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Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876

America’s First Research University

Discovery Series: The Future Is Now

Nov 3, 2025
6 - 7:30pm EST
Registration is required
This event is free

Who can attend?

  • General public
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Description

Space stations, reusable rockets, lunar rovers, and constellations of thousands of satellites once existed exclusively in comic books and sci-fi blockbusters. But those futuristic solutions are increasingly finding a market in the modern space economy and could soon form the backbone of today's space age.

Join us as we kick off a new year of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center Discovery Series focusing on the final frontier, in partnership with SpaceNews.

What's already in development? What's just over the horizon? And how will these innovations transform life on Earth and beyond? SpaceNews' Jeff Foust and Mike Gruss will speak with top industry executives and experts to reveal what's possible, where we're headed, and the collaboration powering the next breakthroughs that will take us there.

Speakers include:

  • Marshall Smith, CEO, Starlab Space
  • John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic
  • Devon Papandrew, VP of Business Development, Stoke Space
  • Mike Gruss, Chief Content and Strategy Officer, SpaceNews
  • Jeff Foust, Senior Staff Writer, SpaceNews

Other speakers to be confirmed.

Who can attend?

  • General public
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Registration

Registration is required

Please register in advance here