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ALLAN NORTON, CHAIRMAN, MARTIN MARIETTA/ORLANDO

VICE PRESIDENT, ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS DIVISION MICHAEL CARD, NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER CHIEF, STRUCTURES AND DYNAMICS DIVISION AARON COHEN, NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR, RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING MAXIME FAGET, NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER (RETIRED) -SPACE INDUSTRIES CHARLES FELTZ, ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL (RETIRED) LEONARD HARRIS, NASA HEADQUARTERS DIRECTOR FOR SPACE HORACE LAMBERTH, NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR, SHUTTLE ENGINEERING

ADRIAN O'NEAL, HCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP., HUNTSVILLE

DOMINIC SANCHINI , ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL SAMUEL TENNANT, AEROSPACE CORPORATION DAVID L. WINTERHALTER, NASA HEADQUARTERS ACTING DIRECTOR, PROPULSION DIVISION J O H N YOUNG, NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER CHIEF, ASTRONAUT OFFICE

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