{"251321":{"#nid":"251321","#data":{"type":"event","title":"School of Aerospace Engineering \/ Gebhardt Distinguished Lecture Series presents: Patrick Scheuermann","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022U.S. Space Exploration: The Journey Continues\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EABSTRACT:\u003C\/em\u003E The federal government\u0027s mission as stated in the Constitution is to \u0022establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExtrapolated across more than 200 years into an increasingly complex world, that broad guidance came to include things like goverment support for the exploration of the western US by Lewis and Clark, development of railroads and waterways, aeronautics, industry and research by the National Advisory Council for Aeronautics and developing civillian peaceful uses of spae by NASA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENASA\u0027s impact on this nation has been literally incalculable.\u0026nbsp; We are a leader in advancing aeronautis, space technologies and exploration of the last frontier.\u0026nbsp; Yet today, it\u0027s popular to question NASA\u0027s mission and capabilities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn fact, the rumors of NASA\u0027s demise are greatly exaggerated.\u0026nbsp; The challenging and exciting engineering and science - as well as the spirit - that have always characterized NASA are alive and well.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis lecture will provide a more textured view of NASA today and the opportunities for today\u0027s students in technical fields.\u0026nbsp; NASA is continuing the journey that began with its founding in 1958, including development of the next great ship of exploration, the Space Launch System.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBIO:\u003C\/em\u003E Patrick Scheuermann is director of NASA\u0027s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Named to the position in September 2012, he heads one of NASA\u0027s largest field installations, with nearly 6,000 on and near site civil service and contractor employees -- including those at NASA\u0027s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans -- and an annual budget of approximately $2.5 billion.\u0026nbsp; Mr. Scheuermann manages a broad range of propulsion, scientific and space transportation activities contributing to the nation\u0027s space program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E*\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; *\u0026nbsp; * \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPatrick Scheuermann \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECenter Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022U.S. Space Exploration: The Journey Continues\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022U.S. Space Exploration: The Journey Continues\u0022"}],"uid":"27730","created_gmt":"2013-11-05 14:43:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:05:35","author":"Michelle Fields","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-11-14T14:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2013-11-14T15:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-11-14T15:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-11-14 19:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-11-14 20:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-11-14 20:30:00","rrule":"RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20131116T045959Z;WKST=SU","timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"154011","name":"Aerospace Engineering  Seminars"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rotorcraft.events@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erotorcraft.events@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}