Remembering the Space Age: Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conference

There is no doubt that the last 50 years have witnessed numerous accomplishments in what has often been termed "the new ocean" of space, harkening back to a long tradition of exploration. Earth is now circled by thousands of satellites, looking both upward into space at distant galaxies and downward toward Earth for reconnaissance, weather, communications, navigation, and remote sensing. Robotic space probes have explored most of the solar system, returning astonishing images of alien world...