Royal Aeronautical Society – Conferences & Events

The Royal Aeronautical Society is pleased to invite you to the following Space Group Lecture

What is Needed to Extend Life Permanently Beyond Earth? Elon Musk, Owner & CEO, SpaceX

Thursday 3rd July 2008
No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ

Free to Attend. Simply RSVP!

For the first time in the four billion year history of Earth, there exists the possibility of extending life beyond Earth to other planets. It is difficult to predict how long that window will remain open. I will talk about why this goal should be considered important and why we should seek to fulfill it this century.

Commercial space transport companies, including possibly SpaceX, are needed to make this happen, as the commercial sector is best suited to optimizing both the cost and reliability of access to space, just as the commercial air and ground transport companies did in their sectors. I believe we will need at least an order (perhaps two orders) of magnitude reduction in present day space launch costs and flight failures to achieve the above goal of becoming a multi-planetary species. This lecture will describe how SpaceX intends to make progress in that direction with the Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Dragon.

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Location – No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ

Time – Commencing at 18.00hrs, refreshments will be served from 17.30hrs. Times are BST!

Free – There is no cost to attend RAeS lectures and they are open to members and non members alike