Pushing Human Limits to the Extreme at CIT – 2nd Level Students

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Date:Monday October 9 2017

Time:11:30 - 15:00
There will be two sessions running on Monday. The first will be from 11:30 - 13:00 and the second will be from 13:30 - 15:00.

Location:CIT Rory Gallagher Theatre, Cork

This event is open to 2nd level schools for students in TY and upwards

Please note we can only accept one class per school.

CIT will be hosting two incredible adventure seekers and prominent figures in the world of space science, Dava Newman and Gui Trotti, for an afternoon of discussion on how to push the boundaries of human exploration.

Dava is a former Deputy Administrator of NASA, and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She will be discussing her quest for the perfect space suit with the goal of human travel to Mars.

Gui is the president of Trotti & Associates, Inc., an architectural and industrial design firm working on Space and Earth projects. He will discuss his work on designing for extreme environments like his designs for South Pole Station in Antarctica and concepts for expeditionary lunar rovers for NASA.

If your 2nd level school is interested in attending, please contact info@bco.ie to register.