— WSU philosopher and WSI Coordinater James S.J. Schwartz contributed a short paper, "Space Settlement: What's the Rush?" to a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Futures.
— WSI Coordinator James S.J. Schwartz, as well as affiliates Atri Dutta and Nickolas Solomey, were awarded a NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium grant to fund a conference and student competitions celebrating the scientific legacy of NASA and Apollo. The event will take place on Saturday, October 19, 2019.
— Kansas native and test pilot Mark “Forger” Stucky will give a talk at Wichita State University at noon tomorrow (Tuesday, May 21) in 264 John Bardo Center.
— WSU Physics Professor Nickolas Solomey was awarded a NASA NIAC Phase II grant to continue his research into a mission proposal for studying the solar interior.
— WSU Alum Rob Barnes will give a talk in the physics seminar series discussing his work on life-support systems for the Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle systems.
— Several Aerospace Engineering students traveled to Hunstville, AL to participate in a student launch event hosted by NASA's Marshall Spaceflight Center.
— Philosophy faculty Dr. James S.J. Schwartz and Physics graduate student Caleb Gimar will speak as panelists prior to an open-air viewing of 2001 A Space Odyssey.
— WSU Alum and NASA Flight Controller Steve Carothers will speak about his work at NASA's Johnson Space Center. His talk will take place on Thursday, April 18, at 3:30 pm in 261 RSC.
