A l’occasion du 50ème anniversaire du premier pas sur la Lune qui sera célébré cette année, John Logsdon, ancien membre du Conseil consultatif de la NASA et spécialiste souvent consulté sur les grandes orientations du programme spatial des Etats-Unis reviendra sur le rôle de l’exploration dans la politique américaine et en analysera les perspectives à l’aube de la décennie 2020.

Conférence co-présidée par :

Xavier Pasco, directeur, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS).

Laurence Nardon, responsable du programme Amérique du Nord, Ifri.

John M. Logsdon is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. Prior to his leaving active faculty status in June 2008, he was on the faculty of the George Washington University for 38 years; before that he taught at the Catholic University of America for four years. He founded the Elliott School's Space Policy Institute in 1987.

Dr. Logsdon's research interests focus on the policy and historical aspects of U.S. and international space activities. He is author of the award-winning John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon (2010) and After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program (2015). Dr. Logsdon is a member of the Board of Directors of the Planetary Society. From September 2008-August 2009, he held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. In 2003, he served as a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. He is a former member of the NASA Advisory Council and its Exploration Committee.

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La conférence se tiendra en anglais sans traduction.