{"72137":{"#nid":"72137","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The Role of NASA in the 21st Century","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Planetary Society will host Georgia Tech professor Dr. Robert Braun to discuss his view of the space program and our nation\u0027s future in space.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Robert Braun\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBraun has just returned to campus\u0026nbsp;following nearly two years of service in Washington, D.C., as\u0026nbsp;NASA\u0027s chief technologist. Braun served as\u0026nbsp;the senior executive for technology and innovation policy\u0026nbsp;and programs. His efforts spanned technical, budgetary and policy\u0026nbsp;aspects of NASA\u2019s science, aeronautics and exploration missions.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBraun has more than twenty-five years experience in the fields\u0026nbsp;of aerospace engineering, systems engineering and design\u0026nbsp;optimization. His research has focused on systems\u0027 aspects of\u0026nbsp;planetary exploration, where he contributed to the design,\u0026nbsp;development, test and operation of several robotic space flight\u0026nbsp;systems. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, he serves as Director of the Space\u0026nbsp;Systems Design Laboratory where he leads an active research and\u0026nbsp;educational program focused on the design of advanced flight\u0026nbsp;systems and technologies for planetary exploration.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Planetary Society will host Georgia Tech professor Dr. Robert Braun to discuss his view of the space program and our nation\u0027s future in space.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Planetary Society hosts Dr. Robert Braun to discuss the space program and its future."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-10-31 16:18:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:32","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-12-01T13:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-12-01T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-12-01T14:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-12-01 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-12-01 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-12-01 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72138":{"id":"72138","type":"image","title":"Role of NASA in 21st Century - Nov. 10, 2011","body":null,"created":"1449177434","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:14","changed":"1475894651","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:11","alt":"Role of NASA in 21st Century - Nov. 10, 2011","file":{"fid":"193655","name":"tps.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tps_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tps_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":96852,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tps_0.jpg?itok=8KcYw2WW"}}},"media_ids":["72138"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/","title":"NASA"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"2575","name":"Robert Braun"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gkosiba3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGraham Kosiba\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EPlanetary Society\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}