{"677921":{"#nid":"677921","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Sparks Forum 2024: Ethics of Space Exploration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe George H. and Fay C. Sparks Forum on Ethics and Engineering features Dr. Zachary Pirtle, Senior Policy Analyst at NASA, speaking on \u0022The Ethics of Space Exploration in the New Era of Space Exploration.\u0022 Join us after the talk for pizza and conversation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver his fourteen years at NASA, Dr. Pirtle has supported major initiatives including the Space Launch System, the James Webb Space Telescope, and the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), which recently led to the first U.S. landing on the moon in over fifty years. His talk will reflect on the challenges and opportunities for changing engineering culture at a boundary organization such as NASA Headquarters, which operates at the interface of policymaking and technical expertise. In particular, Dr. Pirtle will discuss recent NASA efforts to explore responsible use of the Moon to Mars architecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis event is supported by the Sparks Memorial Fund, organized by the School of Public Policy in conjunction with ETHICx.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe George H. and Fay C. Sparks Forum on Ethics and Engineering features Dr. Zachary Pirtle, Senior Policy Analyst at NASA, speaking on \u0022The Ethics of Space Exploration in the New Era of Space Exploration.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The George H. and Fay C. Sparks Forum on Ethics and Engineering features Dr. Zachary Pirtle, Senior Policy Analyst at NASA, speaking on \u0022The Ethics of Space Exploration in the New Era of Space Exploration.\u0022"}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2024-10-25 13:43:32","changed_gmt":"2024-10-29 13:15:49","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-10-30T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-10-30T16:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-10-30T16:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-10-30 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-10-30 20:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-10-30 20:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Scholars Event Theater, Room 1280, Price Gilbert Library","extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobert Kirkman\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:robert.kirkman@gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022mailto:robert.kirkman@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erobert.kirkman@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}