What does the history of space exploration and global challenges of today have in common? - meeting with Erik Conway
17.09.2024
17:00
Are you interested in space exploration? Do you know the history of the Apollo program by heart and follow the launches of the new Falcon 9 with blazes on your face ? Or is it the very beginning of your adventure in this sector and you desperately want to learn more?
If your answer to any of these questions is positive, please join us in Auditorium II at Kozminski University on September 17 at 5:00 pm. On that date NASA’s very own Erik Conway, currently serving as a historian at the famous Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will pay us a visit. Erik's work covers topics at the intersection of science and technology in the space sector, and he is the author of several widely recognized books. These include “The Big Myth: How American Business Taught us to Loathe the Government and Love the Free Market,” co-written with Naomi Oreskes, and “A History of Near-Earth Objects Research,” co-authored with Donald K Yeomans and Meg Rosenburg of NASA. During this event you will learn interesting facts about working at NASA, learn more about space technologies first-hand, and finally be able to ask all your questions about the history of space exploration to a person who is an invaluable source of “insider info” on the subject.
HONARARY PATRON: POLSA. Polish Space Agency.
MEDIA PATRON: Space24. You are welcome!
Erik Conway is a historian of science and technology and works for the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of seven books and dozens of articles and essays. He lives in Pasadena, California.
Professor of Kozminski University, attorney at law, expert in risk management and insurance, including space insurance. Author of at least several dozen publications on the said topic. Her main book is titled ‘Space insurance. International legal aspects’ (Kluwer Law International, 2017). Her recent research concerns risk management and insurance of in-orbit-servicing ventures and suborbital flights. Frequent speaker at Polish and international academic and industry conferences. Head of the Centre for Space Studies at Kozminski University and leader of postgraduate studies ‘Entrepreneurship in the space industry’. Expert at the Committee of the Enterprise Risk Management at the International Astronautical Federation.
