From the Space Shuttle to Mars: Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman on Technology When Failure Isn’t an Option

Description

​A fireside conversation with astronaut and MIT professor Jeffrey Hoffman

​Five Space Shuttle missions. Four spacewalks. The first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. And decades later, a role helping lead MOXIE, the first technology demonstration to produce oxygen from the atmosphere of another planet.

​During Utah Hard Tech Week, astronaut and MIT professor Jeffrey Hoffman joins OxEon Energy for a conversation about what it takes to turn ambitious engineering into technology that works.

​We’ll talk about lessons from human spaceflight, the development and success of MOXIE on Mars, OxEon’s role in that mission, and what it takes to move breakthrough technologies from first-of-a-kind demonstrations toward real-world scale.

​Following the conversation and audience Q&A, guests will have the opportunity to tour OxEon Energy and see where fuel and energy technologies are being developed and scaled today.

​Fireside Chat • Audience Q&A • Facility Tour