- Claudio Maccone
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Claudio Maccone (born February 6, 1948, Torino, Italy[1]) is an Italian space scientist.[2] In 2002 he was awarded the “Giordano Bruno Award” by the SETI League, "for his efforts to establish a radio observatory on the far side of the Moon."[2] In 2010 he was appointed Technical Director of Scientific Space exploration of the International Academy of Astronautics.[3]
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Career
He obtained his PhD at the Department of Mathematics of King's College London in 1980.[1] He then joined the Space Systems Group of Aeritalia (later called Alenia Spazio S.p.A. and now Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A.) in Turin as a technical expert for the design of artificial satellites, and got involved in the design of space missions.[1] In 2000 he was elected as Co-Vice Chair of the SETI Committee of the IAA.[1] He has published over 70 scientific and technical papers, most of them in “Acta Astronautica.” In 2010, Maccone was appointed Technical Director of Scientific Space Missions for the International Academy of Astronautics.[1]
Books
His first book was “Telecommunications, KLT and Relativity” in 1994 and his second book was “The Sun as a Gravitational Lens: Proposed Space Missions” in 1998 (both at IPI Press, USA).[1] Maccone's third book "Deep Space Flight and Communications" was published by Praxis-Springer in 2009.[1][4]
Honours and Awards
His second book was awarded the “1999 Book Award for the Engineering Sciences” by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).[1]
In 2001 the Asteroid 11264 was named “Claudiomaccone” in his honor by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).[5] In 2002 he was awarded the “Giordano Bruno Award” by the SETI League, "for his efforts to establish a radio observatory on the far side of the Moon.[2] The League considered it notable that Maccone was the first Italian to win the award, which is named after Italian monk Giordano Bruno.[2]
External links
- Deep Space Flight and Communications Talk at the SETI Institute, 11/25/2009, @youtube (Retrieved 09/30/2011)
- Habitable Planet Statistics - Claudio Maccone (SETI Talks)@youtube
- Claudio Maccone@ ADS
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Dr. Claudio Maccone, Ph.D. (personal website)". http://www.maccone.com/.
- ^ a b c d "SETI League Awards Highest Honors (Press release)". The SETI League, Inc.. 27 April 2002. http://www.setileague.org/press/pres0205.htm.
- ^ "eNewsletter of the International Academy of Astronautics". International Academy of Astronautics. July 2010. http://iaaweb.org/content/view/170/286/.
- ^ Maccone, Claudio (2009). Deep Space Flight and Communications: Exploiting the Sun as a Gravitational Lens. Praxis-Springer. ISBN 3540729429. http://books.google.com/books?isbn=3540729429.
- ^ "11264 Claudiomaccone (1979 UC4)". NASA. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=11264;orb=1.
Categories:- 1948 births
- Italian astronomers
- Alumni of King's College London
- Living people
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