Day 2
The next day, June 26, was the second full day of presentations, beginning with a 108-minute roundtable discussion to honor the 108 minutes of Yuri Gagarin’s initial manned spaceflight. The participants were Aldrin, Duke, Eno, Fadell, Michael Hintze, Israelian, May-Britt Moser, Schmitt, Donna Strickland, Worden, and moderator Griffin. The talks that followed, hosted by Tarter, were many and varied: Fabiola Gianotti on activities at CERN, home of the Large Hadron Collider; astronaut Tim Peake on his orbital experiences; Bob Smith, CEO of Blue Origin, on the future of private spaceflight; and astronaut Garrett Reisman on the future of human spaceflight.
Then, after a break, May and I delivered a 3D presentation, complete with viewing glasses handed to the audience, sharing stereoscopic views of Apollo images from our recent book, Mission Moon 3-D. After being joined by Duke for some firsthand accounts, we conducted a press conference about the book project. Following this came Fadell, who spoke on technology synergies between Earth and space, and Sir Martin Rees, England’s Astronomer Royal, who delivered a lecture on the prospects for humanity.