50 years of software in space
The Guildford Branch of the British Computer Society holds its monthly meetings on the University of Surrey campus.
This month's meeting "Fifty Years in Space - a Software Perspective" will review the synergy between space and ICT during the first 50 years of the space age (based on the author's 40+ years involvement in both sectors) and draw some conclusions for the future. Pat Norris MBCS, LogicaCMG and Chairman of the RAeS Space Group will host the lecture.
Here's the summary
Since the launch of Sputnik 50 years ago (October 4th 1957), the space age has helped push the boundaries of Information and communications Technologies (ICT). In the 1960s, the two main space applications were military surveillance and lunar exploration, both of which demanded more computing and communications capability than was available. Space projects still stretch what ICT can deliver, for example in monitoring global climate changes and in missile defence.
Thursday 24th April 2008, at 19:45 for 20:00, in Lecture Theatre E. There's no need to register in advance and University staff and students are welcome to attend, at no cost.
This entry was posted by Robin Wolstenholme on Tuesday, April 22. 2008 at 16:55.
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