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Exploring Space: The Webb Telescope, Space Tourism, & New Missions to the Moon with Paul Slaboch

January 17, 2023
Submitted By: Max Strubel
Webb Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope has brought us dazzling new images of the universe. Yet why was it created, why did it take so long to develop, and how is it able to look further into the past than ever before? The Artemis Moon Missions, for their part, might make those of us who saw the first moon landing in 1969 wonder why we are headed back to the moon and what we hope to learn that we did not before. Finally, space tourism could eventually bring space travel to the masses. How are such explorations funded? What do we hope to see or learn? And what are the potential benefits of space travel and exploration for us mere mortals still grounded here on earth? Paul Slaboch, Associate Professor and Chair of the Mechanical, Aerospace, and Acoustical Engineering department at the University of Hartford will provide answers to these questions and more.

Tuesdays, Jan. 17, 24, 31, 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. | KF Room/Harrison Libraries | $60

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