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Date, Time & Location:

Wednesday, 10/17/2012   12:10p - 1:00 p.m.   DeBakey Classroom M323




Speaker:

Richard T. Jennings, M.D., Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Preventative Medicine and Community Health & Family Medicine
Medical Director, UTMB Aviation Medicine Center
Director, UTMB/NASA-JSC Aerospace Medicine Residency


Lecture Title:

"Commercial Issues"



Dr. Jennings is scheduled to discuss the current status of commercial spaceflight, aspects of crew medical certification and passenger acceptance, as well as medical issues that confront commercial spacecraft companies.  He will provide an update on the new FAA Center of Excellence in Commercial Space Transportation that was awarded to a team of universities, including UTMB, and possible opportunities for commercial spaceflight research with the new FAA Center and its partners in the coming years.



We encourage students, faculty and staff to attend the CSM elective lecture series "Topics in Human Space Exploration and Medicine."   Please contact me if you need additional information about this presentation.



Nancy Gibbins
Center for Space Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
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