BOARD
The Spacelu initiative is developed and implemented under the political responsibility of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider.
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email: ministre@eco.etat.lu
Étienne Schneider
ADVISORY BOARD ON SPACE RESOURCES
The Space Resources Advisory Board is composed by internationally renowned space experts to guide the Luxembourg Government in positioning the country as a European hub in the exploration and utilization of space resources.
The Space Resources Advisory Board is composed by internationally renowned space experts to guide the Luxembourg Government in positioning the country as a European hub in the exploration and utilization of space resources.
Jean-Jacques Dordain
Prof. Seung Jo Kim is Professor Emeritus of Seoul National University, from which he retired in 2015. He is also a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics as well as of the Institute of Physics. He served as President of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) for three years from 2011 and among other important projects he led the successful launch of the first Korean space launch vehicle in 2013.
Seung Jo Kim
Mr. Jean-Louis Schiltz is a Guest Professor at the University of Luxembourg and attorney in private practice. He also is a member of the Advisory Board of the Smart Sustainable Development Model of the International Telecommunications Union. From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Jean-Louis Schiltz was Cabinet minister in Luxembourg. His portfolios included media, telecommunications, technology (IT and internet), international development and defense.
Jean-Louis Schiltz
Mr. Georges Schmit is Special Envoy Special Envoy of the Luxembourg Government for the SpaceResources.lu initiative. He was Consul General and Executive Director at the Luxembourg Trade & Investment Office in San Francisco from 2009 to 2016. Prior to this, he was Director General for Economic Development and Foreign Trade, and Secretary General at the Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy. In this capacity he served on the Board of Directors of the World’s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal and the Luxembourg-based global satellite operator SES.
Georges Schmit
Dr. Pete S. Worden is the Chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation and Executive Director of the foundation’s ‘Breakthrough Initiatives’. He was Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center in California until his retirement in 2015. He served as a scientific co-investigator for three NASA space science missions. Dr. Worden has held several positions in the United States Air Force and was research professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific papers in astrophysics space sciences, and strategic studies.
Simon Pete Worden
Prof. Wu Ji is the former chief scientist and project leader of the Strategic Priority Program on Space Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences where he has been a full Professor since 1996. In 2016, he was elected President of the Chinese Society on Space Research. Prof. Wu Ji also is Director General of the National Space Science Center, Vice-President of the Committee for Space Research and a full member of the International Astronautics Academy.
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