Claudio Maccone

Claudio Maccone

Claudio Maccone (born February 6, 1948, Torino, Italy[1]) is an Italian space scientist.[2] In 2002 he was awarded theGiordano Bruno Awardby 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 inActa Astronautica.” In 2010, Maccone was appointed Technical Director of Scientific Space Missions for the International Academy of Astronautics.[1]

Books

His first book wasTelecommunications, KLT and Relativityin 1994 and his second book wasThe Sun as a Gravitational Lens: Proposed Space Missionsin 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 the1999 Book Award for the Engineering Sciencesby the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).[1]

In 2001 the Asteroid 11264 was namedClaudiomacconein his honor by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).[5] In 2002 he was awarded theGiordano Bruno Awardby 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]

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