Event Date:

Thursday, October 3, 2024

7:00pm - 8:00pm (CST)

Keith-Weiss Geological Laboratories Room 100

Reception: 6:30-7:00 PM

Link to Lecture:

Speaker: Dr. George Sowers

Dr. George Sowers has 30 years of experience in the space transportation field working for Martin Marietta, Lockheed Martin and the United Launch Alliance (ULA). In 2017, he retired from his position as Vice President and Chief Scientist at ULA where his team developed an architecture for fully reusable in-space stages fueled by propellant mined, refined and distributed in space. Dr. Sowers is now a professor at the Colorado School of Mines as part of the world’s first and only graduate program in space resources. His current research interest is developing the water ice resources of the Moon to fuel the cislunar economy. He holds a BS in Physics from Georgia Tech and a PhD in Physics from the University of Colorado. Dr. Sowers is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a member of the NASA Advisory Council.