Published: Sept. 28, 2018
- Friday's (9/28) Events
- 12 - 1 p.m. Solar Sails: Traveling the Solar System (and Beyond!) with Sunlight seminar. Speaker: NASA’s Les Johnson. Introduction by Dean Bobby Braun. Location: DLC Collaboratory.
- 1 - 1:30 p.m. Post-seminar reception. Location: DLC Collaboratory.
- 1:15 - 1:45 p.m. Astronaut Scholarship Awards and Ceremony for chemistry and physics undergraduate student Emma Simmerman. Being presented by CU Alumus Astronaut Joe Tanner. Location: Andrews Hall. Open to the public.
- 4 - 7 p.m. Aerospace Tent at Ralphie's Corral. Location: Duane Field. Registration is closed.
- 7 p.m. Kickoff at Folsom Field
- Can't make the game? It will be broadcast live on FS1.
- Special Thanks to Sierra Nevada Corp. for generously providing free string “Dream” backpacks to the first 6,000 attendees at tonight’s game.
- Half time aerospace celebration at Folsom Field will feature VIP guests including bonafide astronauts:
- Chris Deel: Director of Advanced Programs and Chief Architect at Colorado-based United Launch Alliance (ULA).
- Rick Hieb: Flew on three Shuttle missions. CU Boulder aerospace instructor and graduate (MS AeroEngr’79).
- Steve Jolly: Systems Engineering Director at Lockheed Martin Space Systems for GOES-R next generation weather satellite program.
- Steve Lindsey: Flew on five Shuttle missions. Air Force Colonel (Ret). Now Sierra Nevada Corp Vice President of Space Exploration Systems.
- Ann Smead and Michael Byram: whose generous contributions and advocacy of CU Engineering and the Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Science have strengthened Colorado’s aerospace economy.
- Rob Strain: President of Boulder-based Ball Aerospace and Senior Vice President of the Ball Corporation.
- Joe Tanner: Flew on four Shuttle missions, including a Hubble servicing mission. Retired CU Boulder aerospace instructor.
- The astronauts will be on air in the CU Buffs Radio Network booth during the third quarter. CU Buffs Network Affiliates
