A Case for Space Environmentalism.

About the event: Prof Jah describes space environmentalism in the context of space sustainability and linking space to land, air, and oceans. Jah will show the current state of orbital pollution near earth and motivate the audience to empathize with humanity’s wicked problems. Jah will focus on the importance of space to humanity’s ability to thrive and survive as a species, and talk about Ancient TEK (traditional ecological knowledge) as a set of tenets we should adhere to in this endeavor.

Moriba Jah 

Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Director, Computational Astronautical Sciences and Technologies (CAST), Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin

Lead, Space Security and Safety Program, Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law

Visiting Associate Professor 2022-2023

Hosted by Prof Richard Linares and Prof Danielle Wood, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Media Arts and Sciences Program

This event is hybrid. Please choose your ticket accordingly. 

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