Technology: space

Presenter Ekaterina Seltikova Ekaterina is a physicist with a multidisciplinary background in academia, industry, and the nonprofit sector. She currently works on and leads the projects within advanced space concepts and technologies with a focus on lunar exploration. She led and participated in multiple projects within the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) starting from designing… Continue reading Ekaterina Seltikova | Lunar Exploration: Challenges for a Long-Term Sustainable Base 

Presenter Alex Gilbert Alex Gilbert is an expert in the commercialization, innovation, and regulation of advanced natural resource and energy technologies. He is the Director of Space & Planetary Regulation at Zeno Power, leading nuclear safety and mission approvals for radioisotope power systems in cislunar, deep space, and oceanic applications. Previously, Alex was at the… Continue reading Alex Gilbert | Lunar Exploration and Water Mining with Nuclear Energy

Presenter Ekaterina Ilin Ekaterina is a postdoc in astrophysics who researches the habitability of planets outside the Solar System. Her studies focus on the space weather of these newly discovered worlds. In particular, she uses optical and X-ray telescopes to observe star-planet systems, and measure how the radiation that impacts planets evolves over their host… Continue reading Ekaterina Ilin | How Exoplanet Discovery Opens a Window Into Earth’s Future

Presenter Edwin Kite, University of Chicago Edwin Kite is a tenured professor at the University of Chicago and a member of the Mars Curiosity rover science team. His research group works on the past, present, and future habitability of the Solar System and exoplanets. Kite has authored or co-authored more than 80 scientific papers, served… Continue reading Edwin Kite | How Can We Warm Mars?