›Darmstadt Space - Raumfahrt - Spaceport Germany & how to fly a spacecraft

This meetup will continue our event series "SPACE PROFESSION SERIES". Our first speaker Thomas Ormston works as a Spacecraft Operations Engineer at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. He will take you behind the scenes of spacecraft operations at ESA. Our second speaker, Kai Höfner, will discuss the realization of a German spaceport for an easier space access of German space companies, start-ups and universities.

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AGENDA

• 18:00h - 18:30h: Entrance
• 18:30h - 18:40h: Introduction
• 18:40h - 18:55h: Thomas Ormston - How to fly a spacecraft!
• 18:55h - 19:05h: Discussion and Q&A
• 19:05h - 19:25h: Break
• 19:25h - 19:55h: Kai Höfner - Spaceport Germany: Bad joke or real game-changer?
• 19:55h - 20:05h: Discussion and Q&A
• 20:05h - ...: Get together

DATE AND VENUE

• Date: Thursday, March 12, 2019, 18:00h - 20:30h
• Venue: cool-working Darmstadt, Havelstraße 16, 64295 Darmstadt