AIAA Los Angeles Section Town Hall Meeting 8/1 (Webinar)

Saturday, August 1, 2026, 11 AM PDT (U.S. and Canada) (GMT -0700)

Aug 01

(2026 August 1) How high the moon, why not Mars beyond Artemis two

Presenter / Speaker:
Dr. Lawrence Kuznetz
Former NASA Senior Scientist and Aerospace Engineer
Console at mission control for Apollos 11-17
Helped build the space shuttles and
Managed the human research program for the International Space Station
Book author and STEM Educator

(The speaker will present on-line.)
(The seatings in the smaller Conference Room are very limited. Unless you are committed for showing up in person, please register for the on-line tickets / attendance. Thank you very much.)

Lawndale Library (Conference Room)
14615 Burin Ave, Lawndale, CA 90260
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Aug 01, 2026 11:00am PT - Aug 01, 2026 12:40pm PT

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This event is not sponsored by the Lawndale Library.

How high the moon, why not Mars beyond Artemis two

Please join AIAA Los Angeles Section to learn more from / discuss with Dr. Lawrence Kuznetz, an experienced former NASA Senior Scientist and Aerospace Engineer, about the reasons and challenges for going beyond Artemis II. Look forward to seeing you. Enjoy!

Dr. Lawrence Kuznetz

Former NASA Senior Scientist and Aerospace Engineer

Lawrence Kuznetz has advanced degrees from Columbia University and the University of California Berkeley and holds 8 US patents. He was on Console at mission control for Apollos 11-17, helped build the space shuttles and managed the human research program for the international space station. He has authored a novel, non fiction and children’s book about his experiences, conducted experiments proving that water can remain liquid on the surface of Mars and that extremophiles could survive in it. He’s been a leader in STEM education lecturing in the both the Astronomy and Mechanical Engineering departments at UC Berkeley. He is also the CTO of Planetary Protek, designing, and building a radically different spacesuit for Mars and a pandemic fighting PPE suit based on it (planetaryprotek.com)