Dear Whiting School community,

I am pleased to invite you to the third CGPO Speaker Series event for the 2016 to 2017 academic year, featuring a discussion with Curtis Johnson, of Blue Origin, on Tuesday, April 25, in Charles Commons, Salon A. He will give a speech titled “Blue Origin’s Reusable Rockets.” The series is designed to support CGPO’s mission to foster collaborative research between JHU institutions, the federal government, and the commercial sector, aimed at large scale research initiatives, especially in the areas of space, biomedical and medical applications.

Blue Origin’s long term goal is to help enable millions of people living and working in space. Currently, Blue is developing reusable rockets to reduce the cost of accessing space and improve safety. Johnson will review progress with the New Shepard sub-orbital launch system and discuss future plans with the New Glenn Orbital rocket. He will provide insight for what it is like to work for a fast paced, innovative company like Blue Origin.

The series is free to all students, faculty, and staff. Each speaker will provide a glimpse into the current and future space arena sharing new technologies, trends, forecasts, and national research needs and opportunities.

I hope you will join me and Curtis Johnson for a discussion about space research.

Sincerely,

Peter Zeender
CGPO Executive Director