WSU Aerospace Engineering Assistant Professor Atri Dutta will present his talk, How to Fly a Spacecraft, on Thursday, February 28, at 1:00 pm in 264 RSC. His talk is part of the WSI's Space Exploration Lecture Series.
According to a new paper published by Jonathan Wilks and Mark Schneegurt of WSU's Biological Sciences Department, certain low-temperature solutions possibly occurring on Mars and elsewhere in the solar system are capable of supporting bacterial growth.
On Thursday, January 31, at 3:30 pm in 100 LH, Jim Remar (CEO of the Cosmosphere) will give a talk discussing the Cosmosphere's restoration work for NASA in preparation for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.
A group of WSU Honors students recently published their article, "The Need for Strict Regulation of Asteroid Mining", in the European Space Policy Institute's Voices from the Space Community series.
Wichita State Alumnus and NASA JPL Mission Control Engineering Michael Staab will speak about his work on the NASA Insight Mission on Monday, November 26, from 12 to 2 ppm at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, KS.
The WSI is pleased to announce the start of a new lectures series on space exploration. The inaugural talk will be given by WSI Coordinator James Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz will speak on policy and ethical issues related to space mining.
Suwat Sreesawet and Atri Dutta (Aerospace Engineering) have published new research on low-thrust orbit-raising trajectories in the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics.
In a forthcoming International Journal of Astrobiology paper titled "Where No Planetary Protection Policy Has Gone Before," James S.J. Schwartz (Philosophy) discusses the ethical basis for planetary protection policies.
WSU, in collaboration with NASA, the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop, and the Ad Astra Kansas Foundation, will host the Sixth Interstellar Symposium and Interstellar Propulsion Workshop November 10-15 of 2019.
