Why go to space? | Tommaso Ghidini | TEDxMilano

Perché andare nello spazio.

Why go to the Moon and to Mars when there are big problems to face on Earth? Tommaso Ghidini responds to this provocation. There are so many technologies and benefits already that have changed our lives and that were born from research and space missions. More recently we have learned a lot from the orbiting space station experience and even more from the ongoing projects to develop our presence on the Moon and the journey that will take us to Mars in 2030. For these projects for mankind, engineers aren’t enough anymore, we need biologists, doctors, psychologists and philosophers. We are becoming a multiplanetary species in order to protect the Earth and the life on it.

Perché andare sulla luna e su Marte quando ci sono grandi problemi da affrontare sulla terra? Tommaso Ghidini risponde a questa provocazione. Sono già tante le tecnologie e i benefici che hanno cambiato le nostre vite e che derivano da ricerche e missioni spaziali. Più recentemente abbiamo imparato molto dall’esperienza della stazione spaziale orbitante e ancora di più dai progetti in corso per sviluppare la presenza sulla luna e il viaggio che ci porterà su Marte nel 2030. Per questi progetti dell’umanità non bastano più solo gli ingegneri, c’è bisogno di biologi, medici, psicologi e filosofi. Stiamo diventando una specie multiplanetaria per proteggere la Terra e la vita su di essa. Dr. Tommaso Ghidini is the Head of the Structures, Mechanisms and Materials Division at the European Space Agency. With its world class laboratories and computational centres, the Division guarantees the structural integrity of the entire range of ESA Space programmes and missions. After obtaining the Ph. D. in Germany, and before joining ESA, Dr. Ghidini has worked for AIRBUS on all major civil and military programmes of the European aeronautical industry including the A380, A350 and A400M aircrafts. He has received a number of international awards for major aerospace industrial achievements and developments and is invighited to lecture in some of the most prestigious European universities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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