Read-ahead material is now available

The articles and videos below provide some background information on our conference themes, and fascinating work conducted under the leadership of our conference speakers.

• David Thompson tackles the issue of rocket reusability.
• Rama Chapella speaks on the changing fortunes of pattern recognition and computer vision.
• Bill Gerstenmaier expresses his feelings toward rockets.
• Jim Chilton talks about the future of space exploration.
• The Orion Spacecraft marches onward toward its EM-1 flight.
• Garrett Reisman has been in outer space, and on the Colbert Report - at the same time.
• The New York Times discusses drones with Alex Stimpson.
• Keith Gendreu's Neutron Star mission begins aboard the ISS.
• The Space Telescope Science Institute, under the direction of Ken Sembach, is making new discoveries every day.  
• Congressman John Delaney speaks to NPR about the newly formed A.I. Caucus.
• Dr. David McQueeney's TEDx Talk.
• Astronaut Sunita Williams On Her Time In Space And 'The Mars Generation'.