Looking to the stars: our laboratory is space

What is the future of space exploration? How can spaceflight change our ideas of the universe? Where does theoretical physics fit in with our hands-on desire to explore? Two astrophysicists, an astronaut and a best-selling science fiction writer weigh in on these questions.

Panellists:

Katherine Freese, Theoretical Astrophysicist, Professor of Physics at Stockholm University and Director of the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA)

Christer Fuglesang, ESA astronaut, Adjunct Professor in Space Physics and Director of KTH Space Center at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Ariel Goobar, Professor of Experimental Particle Astrophysics at Stockholm University and director of the Oskar Klein Centre

Kim Stanley Robinson, Bestselling American science fiction writer, author of the Mars trilogy

Crosstalks is an academic web talk show with researchers from two of Sweden’s top universities, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University. An international academic forum on global topics and leading research from the two universities. During three years 117 recognized researchers participated on a variety of topics.

Recorded 2015