The Nationwide Area Society invitations you to the following Area Discussion board
Thursday, July 17, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST
The Different Footprints:
Honoring the Apollo Workforce
With particular visitor
Burt Dicht
Retired Aerospace Engineer
Area Historian and Speaker
NSS Managing Director of Membership
Because the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon touchdown approaches, we as soon as once more mirror on that unforgettable day when people first walked on the lunar floor. The world remembers the astronauts—Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins—who went to the Moon representing all of us. However behind them stood a unprecedented workforce.
In all, nonetheless, 400,000 folks from greater than 20,000 corporations and universities helped make that “one small step” potential.
On this particular house discussion board, Burt Dicht will share a number of the wonderful and infrequently ignored tales of people whose choices and improvements propelled us to the Moon. Some contributions have been sweeping, shaping the course of the complete program. Others have been confined to a single specialty, a single part—however each one among them was important to reaching the Sea of Tranquility.
Don’t miss this thrilling and informative occasion that honors the unsung heroes behind the Eagle’s touchdown and celebrates the legacy of Apollo’s house pioneers. Register for the house discussion board at the moment.
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Burton Dicht is the Managing Director of Membership for the Nationwide Area Society (NSS) and oversees the society’s headquarters on the Kennedy Area Heart. For the previous 5 years, he has led the NSS’s Area Discussion board and City Corridor collection, moderating conversations with main voices in house and highlighting key milestones in aerospace historical past. This yr, he has additionally served as a co-chair of the Area Historical past session on the Worldwide Area Improvement Convention® (ISDC®).
Burt started his aerospace profession in 1982 with engineering roles at Northrop Grumman and Rockwell’s Area Transportation Methods Division, contributing to main applications together with the YF-23A, F-18E/F, and the house shuttle. His first space-related expertise got here as a 1980 participant in NASA’s Summer season Employment Coaching Program on the Kennedy Area Heart. Earlier than becoming a member of the NSS, he spent over a decade on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as Director of Scholar and Tutorial Training Packages.
Burt holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Temple College and an M.A. in historical past from California State College, Northridge. A Fellow of ASME, member of AIAA, and an IEEE-HKN honor society member, he performed a key function in securing ASME Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark standing for the Apollo Command/Service Modules, the Lunar Module, and the Voyager spacecraft. A printed author and frequent speaker, he brings each technical perception and historic context to his work in house advocacy.
Register at the moment to order your seat and ask your questions. Use the hyperlink under.
Register no later than July 17 at 8 pm EST
Previous NSS Area Boards and City Halls could also be considered right here.
