SPI Director, Dr. Scott Pace, gave the prestigious Minta Martin Lecture for 2022 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology‘s Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics.
His lecture U.S. Space Policy, National Security & Global Futures, focused on U.S. national space policy and the work of the National Space Council during his tenure as Executive Secretary. He discussed issues pertaining to the national security, commercial, and civil sectors, as well as diplomatic, political, economic, and technological solutions necessary for the United States to succeed in space.
The Minta Martin Lecture is delivered in conjunction with a professorship established at MIT in 1955 in honor of Jerome Clarke Hunsaker, a leading figure in aviation and longtime Head of the MIT Aeronautical Engineering Department. Major Lester D. Gardner, founder of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences, conceived and aided in founding this endowed chair. To emphasize its national character, Glenn L. Martin contributed a special gift in April 1954 providing for presentation of this lecture, named after his mother, Minta Martin, who inspired him to his aeronautical achievements. The Minta Martin Lecture is given by the Hunsaker Professor in several Aeronautical centers throughout the nation each year.
Dr. Pace is an alumnus of MIT, and received master’s degrees in Aeronautics & Astronautics and Technology & Policy in 1982. SPI congratulates him on this prestigious recognition!
