The Four Futures of Human Space Flight | Brent Sherwood (Blue Origin, NASA)

Donnerstag, 05/16/2024 - Donnerstag, 05/16/2024
18:00
TU Wien, EI 8 Pötzl Hörsaal
1040 Wien
Gußhausstrasse 25 - 29
Hochbau 2
  • englischsprachig

Expert Talk with Brent Sherwood: The Four Futures of Human Space Flight.

Discuss with american space-expert Brent Sherwood and his views on space habitats and space travel. Brent Sherwood has 32 years of professional experience in the civil and commercial space industry. Since childhood he has aimed to build cities on the Moon.

Brent Sherwood is the Space Domain Lead at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He recently retired from Blue Origin as Senior Vice President of Advanced Development Programs (ADP) for spacecraft development. Brent Sherwood held various leading positions at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and The Boeing Company. As a space architect, he spent 35 years involved in the design of planetary missions, manufacturing engineering for space station modules, and program development for commercial and space science projects. He has published over 50 articles on space exploration, development, and colonization and edited the book Out of This World: The New Field of Space Architecture. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a 2020 recipient of the Columbia Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers.