Topic
Space Exploration
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Alan Bean
In 1973 Captain Alan Bean was the Commander of Skylab Mission where he lived 59 days in space and was the fourth person to leave his footprints on the moon. Under his leadership his crew accomplished 150% of their pre-mission goals, a record which is still unsurpassed. During his 18-year career in NASA, Captain Bean established eleven world records in aeronautics and astronautics. He was awarded two NASA Distinguished Services Medals.
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Bonnie Dunbar
A former NASA Astronaut and veteran of 5 space missions, Dr. Bonnie Dunbar has logged 1,208 hours and has orbited more than 50 days in space. Dr. Dunbar is the President and CEO of the Museum of Flight and is the recipient of The Museum of Flight's Pathfinder Award. Dr. Dubbar has been honored by numerous professional societies and universities as well as by NASA.
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Brian Cox
Former member of the rock band DARE, Brian Cox is a particle physicist, a Royal Society research fellow and a professor at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group and works on the ALTAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.
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Donna Shirley
With over forty years experience in engineering of aerospace and civil systems, including thirty years in management, Donna Shirley is President of Managing Creativity. Donna is a well-known manager, educator, consultant and trainer on the management of creative teams and is author of Managing Martians. Donna's career includes former Director of the Science Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle and the manager of the Mars Exploration Program that built the Sojourner.
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Eric C. Anderson
Eric Anderson is President and CEO of Space Adventures, the leading space tourism company and the only company in the world to have sent self-funded tourists into space. Anderson is a both a businessman, and aerospace engineer; and one of the leading entrepreneurs in the space tourism industry.
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James Hansen
Vice President of the Virginia Air and Space Museum, James Hansen's book Spaceflight Revolution was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Hansen has written about aerospace history and the history of technology for twenty-three years and is also author of From the Ground Up, The Bird is on the Wing, and The Wind and Beyond.
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James Logan
A recipient of NASA's Distinguished Speaker award, Dr. Logan is a 19-year veteran of NASA. Among many leadership roles within NASA's space medicine program, Dr. Logan served as Chief of Flight Medicine - as personal physician to the astronauts and their families - and Chief of Medical Operations. Board certified in Aerospace Medicine, he is Mission Control certified and has directly supported many space missions. An international thought leader in health science and telemedicine technology, Dr. Logan developed the initial design for a telemedicine-based, in-flight medical delivery system for long duration missions.
Audiences worldwide are inspired by Dr. Logan's unique, enthusiastic and entertaining explorations of the impact of emerging discoveries on our daily lives. He motivates individuals to stretch their imaginations and infuses a sense of wonder on the possibilities of human destiny in an increasingly awe-inspiring universe.
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Michio Kaku
Futurist and theoretical physicist specializing in string field theory; Michio Kaku is host of two radio programs and a bestselling author. He is the Henry Semat Chair and Professor in theoretical physics and is currently defining the "Theory of Everything" which seeks to unify four fundamental forces of the universe. He is also a visiting professor at the Institute for Advance Study and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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