{"id":12911,"date":"2025-01-16T18:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T22:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/aerospace-latin-america-a-history\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T18:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T22:07:26","slug":"aerospace-latin-america-a-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/aerospace-latin-america-a-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerospace Latin America: A History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aerospace Latin America: A History<\/h2>\n

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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

2025 Seminar Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Throughout 2025, the NASA History Office is presenting a seminar series on the topic of Aerospace Latin America. This series will explore the origins, evolution, and historical context of aerospace in the region since the dawn of the Space Age, touching on a broad range of topics including aerospace infrastructure development, space policy and law, Earth science applications, and much more.<\/p>\n

This seminar series is part of a collaborative effort to gather insights and research that will conclude in an anthology of essays to be published as a NASA History Special Publication. Individual presentations will be held virtually bi-weekly or monthly.<\/p>\n

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Upcoming Presentations<\/h2>\n

\u201cGoverning the Moon: A History\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Stephen Buono (University of Chicago)<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 6 at 1pm CST<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In this talk, Stephen Buono will provide a nuanced history of the unratified Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, more commonly known as the Moon Treaty. Buono will illuminate the treaty\u2019s deep\u00a0origins, the contributions of international space lawyers, the details of the negotiating process, the role played by the United States in shaping the final text, and the contributions of the treaty\u2019s single most important author, Argentine lawyer, Aldo Armando\u00a0Cocca.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA God\u2019s Eye View: Aviators and the Re-Conquest of Latin America\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Pete Soland(University of Houston\u2014Downtown)<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 20 at 1pm CST<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This talk scrutinizes the aviator-conquistador metaphor. It examines airplane pilots as personifying high modernism and the technological sublime in Latin America from the turn of the century through the early Space Age, when spaceships and astronauts eclipsed airplanes and aviators. Repeated invocations of the conquistador as a metaphor for the aviator\u2019s social role\u2013and the conquest as an analogy for the goals of aviation programs\u2013illustrate how elites promoted their modernization initiatives to national publics.<\/p>\n

How to Attend<\/h2>\n

These presentations will be held via Microsoft Teams. For details on how to attend the meetings, join the NASA History mailing list to receive updates. Just send a blank email to history-join@lists.hq.nasa.gov<\/a> to join. Alternatively, send us an email<\/a> to receive a link for the next meeting.<\/p>\n

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