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Public evening lecture, Happy Landings: Titan and Comet 67P, Prof. David Southwood

17-02-2015 20:00u
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Locatie:  Leuven

Public evening lecture by Prof. David Southwood

 

Op dinsdag 17 februari 20u00 organiseert de KULeuven een publieke lezing over de landingen op Titan en Komeet 67P. De lezing wordt gegeven door David Southwood, de vroegere wetenschappelijke directeur van ESA.

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Happy Landings: Titan and Comet 67P

Ten years ago and also a few months ago, two great steps in European space exploration took place. On January 14th 2005 the European Huygens probe landed on the Saturnian moon, Titan, and on November 12th 2014, the Philae lander left its mother-ship, Rosetta, and touched down on the Comet Churymuov-Gerasimenko 67P.

The speaker will outline some of his personal stories from his experiences as the director at the European Space Agency with oversight of the planning and development of the missions as well as explaining the scientific significance and achievements of both missions. Moreover, he'll try to make it clear why Europe should take on such challenges in the exploration of our solar system.

Program

Tuesday February 17th, 2015

20:00: Public lecture   Auditorium Jean Monnet AP01.30, Parkstraat 51, 3000 Leuven

21:00: Reception         Entrance hall Max Weber, Parkstraat 51, 3000 Leuven

Please register to attend the public lecture and / or the reception