1. Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
2005 MAPLD International Conference Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Washington, D.C. September 7-9, 2005

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6. Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
William Dwyer
Engineer: Space Station Freedom and ISS
NASA Johnson Space Center

7. To tell the truth …

8. From bios submitted to MAPLD 2005
To tell the truth …
From bios submitted to MAPLD 2005
...personally signed up Dennis Tito, the world's first "citizen explorer," and has assisted in numerous other such projects.

9. From bios submitted to MAPLD 2005
To tell the truth …
From bios submitted to MAPLD 2005
...personally signed up Dennis Tito, the world's first "citizen explorer," and has assisted in numerous other such projects.
... has sold more than $100M in spaceflights; including the first and only two space tourists to fly to the International Space Station (ISS); Dennis Tito and …

10. Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
Chris Faranetta
VP, Orbital Space Flight Program
Space Adventures, Ltd

11. Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
“We get it …”

12. Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
Alphonso Diaz
"Member of the NASA Senior Staff,
formerly the Associate Administrator"

13. The sign or reversal problem …

14. The sign or reversal problem …
Wrong sign in equations …

15. The sign or reversal problem …
Wrong sign in equations …
Wires reversed …

16. The sign or reversal problem …
Wrong sign in equations …
Wires reversed …
North and South Poles …

17. The sign or reversal problem …
Wrong sign in equations …
Wires reversed …
North and South Poles …
Differential pair inputs reversed …

18. The sign or reversal problem …
Wrong sign in equations …
Wires reversed …
North and South Poles mixed up …
Differential pair inputs reversed …
Accelerometer facing wrong way …

19. The “sign or reversal problem” …
Suggested text sent in for an introduction:
“I am the only person who will be in the room who actually owned part of a space station”

20. Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
Rick Tumlinson
Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation

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26. Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
Keith Cowing
Editor, NASA Watch

27. Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
Historical Perspective and Panel Moderator
Former NASA Historian

28. Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
Historical Perspective and Panel Moderator
Former NASA Historian
Alex Roland
Duke University

29. Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
Historical Perspective and Panel Moderator
Roger D. Launius
Chair, Division of Space History
National Air and Space Museum