Interview: Jancy McPhee (SciArt Exchange, Director; Project Mars Competition) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Sonya Gavankar Interview: Mike Fuller (Northrop Grumman, Propulsion Systems) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Patrick McClure (U.S. Dept of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Project Lead, Kilopower Project) (Presentation Materials)
Session 2: Sustaining Human Life on Mars Located in the Room 120
2:00-3:15 | Session 2a: Living off the Land: In-Situ Resource Utilization (To watch panel video, please click on panel title)- Gerry Sanders (NASA JSC, Deputy Project Manager, In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Project) (Presentation Materials)
- Barry Finger (Paragon Space Development Corp., Chief Engineer & Director of Life Support Systems) (Presentation Materials)
- David J Lawrence (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Planetary Scientist, Physicist) (Presentation Materials)
Session 3: Preparing for Mars Located in the Room 125
2:00-3:15 | Session 3a: Mars on Earth - Mars Analog Missions (To watch panel video, please click on panel title) 3:45-5:30 | Session 3b: Should We Commit to an Early Orbital Mission to Mars? (To watch panel video, please click on panel title)- Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne, Executive Director, Space; & Explore Mars, Inc., Board of Directors Member) (Presentation Materials)
- Mat Kaplan Interview: Gioia Massa (NASA KSC, Plant Scientist and Project Scientist) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Mat Kaplan Interview: Lynn Rothschild (NASA Ames, Senior Research Scientist) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Sonya Gavankar Interview: The Afgahn Girls' Robotics Team (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
Please Note: Dress Code is Enforced for Attendance at Cosmos Club Events, See Registration Page for Details
May 16, 2019 – Day 3 | The Humans to Mars Summit 2019
8:00-9:00 | Continental Breakfast (Danish, fruit, juice, coffee) & Registration 9:00-9:05 | Morning Announcements (To watch panel video, please click on panel title) 9:05-10:00 | Human Health on the Moon and Mars: Keeping Crews Healthy and Productive (To watch panel video, please click on panel title)- Saralyn Mark (NASA, White House, and HHS, Former Senior Medical/Policy Advisor; iGIANT, President & Founder) (Presentation Materials)
- Ruth Hemmersbach (DLR, Head of the Division of Gravitational Biology, Vice Director of the Institute of Aerospace Medicine) (Presentation Materials)
- Sonya Gavankar Interview: Arie Trouw (XYO, CEO) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Mat Kaplan Interview: Masami Onoda (JAXA, Director, Washington, D.C. Office) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Living Maths Interview Jancy McPhee (SciArt Exchange, Director; Project Mars Competition) (To watch interview video, please click on interview title)
- Abraham "Avi" Loeb (Harvard University, Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science) (Presentation Materials)
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- James Garvin (NASA GSFC, Science Team Member, Mars InSight Lander) (Presentation Materials)
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- Kellie Gerardi (Commercial Spaceflight Federation, Special Projects)
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- Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne, Executive Director, Space; & Explore Mars, Inc., Board of Directors Member)
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- Allyson Reneau (Harvard; ISU; International Motivational Speaker)
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- Chris Carberry (Explore Mars, Inc., CEO)
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- Artemis Westenberg (Explore Mars, Inc., President Emeritus)
May 17, 2019 – Post H2M Event | The Humans to Mars Summit 2019
9:00-5:00 | Distribution of the 2019 Humans to Mars Report on Capitol Hill (TBA)Explore Mars Would like to say Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors
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This conference is partially supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant No. 80NSSC18K0836. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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