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As part of the Space and Society course which runs from 10 - 14 February 2020, we will be having a talk by international speaker/entrepreneur/astronaut, Gregory "Greg" Olsen, who became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station.
You can read Greg's biography here.
For more details on the course or to attend the talk please contact debbie.singh@uct.ac.za
A new book, entitled Integrated Space for African Society: Legal and Policy Implementation of Space in African Countries was recently published by Springer. This volume, edited by Dr Annette Froehlich (SpaceLab, UCT), represents the culmination of the comprehensive group work project undertaken by the 2017 cohort of the Space and Society module (EEE5124Z) here at the SpaceLab. This volume, published as part of the Southern Space Studies series, demonstrates that the high calibre of academic work done by students at the SpaceLab can make an original contribution to scientific literature and lead to an internationally recognised scientific publication. Of particular note, the foreword was written by Greg Olsen, American Entrepreneur-Astronaut and regular contributor to the Space and Society module lecture series.
SpaceLab was well-represented at the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington.
From left are:
Victor Hertel : An international Affiliate who spent 6 months at UCT SpaceLab. Victor is from the University of Stuttgart. Asanda Sangoni : Current UCT SpaceLab student and works for SANSA. Barbara King : SpaceLab student who is hoping to graduate in April 2020. Professor Peter Martinez : Pioneer of UCT SpaceLab, now works for the SWF. Professor Martinez is an Honorary Professor and still very active in his work for UCT SpaceLab. David Lindgren : David graduated from MPHIL in Space Studies programme in December 2019. Ani Vermeulen: Ani also graduated from MPHIL in Space Studies programme in December 2019. Professor Rene Laufer : An Honorary Professor at UCT SpaceLab and works at Baylor University in Texas, USA.
With the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) an increasingly relevant topic, any community without access to the “broadband ecosystem” would be automatically excluded from any participation by default. The motivation behind the book was to investigate how broadband internet could be delivered to those remote isolated communities currently prevented from participation in this technological revolution, due to a lack of infrastructure. The opportunity presented by the proposed large broadband satellite constellations (as remediation tool to solve the “last mile” issue) in conjunction with ancillary supporting technologies is center to the theme. Further information click here.