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Impact Talks #42: Chris Welch (Space Engineering & Aeronautics Professor - President-Elect British Interplanetary society)
Chris Welch is a Professor of Astronautics and Space Engineering at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France, where he is Head of the Space Payloads Laboratory and Director of Masters Programs. Although technically a physicist-turned-engineer, Chris sees himself more as a ‘spaceist’, interested in all aspects of space. His current research interests are in space propulsion, microgravity science and planetary exploration.
Chris is President-elect and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) and a former Vice-President of the International Astronautical Federation and member of the European Commission H2020 Space Advisory Committee. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society respectively and has been an advisor on two enquiries into UK space policy
Chris sits on a number of boards including the BIS, the World Space Week Association, the Aluna Foundation, the ROOM space journal and is an advisor to the Initiative for Interstellar Studies. He is also Global Space Advisor to Space Hero.
Chris is a frequent commentator on space and astronautics and has made more than 300 television and radio broadcasts. He also has a significant track record in both space education/outreach and in higher education, receiving the 2009 Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Space Education and 2015 IAF Distinguished Service Award.
Among his other achievements are that he was one of the final twenty candidates for the 1991 UK-USSR Juno mission to the Mir space station, wrote what he believes to be the first-ever paper on extraterrestrial garden design and has a poem on the International Space Station.
00:00 Introduction & Space entrepreneurs (what is out there, what you want to see)
15:50 Not going to space and where it starts
18:06 Will space become easier to access to the rest of the world?
21:35 Future of space and what is happening
33:56 Fascinating space problems
46:50 Starship’s economic feasibility
57:30 Developing technologies and the environment
& Space elevators
01:05:00 Rockets and pollutions
01:10:46 Careers to follow: Private and Career Astronaut
01:15:39 Physical requirements to be an astronaut
01:20:00 Organisations to follow for space enthusiasts
01:25:00 Space venture capitalists
01:29:23 Book recommendations
01:33:25 Impactful projects & Closing
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By Startup Funding EventChris Welch is a Professor of Astronautics and Space Engineering at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France, where he is Head of the Space Payloads Laboratory and Director of Masters Programs. Although technically a physicist-turned-engineer, Chris sees himself more as a ‘spaceist’, interested in all aspects of space. His current research interests are in space propulsion, microgravity science and planetary exploration.
Chris is President-elect and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) and a former Vice-President of the International Astronautical Federation and member of the European Commission H2020 Space Advisory Committee. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society respectively and has been an advisor on two enquiries into UK space policy
Chris sits on a number of boards including the BIS, the World Space Week Association, the Aluna Foundation, the ROOM space journal and is an advisor to the Initiative for Interstellar Studies. He is also Global Space Advisor to Space Hero.
Chris is a frequent commentator on space and astronautics and has made more than 300 television and radio broadcasts. He also has a significant track record in both space education/outreach and in higher education, receiving the 2009 Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Space Education and 2015 IAF Distinguished Service Award.
Among his other achievements are that he was one of the final twenty candidates for the 1991 UK-USSR Juno mission to the Mir space station, wrote what he believes to be the first-ever paper on extraterrestrial garden design and has a poem on the International Space Station.
00:00 Introduction & Space entrepreneurs (what is out there, what you want to see)
15:50 Not going to space and where it starts
18:06 Will space become easier to access to the rest of the world?
21:35 Future of space and what is happening
33:56 Fascinating space problems
46:50 Starship’s economic feasibility
57:30 Developing technologies and the environment
& Space elevators
01:05:00 Rockets and pollutions
01:10:46 Careers to follow: Private and Career Astronaut
01:15:39 Physical requirements to be an astronaut
01:20:00 Organisations to follow for space enthusiasts
01:25:00 Space venture capitalists
01:29:23 Book recommendations
01:33:25 Impactful projects & Closing
...
Join Our Facebook Group Community here: bit.ly/sfe-community
Listen to our SFE podcast - Impact Talks on Anchor or Spotify: startupfundingevent.com/podcast/
Created by www.lightningvideoeditors.com