ShuttleFest 3 Pt 3 "2 Tales of Centaurs & RTGs": Astronaut Bob Cabanna, Michael Haddad, Luis Delgado

The American Space Museum's ShuttleFest III annual celebration of the Space Shuttle Era on April 13, 2024 included 5 panel discussions and presentations. 4 are presented here on our KZbin channel in 4 parts. (SORRY, the part 5 video recording failed.)
THIS VIDEO: Part 3 - 1:00pm Panel: "Two Tales of Centaurs & RTGs". The controversy over nuclear power and the liquid-fueled booster rocket proposed for both STS-41, Ulysses to the Sun, and STS-34, Galileo to Jupiter.
Panel Members...
Bob Cabanna Astronaut, former Director of Kennedy Space Center, former NASA Associate Administrator
Michael Haddad Shuttle Systems Engineer
Luis Delgado NASA Mechanical Engineer
Intro by Intro Nick Thomas of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
MORE on ShuttleFest III (all 5 parts)...
The public event was held April 13, 2024 at Hyatt Place Titusville/Kennedy Space Center. With the theme, “More than Just Astronomy Missions,” the event featured space workers and astronauts who participated in the STS-35 & 67 Astro 1 & 2, the STS-41 Ulysses (Sun orbit) and the STS-34 Galileo (Jupiter orbit) missions. These astronomy missions had some drama involved… Ulysses and Galileo had controversial radioactive power sources and were to be launched from the Shuttle payload bay by a liquid fueled Centaur rocket. The Astro 1 mission was almost terminated in orbit because of a communications problem with the telescopes that was solved in a unique way.
Part 1 (Video 1) - Panel: "STS-35 ASTRO 1 & 2: STS-35 & STS-67" with John Bartoe, Astronaut, Shuttle Engineer Michael Haddad, Shuttle Engineer Scott Vangan.
Part 2 (Video 2) - Presentation: Shocking Discoveries by Space Telescopes. Astronomer Dr. Eric Pearlman of Florida Institute of Technology explains the more we know, the more puzzled we are about the Universe.
Part 3 (Video 3) - Presentation: "Shocking Discoveries by Space Telescopes" in which astronomer Dr. Eric Pearlman of Florida Institute of Technology explains the more we know, the more puzzled we are about the Universe.
Part 4 (Video 4) - Panel: ART IN SPACE: Artist Chris Calle, photographer Tom Usciak, patch artist Tim Gagnon and painter Ron Woods share their introspective.
SORRY... We sincerely apologize to the panel members and our viewers but the Part 5 video recording failed. ##
Part 5 (Video 5) - Panel: "Rocket Renaissance": Kevin Brown of All Points, Burt Dicht of National Space Society, Josh DZUGEN of Vaya Space discuss “Looking to the Future” of spaceflight.
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