Lectures tagged "Aeronautics"


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Space and Beyond: US Policy, Space Security, and Arms Control
Space and Beyond: US Policy, Space Security, and Arms Control
Joan Johnson-Freese
December 9, 2009
01:22:33
Joan Johnson-Freese, chair of the Department of National Security Strategy at the Naval War College, and Laura Grego, scientist for the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, discuss space security and the future of space relations in a panel moderated by leading political ana
One Giant Leap: Space Exploration and the New Pioneers
Ken Davidian
May 13, 2009
01:31:08
Spencer Reiss, contributing editor of Wired Magazine, leads a panel discussion on the present and future of space exploration. Could the key to future space exploration lie in revisiting where we have already been?
Audio-only
Seymour E. Goodman on Technology and Terrorism
Seymour E. Goodman
November 7, 2007
00:19:27
Professor Goodman's research focuses on international technological development, technology diffusion, and related public policy issues. Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) and PBA present Dr.
Exploring the Space Frontier
Sunita Williams
September 17, 2007
01:31:08
Sunita Williams shares her experience being a crew member of the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. While on the International Space Station, Williams set a world record for women with four spacewalks totaling 29 hours and 17 minutes. Williams has logged a total of 195 days in space.
Pluto and the Outer Solar System
Michael Brown
April 11, 2007
01:15:23
Planetary scientist Michael Brown lectures on Pluto and the other objects orbiting the sun on the edges of the solar system.
Onset of Civilization and Prospects for the Future II
Fred Spier
October 12, 2005
01:08:09
Fred Speir and Jill Tarter examine the continuously unfolding story of cosmic evolution, the modern scientific story of who we are and whence we came.
Audio-only
Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age
Peter L. Jakab
October 8, 2005
00:41:56
Peter L. Jakab explains how the Wright brothers were able to achieve something that had eluded other capable engineers and scientists for centuries.
Early Universe and the Origin of Galaxies II
Frank Wilczek
September 21, 2005
01:02:28
Frank Wilczek and Colin Normane examine the "arrow of time" of cosmic evolution.