{"672964":{"#nid":"672964","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Multidisciplinary Initiative Marks Golden Age for Space Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESome Georgia Tech researchers solve cosmic mysteries such as how\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/birth-massive-black-holes-early-universe-revealed\u0022\u003Esupermassive black holes were born\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2014 and others now are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/sharper-look-m87-black-hole\u0022\u003Egetting a better, sharper look\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eat those black holes. There are investigators searching for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cool.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eorigins of life\u003C\/a\u003E, and some leading multi-institutional projects exploring questions of \u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/10\/georgia-tech-researcher-lead-6-million-nasa-astrobiology-study\u0022\u003Ehow life evolved\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and about the presence of water in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/18\/georgia-tech-lead-nasa-center-lunar-research-and-exploration\u0022\u003Elunar environment\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to enable the return of human explorers for a sustained period.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd that barely gets us into orbit \u2014 there\u2019s a lot of Georgia Tech in space. Much of the work is supported by longtime Georgia Tech partners like NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Defense. But as space becomes more accessible, affordable, and necessary for commercial activity \u2014 and therefore more crowded \u2014 Tech is also developing expertise in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/expert\/mariel-borowitz\u0022\u003Espace policy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativedestructionlab.com\/streams\/space\/\u0022\u003Ebusiness\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd now, plans are underway for the next big phase of Georgia Tech\u2019s outer space mission with the launch of the Space Research Initiative (SRI) on campus. The SRI team will work to strengthen interdisciplinary relationships in space research at Georgia Tech, which will lead to creation of an Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRI) by 2025.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a golden age for space exploration in general, and in particular at Georgia Tech, especially when we think about what is happening in our lifetime, and what will happen in the lives of the students coming through this university,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/edgar-glenn-lightsey\u0022\u003EGlenn Lightsey\u003C\/a\u003E, interim SRI director.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/feature\/space-research\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story \u00bb\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology has a long history in space research and exploration, from educating astronauts to developing and controlling spacecraft that can travel across the solar system."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPlans are underway for the next big phase of Georgia Tech\u2019s outer space mission with the launch of the Space Research Initiative (SRI) on campus. The SRI team will work to strengthen interdisciplinary relationships in space research at Georgia Tech, which will lead to creation of an Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRI) by 2025.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology has a long history in space research and exploration, from educating astronauts to developing and controlling spacecraft that can travel across the solar system."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2024-02-15 14:59:45","changed_gmt":"2024-02-20 18:27:59","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673096":{"id":"673096","type":"image","title":"Glenn Lightsey in space lab","body":null,"created":"1708009412","gmt_created":"2024-02-15 15:03:32","changed":"1708009412","gmt_changed":"2024-02-15 15:03:32","alt":"Glenn Lightsey working in one of Georgia Tech\u0027s space labs.","file":{"fid":"256450","name":"Glenn and Screen2_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/02\/15\/Glenn%20and%20Screen2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/02\/15\/Glenn%20and%20Screen2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3758402,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/02\/15\/Glenn%20and%20Screen2_0.jpg?itok=q891xDDQ"}}},"media_ids":["673096"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"190596","name":"space research"},{"id":"192252","name":"cos-planetary"},{"id":"193266","name":"cos-research"},{"id":"192250","name":"cos-microbial"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter and Media Contact:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}