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TEDxFSCJ Salon: Rediscovering Space

Jun 9, 2022, 12:49 PM

On December 7, TEDxFSCJ welcomed guests for their last Salon event of 2017: Rediscovering Space. Attendees filled the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium to its maximum capacity and enjoyed learning about the future of space exploration. View the event photos.

At the close of the evening, attendees had the opportunity to view a Planetarium presentation of the solar system courtesy of JAX #popscope, the local affiliate of #Popscope, an urban movement of astronomers who host free, “pop-up” events across North America.

Panelists included:

Kathleen O’Brady
Lead Certification System Engineer, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program

Chelsea Partridge
Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Dr. Mike Reynolds
Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Florida State College at Jacksonville
Executive Director Emeritus, Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, CA

Taylor Richardson
Student, The Bolles School

Andrew Rush
President and CEO, Made In Space, Inc.

The panelists' bios can be found at tedxfscj.com under the Events tab.

Be on the lookout for details on the 2018 Main Event, Barriers, which will be held on Saturday, April 7, 2018.