Ken Hess Joins Opening Astronaut Panel

The Space Education Summit team is thrilled to announce that Blue Origin astronaut Ken Hess will join us for the opening Astronaut Panel on November 22, 2024! Ken flew on the suborbital NS-25 flight earlier this year.

Hess is a software engineer and entrepreneur who shaped today’s technology-based family history industry when he developed the Family Tree Maker product line in the 1990s. The company was acquired by Ancestry.com in 2003. In 2001, he gave back by founding Science Buddies, a K-12 nonprofit created to level the playing field and improve STEM literacy by inspiring students through free, personalized, hands-on projects in all areas of science, including space exploration. Science Buddies has reached one-quarter billion users.

We look forward to hearing Ken’s thoughts on how we might best prepare students for humanity’s future in space. A FREE ONLINE event, the summit brings together educators, enthusiasts, and professionals from many fields… to explore ways humanity might prepare for the growing space economy and a rapidly approaching multi-planet future. Our planning team is inspired by the Overview Effect, and a desire to help more people benefit from it here on Earth. See past sessions and highlights on our YouTube Channel.

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