Science Accelerator Semi-Final Competition

The event unite students, facilitators and scientists in celebration of the Israel Space Week. Alongside inspiring lectures, the Science Accelerator students will pitch their innovative ideas. Professional committee will select the best ideas to be developed for the final competition.

About the Speakers: 

Dr. Eliad Peretz is based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, where he is the principal investigator for the Orbiting Calibrator and Artificial Star (ORCAS), a small-scale space mission aimed at improving the quality of space imaging for the largest telescopes on the ground. In his role as lead researcher for New Space Missions under Nobel Laureate Dr. John Mather, he is responsible for identifying the goals, engineering requirements, cost, and feasibility of missions, especially the discovery of Earth-like planets. Dr. Peretz also oversees the development of new materials and technologies used for advanced space exploration such as high quantum efficiency UV-Vis detectors and X-ray attenuators, and…