During 2025, the NASA History Office is offering a seminar series on the topic of aerospace Latin America. This series will explore the origins, evolution, and historical context of aerospace in the region from the beginning of the Space Age to the present, including the development of aerospace infrastructure, space policy and law, Earth science applications, and A wide range of topics will be touched upon, including many more.
This seminar series is part of a collaborative effort to gather insights and research that will culminate in an anthology of essays published as a NASA History Special Publication. Individual presentations will be held approximately bi-weekly or monthly.
Stephen Buono (University of Chicago)
Thursday February 6th at 1pm CST
In this talk, Stephen Buono will provide a detailed history of the unratified treaty governing states’ activities on the Moon and other celestial bodies, commonly known as the Moon Treaty. Buono will highlight the deep origins of the treaty, the contributions of international space lawyers, the details of the negotiation process, the role of the United States in shaping the final text, and the contributions of the single most important author of the treaty, Argentine lawyer Aldo. Armando Coca.
Pete Soland (University of Houston-Downtown)
Thursday, February 20 at 1 pm CST
This talk investigates the aviator-victory metaphor. It examines airplane pilots as the high modernity and technological prowess in Latin America from the turn of the century to the early space age, when spaceships and astronauts eclipsed airplanes and aviators. show the Repeated invocations of victory as a metaphor for the social role of the aviator – and victory as an allegory for the goals of aviation programs – illustrate how elites modernized themselves for the national masses. promoted the actions of
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