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VIRTUAL COSS talk: The Promise and Past of Space Science
09 December 2021, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Osnat Katz explores the liberatory promise and troubling past of space science.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Centre for Outer Space Studies
Since the late nineteenth century, space has been represented – in philosophy, art and science fiction – as a place of infinite possibilities. Yet as the twentieth century progressed, space became a site for nationalistic power struggles, and in the twenty-first century space is increasingly the latest plaything for bored billionaires. In this talk, Osnat Katz explores the liberatory possibilities and troubling past of space – and offers a way forward for space to live up to its liberatory potential.
This event has been organised by the Centre for Outer Space Studies, part of the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies.
Image credit @ohmwu on Twitter
About the Speaker
Osnat Katz
Osnat Katz (she/they) is a space historian and writer. Her research focuses on telling the stories of scientists and engineers at the UK’s oldest space science research institution, through conducting interviews and studying objects.