SPI graduate student Cody Knipfer published “International Cooperation and Competition in Space: How – and Why – Should the United States Proceed?” in The Space Review. The first of a two part piece on key factors affecting international space cooperation and competition can be read here.
Month: November 2017
SPI Hosts Colonel Jack Fischer, NASA Astronaut: “Living and Working Aboard the International Space Station”
Jack D. Fischer (Colonel, U.S. Air Force) was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in July 2009, and completed his training in 2011. The Colorado native served as a Flight Engineer aboard the International Space Station of the Expedition 51/52. He returned to Earth Sept. 2 from his first mission where he logged 136 days in space and conducted two spacewalks. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy, and a Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Colonel Fischer is an Air Force Command pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours in more than 45 types of aircraft.
At this unique event, Colonel Fischer discussed what life was like living and working aboard the International Space Station including the research investigations he conducted in microgravity, the importance of international collaboration in space, and how space policy has evolved in his tenure as a NASA astronaut. Colonel Fischer also participated in a Q&A moderated by Space Policy Institute research professor, Dr. Henry R. Herztfeld.
Q&A: Plotting U.S. Space Policy with White House Adviser Scott Pace
Dr. Scott Pace was interviewed by Lee Billings from Scientific American on his participation in the National Space Council and on U.S. Space Policy.
“The executive director of the National Space Council discusses the Trump administration’s plans to ‘make America great again’ — in space”.
Read the article HERE.
Living and Working Aboard the International Space Station with Colonel Jack Fischer
When
Monday, November 6, 2017
3:30pm
Jack D. Fischer (Colonel, U.S. Air Force) was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in July 2009, and completed his training in 2011. The Colorado native served as a Flight Engineer aboard the International Space Station of the Expedition 51/52. He returned to Earth Sept. 2 from his first mission where he logged 136 days in space and conducted two spacewalks. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy, and a Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Colonel Fischer is an Air Force Command pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours in more than 45 types of aircraft.
At this unique event, Colonel Fischer will discuss what life was like living and working aboard the International Space Station including the research investigations he conducted in microgravity, the importance of international collaboration in space, and how space policy has evolved in his tenure as a NASA astronaut. Colonel Fischer will also participate in a Q&A moderated by Space Policy Institute research professor, Dr. Henry R. Herztfeld.