Futures Past and Present: Space Architecture in Imagination and Reality
Time: 11:30-13:00
Room: 146A
Format: Panel Discussion
Organizers
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Christina CIARDULLO
Space Architect, SEArch (Space Exploration Architecture)
United States
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Futures Past and Present: Space Architecture in Imagination and Reality
Apollo 11 and 2001: A Space Odyssey were of the same era. 50 years later, our space future is not what we used to imagine. A space historian, astronaut, space journalist, NewSpace executive, and three space architects will discuss the gap between imagination and reality. Is this gap useful or destructive? How does today’s changing landscape – “independent space” sector, Chinese space, “realistic” media depictions – change how we envision space architecture?
Speakers
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Brand GRIFFIN
Space Architect, Program Manager for Single-Person Spacecraft, Genesis Engineering Solutions
United States
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Margaret WEITEKAMP
Curator and Department Chair, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
United States
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Leonard DAVID
Journalist, Space.com
United States