{"602699":{"#nid":"602699","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Peterson Selected by White House for Space Position","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Peterson has been selected by the White House as a candidate for the National Space Council\u0026rsquo;s Users Advisory Group. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/vice-president-pence-announces-national-space-council-users-advisory-group\/\u0022\u003Eannouncement was made\u003C\/a\u003E by Vice President Mike Pence, who chairs the council. The team is meeting for the first time this morning at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeterson is the only higher education candidate among the group of 29 people. He\u0026rsquo;s joined by the CEOs of Boeing, Lockheed Martin Corporation and Northrop Grumman; the president of SpaceX; and five astronauts, including Buzz Aldrin; as well as other leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech has a long standing culture of engaging and partnering with U.S. space and defense industries, and I am honored to serve along with these industry and government leaders,\u0026rdquo; said Peterson. \u0026ldquo;Through partnerships with industry and the federal government, U.S. research institutions can support our nation\u0026rsquo;s strategic space and security needs, helping the U.S. maintain its leadership position at the forefront of technological innovation.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeterson\u0026rsquo;s early career includes working as a research scientist at NASA\u0026rsquo;s Johnson Space Center in Houston, as well as conducting independent research as a faculty researcher for both NASA and a number of aerospace companies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThroughout his career, Peterson has played an active role in helping to establish the national education and research agendas, serving on many industry, government, and academic task forces and committees; research councils; and advisory boards. They include NASA, the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Energy, the National Research Council and the National Academy\u0026nbsp;of Engineering. He is a member of the National Science Board.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Space Council and Users Advisory Group are expected to focus on regulatory reforms in the commercial spaceflight industry this morning. It is the second meeting of the council, which was relaunched in 2017 by President Donald Trump.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the White House, Peterson and candidates await official appointment by the administrator of NASA. The advisory group is tasked to fulfill President Trump\u0026#39;s mandate to \u0026quot;foster close coordination, cooperation and technology and information exchange\u0026quot; across our nation\u0026#39;s space enterprise.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech President is a candidate for National Space Council\u0027s Users Advisory Group"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Peterson has been selected by the White House as a candidate for the National Space Council\u0026rsquo;s Users Advisory Group. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/vice-president-pence-announces-national-space-council-users-advisory-group\/\u0022\u003Eannouncement was made\u003C\/a\u003E by Vice President Mike Pence, who chairs the council. The team is meeting for the first time this morning at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"President Peterson named a candidate for national space group"}],"uid":"27836","created_gmt":"2018-02-21 17:02:26","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Kathleen Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"602696":{"id":"602696","type":"image","title":"President Emeritus G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson","body":null,"created":"1519231536","gmt_created":"2018-02-21 16:45:36","changed":"1568152292","gmt_changed":"2019-09-10 21:51:32","alt":"President Emeritus Peterson","file":{"fid":"229720","name":"18C10302-P3-009.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/18C10302-P3-009.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/18C10302-P3-009.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":349754,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/18C10302-P3-009.jpg?itok=-H9qNI0q"}}},"media_ids":["602696"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"291","name":"Bud Peterson"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"167098","name":"space exploration"},{"id":"167146","name":"space"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer - National Media Relations\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}