What does the future hold for human space exploration? Dr Ellen Stofan (NASA Chief Scientist) and Dr David Miler (NASA Chief Technologist) discuss the challenges and opportunities for space travel and the role of science and research over the coming years. Chaired by Dr Lucie Green, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory.
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Recorded 12 November, 2014
Speakers:
Dr. Ellen Stofan was appointed NASA chief scientist on August 25, 2013. She was also vice president of Proxemy Research in Laytonsville, Md., and honorary professor in the department of Earth sciences at UCL. Stofan is an associate member of the Cassini Mission to Saturn Radar Team and a co-investigator on the Mars Express Mission's MARSIS sounder.
Dr. David W. Miller was appointed NASA chief technologist on March 17, 2014. He is the agency’s principal advisor and advocate on technology policy and programs. Dr Miller is also the Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and was the Director of the Space Systems Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lucie GreenLucie Green is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and a space scientist based at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL's Department of Space and Climate Physics.
Lucie Green is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and a space scientist based at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL's Department of Space and Climate Physics. She studies activity in the atmosphere of the Sun; in particular, immense magnetic fields in the Sun's atmosphere which sporadically erupt to form a coronal mass ejection. She is interested in how the magnetic configuration of the eruptions relates to geomagnetic activity and what this means for those living in the UK. She sits on the board of the European Solar Physics Division (ESPD) of the European Physical Society and the advisory board of the Science Museum. She has a broad interest in communicating the latest space science and astronomy research and recently joined the BBC's Sky at Night team. She has contributed to many programmes on BBC 1, BBC News 24, ITV and BBC World, including GMTV, the Xchange, the One Show and Material World, and co-presented the Stardate series on the BBC with Adam Hart-Davis and the Transit of Venus Horizon special.
