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On Tuesday, November 30, 2004, the Illinois Space Society will host Gregg Maryniak, Executive Director of the Ansari X PRIZE Foundation and Doug King, CEO of the St. Louis Science Center. Everyone is invited to participate in this free event at Foellinger Auditorium on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus to learn about the trials and successes of the X PRIZE, as well as the benefits of space exploration.
Space exploration can be more than an engineering marvel experienced by only a few astronauts. The development of space will require advances in business, law, education, and policy in addition to the well-known advances in space science and engineering. Come to X DAY to discover what opportunities await for those who are bold enough to accept the challenge.
X Day Program
>>>Monday, November 29, 2004
9:00am to 3:00pm
Grade school and high school educational outreach
6:00pm to 7:30pm
X PRIZE design challenge
>>>Tuesday, November 30, 2004
9:00am to 3:00pm
Grade school and high school educational outreach
1:00pm to 2:15pm
Panel discussion, Gregg Maryniak and Technology Entrepreneurship Center
2:45pm to 4:00pm
Panel discussion, Gregg Maryniak, Illinois Space Society, University of Illinois AIAA student branch, and Purdue University SEDS
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Presentation by Gregg Maryniak in Foellinger Auditorium (doors open at 5:30pm)
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Program Descriptions
>>>Educational Outreach
Throughout the school day on Monday, November 29, and Tuesday, November 30, ISS members and other students will be available to make educational presentations to high school and grade school students. Topics include space exploration; planetary science, physics, and math; physics principles; and university student life. Additionally, students will be available on Tuesday, November 30, to give tours of the University of Illinois campus. To request a guest student, email Kirk at kittell@uiuc.edu.
>>>X PRIZE Design Challenge
X PRIZE Design Challenge Information Packet
ISS will host a presentation challenge for high school and university students to educate the public aobut the novel X PRIZE competition designs that are being tested to enable human spaceflight. Students will design a presentation display to be shown in Loomis Lab of Physics between 6pm and 7:30pm on Monday, November 29. Students may bring accompanying materials, such as a multimedia presentation and models.
All students are invited to compete for the grand prize awarded to the best presentation. Students must submit their intention to participate by November 19 by emailing Serena at seley2@uiuc.edu. All participants will receive gifts for presenting and the presentations will be shown in Foellinger Auditorium prior to Gregg Maryniak's presentation.
>>>Feature Presentation
At 6:00pm, Kirk Kittell, founding director of the Illinois Space Society, will discuss space exploration from a student's perspective, "From the Bottom Up: How Students are Getting Involved in Space Exploration."
At 6:15pm, Doug King, CEO of the St. Louis Science Center, will discuss his experiences as a supporter of the X PRIZE, "Bringing the X PRIZE to the top."
At 6:30pm, Gregg Maryniak, Executive Director of the Ansari X PRIZE Foundation, will discuss the trials and successes of the X PRIZE, "From the Top Up: The X PRIZE and Beyond."
>>>Speaker Information
Gregg Maryniak
 Gregg Maryniak is the Executive Director of the X PRIZE Foundation. He formerly served as Chief Executive Officer of the Space Studies Institute of Princeton and as Senior Scientist of the Futron Corporation where he consulted to NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration and the aerospace industry.
Maryniak is a member of the faculty of the International Space University. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics named him a Distinguished Lecturer for his presentation, "The Harvest of Space." He was awarded Russia’s Tsiolkovsky Medal for his work on the use of the resources of free space. He received the Space Frontier Foundation’s Vision to Reality Award for his role in creating the Lunar Prospector Mission launched in 1998.
An instrument-rated commercial pilot with more than 30 years of flight experience, Maryniak was the Flight Director for Erik Lindbergh’s New Spirit of St. Louis flights in 2002. In 2004 he received the Lindbergh Foundation Medal for his role in igniting the personal spaceflight revolution.
Doug King
Doug King is President and Chief Executive Officer of the St. Louis Science Center. He leads a team of 250 staff members and 500 volunteers whose mission is to stimulate interest in and understanding of science and technology throughout the community. The Science Center serves more than 1.4 million people each year, making it the third largest in the country. It has built a national reputation for program and exhibit quality, community partnerships to serve teens and families, community-based programming, visitor service, exhibit maintenance and sound financial management. It is also a partner in many local, regional and national initiatives to build better and stronger links between formal and informal educational opportunities, including the development of a Community Science Resource Center and collaboration with the St. Louis Public Schools to operate the Compton-Drew Investigative Learning Center Middle School.
Prior to assuming his present duties in 1995, King served for five years as President of Challenger Center for Space Science Education headquartered in Washington, D.C. Founded by the families of the Challenger crew, the Center has established educational facilities in 50 cities across North America and England, including St. Louis.
Before becoming involved in education, King spent nearly 20 years in the electronics industry. He served as a vice president of the American Electronics Association and president of the Association of Technology Business Councils. He was a founding board member of Technology Gateway, the 250-company technology alliance that has assumed a major role in the St. Louis business community.
King serves on the boards of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, Forest Park Forever, the Giant Screen Theater Association, and was appointed by the Mayor to the Forest Park Advisory Board. He is also a founder of the Museum Aerospace Education Alliance, served on the Board of the Association of Science/Technology Centers, served as President of the national Association of Science Museum Directors, on the Congressional Web-based Education Commission, and is a member of the NASA Education Advisory Committee
A native of Fresno, California, King received his BS degree in engineering from Stanford University and his MBA in finance from the University of Washington.
Other Information
>>>Parking and Travel Information
Coming soon
>>>Sponsors
>>>Contact Information
For more information about X DAY, email Kirk at kittell@uiuc.edu or go to the ISS message board
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Gregg Maryniak is the Executive Director of the X PRIZE Foundation. He formerly served as Chief Executive Officer of the Space Studies Institute of Princeton and as Senior Scientist of the Futron Corporation where he consulted to NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration and the aerospace industry.
Maryniak is a member of the faculty of the International Space University. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics named him a Distinguished Lecturer for his presentation, "The Harvest of Space." He was awarded Russia’s Tsiolkovsky Medal for his work on the use of the resources of free space. He received the Space Frontier Foundation’s Vision to Reality Award for his role in creating the Lunar Prospector Mission launched in 1998.
An instrument-rated commercial pilot with more than 30 years of flight experience, Maryniak was the Flight Director for Erik Lindbergh’s New Spirit of St. Louis flights in 2002. In 2004 he received the Lindbergh Foundation Medal for his role in igniting the personal spaceflight revolution.
Doug King
Doug King is President and Chief Executive Officer of the St. Louis Science Center. He leads a team of 250 staff members and 500 volunteers whose mission is to stimulate interest in and understanding of science and technology throughout the community. The Science Center serves more than 1.4 million people each year, making it the third largest in the country. It has built a national reputation for program and exhibit quality, community partnerships to serve teens and families, community-based programming, visitor service, exhibit maintenance and sound financial management. It is also a partner in many local, regional and national initiatives to build better and stronger links between formal and informal educational opportunities, including the development of a Community Science Resource Center and collaboration with the St. Louis Public Schools to operate the Compton-Drew Investigative Learning Center Middle School.
Prior to assuming his present duties in 1995, King served for five years as President of Challenger Center for Space Science Education headquartered in Washington, D.C. Founded by the families of the Challenger crew, the Center has established educational facilities in 50 cities across North America and England, including St. Louis.
Before becoming involved in education, King spent nearly 20 years in the electronics industry. He served as a vice president of the American Electronics Association and president of the Association of Technology Business Councils. He was a founding board member of Technology Gateway, the 250-company technology alliance that has assumed a major role in the St. Louis business community.
King serves on the boards of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, Forest Park Forever, the Giant Screen Theater Association, and was appointed by the Mayor to the Forest Park Advisory Board. He is also a founder of the Museum Aerospace Education Alliance, served on the Board of the Association of Science/Technology Centers, served as President of the national Association of Science Museum Directors, on the Congressional Web-based Education Commission, and is a member of the NASA Education Advisory Committee
A native of Fresno, California, King received his BS degree in engineering from Stanford University and his MBA in finance from the University of Washington.
Other Information
>>>Parking and Travel Information
Coming soon
>>>Sponsors
>>>Contact Information
For more information about X DAY, email Kirk at kittell@uiuc.edu or go to the ISS message board
