The next in this season’s Frontiers Lecture series will be Mr. Chirag Parikh, former Director of Space Policy at the White House, now Director of Source Strategies Office at the National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency.

Event Date: 10/20/2016

Across the country, and around the world, NASA and its partners are working right now on the technologies and missions that will enable human "boots on Mars" in the 2030s. We are testing advanced technologies for the next giant leaps of exploration. From solar electric propulsion to cutting edge life support systems, to the first crops grown in space, the journey to Mars is already unfolding in tangible ways across NASA today for tomorrow.

NASA's strategic approach involves developing capabilities in three stages-from missions close to earth involving commercial partners and the International Space Station, advancing to missions in Earth-Moon orbit, or deep space, using the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and finally moving on to Mars, where explorers will be practically independent of spaceship Earth. The innovation required to achieve a human mission to Mars cuts across science, human exploration, and technology. It builds on what has gone before while driving the next advances. Our journey to Mars inspires educators, students, and the public by investing in new leaders ready to realize the audacious journey.

Event Date: 5/17/2016

Space holds essentially limitless potential to address profound questions of our existence and push the limits of exploration and innovation. Space science continues to generate extraordinary breakthroughs, whether roving mars or discovering new worlds, while also helping to drive public interest in science through blockbuster movies and other pop culture. Unlike other areas of science such as medical research or ground-based astronomy, space-based science has to date been an entire government-funded endeavor.

The BoldlyGo Institute seeks to usher in a new era of expanded space science activities by complementing government science activities with privately funded, world-class space science missions. These missions, including a mars round trip robotic mission and a Hubble class space telescope, would perform transformative science with ready-to-go technologies and new levels of student and public engagement. In this presentation, we will discuss BoldlyGo's pursuit of these "NewSpace Science" goals.
 

Event Date: 2/18/2016