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NASA Tech Talks
January 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Free
We want HOU! Join us to discover NASA’s toughest tech challenges and apply your skills and expertise to solve them.
In these presentations, occurring on the fourth Thursday of the month, Mr. Montgomery Goforth, Assistant Director, Strategic Pursuits & Partnerships – Engineering Directorate, NASA JSC, and other aerospace subject matter experts will discuss the technology development challenges faced by NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) and the surrounding Aerospace community in our ongoing efforts as the hub of human spaceflight. Presentations will focus on how these challenges, and the associated opportunities, can be leveraged by Houston’s innovation community.
Join us after the talk for drinks and networking at Second Draught!
NASA Tech Talks topics include dual-use (space/terrestrial) technologies and focus areas in:
- Avionics / Communication / Sensors
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for ultra-long-lived wireless sensors
- Power Storage and Distribution
- Autonomous & Robotics Systems
- Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) Systems
- Virtual/Augmented Reality in Human Spaceflight Training & Execution
- Human Health & Performance / Human Systems Research
- NASA Intellectual Property suitable for commercialization by small/start-up companies
- Orion’s parachutes and risk identification and mitigation strategies
- Leveraging Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for ultra-long-lived wireless sensors
- Featured speakers from Intuitive Machines and Orbital Mining Corporation
About the Speakers:
Montgomery B. Goforth has over 30 years of experience as both an Engineer and Manager in various highly technical space and defense-related efforts. He joined NASA in 1990 as part of the Mission Operations Directorate, working on planning systems and automated procedure execution tools for the International Space Station (ISS). He became Deputy Project Manager for the Portable Computer System, the laptop used for command and control of the ISS, in 1996. He became Chief of the Branch responsible for all laptops onboard the ISS and the Space Shuttle.
