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SUMMARY:Towards a Sustainable Space: Addressing the Challenges of the Fina
 l Frontier
DTSTART:20250527T183000
DTEND:20250527T210000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Sustainability Series with Christophe Bonnal\, Space Debris an
 d Launcher Expert\, MaiaSpace\n\nSummary of his talk: "Anything that goes 
 up will eventually come down… In the case of launchers and satellites in
  Low Earth Orbit\, this means returning to Earth through an atmospheric re
 entry at very high velocity. This generates high heat fluxes\, partially 
 ‘melting’ the objects. Typically\, about 20% survive reentry and pose 
 a risk to people on the ground\; however\, the remaining 80% will stay in 
 the upper atmosphere for some time\, leading to unwanted disruptions to th
 e ozone layer and contributing to greenhouse gas effects. How can we solve
  this dilemma—putting people at risk or damaging the atmosphere?"\n\nPro
 gramme\n \n\n06:00pm: Doors open\n\n06:30pm: Welcome address by Emmanuell
 e David\, Executive Director\, EPFL Space Center\n\n06:40pm: Presentation 
 by Christophe Bonnal\n\n07:10pm: Round table moderated by the Science Jour
 nalist Olivier Dessibourg with:\n \n\n	Christophe Bonnal\n	Dr Susmita Moh
 anty\n	Director General\, Spaceport SARABHAI\n	Prof. Athanasios Nenes\n	Fu
 ll Professor\, Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts\, EPF
 L\n	Liesbeth Casier\n	Lead\, Public Procurement and Sustainable Infrastruc
 ture and Coordinator of the NBI Global Resource Centre at the Internationa
 l Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).\n\n07:40pm: Q&A moderated 
 by Olivier Dessibourg\n\n8:00pm: Aperitif networking\n
LOCATION:RLC E1 240 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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