The 2025 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit - Day 2

8:30-8:35am ET | Welcome to Day 3 of the 2025 Humans to the Moon and Mars Summit
● Dr. Tiffany Vora (Explore Mars, Inc. | VP for Innovation Partnerships)
● Chris Carberry (Explore Mars, Inc. | CEO)

8:35-9:25am ET | Planning for the physical and mental health of astronauts on the first Mars
mission
● Moderator: Dr. Shawna Pandya (Physician, Aquanaut, Explorer, Director - IIAS Space
Medicine Group, Space Medicine and Austere Environment Researcher)
● Dr. Jennifer Rochlis (Advancing Frontiers | CEO; former NASA Division Chief)
● Dr. Kaleigh Stabenau (University of California, Irvine | Assistant Professor of
Otolaryngology; Commercial Space Medicine Consultant)
● Phnam Bagley (Nonfiction, LLC | Partner & Creative Director)

9:25-10:05am ET : Blue Origin’s Vision for the Moon and Mars: A Conversation with David Limp
(Blue Origin: CEO)
● Facilitator: JR Edwards (Explore Mars, Inc: President)

10:05-10:25am ET | Networking Break

10:25- 11:15 am ET | Practicing for Mars: An Analog on ISS and a Ground Facility
● Co-Moderator: Dr. Tiffany J. Vora (Singularity University | Expert & Singularity Fellow in
Biotechnology)
● Co-Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Hesterman (Colonel, USAF (ret))
● Dr. Sian Proctor (Inspiration4 | Astronaut & Pilot)
● Shawna Pandya (Physician; Astronaut, International Institute of Astronautical Sciences)
● Dr. Michaela Musilova (Astrobiologist | Analog astronaut)

11:15-12:05 AM ET: Artemis Accords: International Collaboration in Deep Space
● Moderator: Mat Kaplan (The Planetary Society | Senior Communications Adviser)
● Sohair Salam Saber (The Hague Institute for Global Justice | President)
● Mike Gold (Redwire | President of Civil and International Space Business to Lead Global
Expansion)
● Marc Jochimech (DLR | Head DLR Washington Office at German Aerospace Center)
● Adnan Mohammad Alrais (Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre | Assistant DG - Space
Operations and Exploration Sector)

12:05-12:35: A Conversation with Kristin Houston (Aerojet Rocketdyne segment of L3Harris
Technologies| Space Propulsion & Power Systems Sector, President)
● Facilitator: Allen Cutler (Coalition for Deep Space Exploration; President and CEO)

12:35-1:00: Getting to Mars on the Wings of a Story
● Dr. Eric Haseltine (US Technology Leadership Council | Chairman; former Executive Vice
President of Walt Disney Imagineering )
● Dr. Chris Gilbert (Physician, Writer, Actress, Radio personality)

1:00-2:00 PM ET: Lunch

2:00-2:50pm ET | Innovating Sustainability on Mars – Improving Life on Earth
● Moderator: Dr. Tiffany J. Vora (Singularity University | Expert & Singularity Fellow in
Biotechnology)
● Debra Facktor (Head of US Space Systems at Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc.)
● Dr. Bhavya Lal (former NASA Assoc. Admin. For Technology, Policy, and Strategy)
● Dr. Robert Price (CleanJoule | CTO)
● Molly Sullivan (Space Tango, Inc. | Director, Corporate Development)
● Dr. Steven Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution | Director and
Distinguished Fellow

2:50-3:00: Lightning Talk: Plasma Power: Pushing Boundaries for Earth and Mars
● Dr. Anmol Taploo (JivaJet Inc. | Cofounder and CTO; GWU | Postdoctoral
Associate)
● Dr. Vikas Soni (JivaJet Inc | Cofounder and CSO; GWU | Postdoctoral Associate)

3:00-3:10pm ET | Lightning Talk: Developing the 21st Century Aerospace Workforce: The
Wolfpack CubeSat Development Team
Lucas Lowery (Student: Wolfpack CubeSat Development Team)

3:10-3:20: A Video Introduction to Afghan Dreamers with Fatemah Qaderyan

3:20-3:45pm ET | Networking Break

3:45-4:40 PM ET: Nuclear Propulsion for Mars: Vision, Velocity, and Viability
● Moderator: Dr. Bhavya Lal (former NASA Assoc. Admin. For Technology, Policy, and
Strategy)
● Dr. Fred Kennedy (CEO, Dark Fission)
● Dr. Amy Roma (Partner, Hogan Lovell)
● Dr. Kurt Polzin (NASA | Chief Engineer, Space Nuclear Propulsion Project)
● Dr. Rian Bahran (U.S. Department of Energy | Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Nuclear Reactors)

4:40-5:10pm ET | The Skilled Trades Video Partnership: Inspiring Students and Prospective
Tradespeople
● Mary Engola (Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies Company | Communications
Principal, Space Propulsion & Power Systems)
● Karin Hoffman (Key Innovative Solutions | Founder and CEO)

5:10--5:25: Ronald J Birk (The Aerospace Corp | Principal Director Space Enterprise Evolution
Directorate ; American Astronautical Society | President)

5:25-5:35pm ET | Closing Remarks: The Journey Continues…
● J.R. Edwards (Explore Mars, Inc. | President)