17 December 2024 - 17 December 2024
10:45AM - 12:00PM
D110 (Dawson Building)
Free to attend
Space is already a crucial part of our everyday lives from checking the weather report, hitting ‘buy now’ or calling family at home. Recent developments are making space more accessible as we move from large, expensive, state-driven missions to smaller, low-cost satellites developed by private companies.
In this lecture, we will explore these developments in space, and discuss what this might mean for our lives, our planet and future generations. We will also consider why space is critical for our everyday quality of life, to protect the planet and discover the future of space for all humankind.
Professor James Osborn is Director of Durham University Space Research Centre, and his research specialism is free-space optics, including developing novel instrumentation for satellite laser communications and satellite tracking and characterisation.
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