LIFE BEYOND LIMITS: Guion Bluford in BUCHAREST!
July 5, 2011, Radisson BLU Hotel
On July the 5th, 2011, Forum Invest is honored to invite you attend the premiere meeting in Bucharest with the former NASA astronaut Guion Bluford, the first African – American to participate in a space mission.
The meeting takes place as part of the first edition of BUCHAREST INTERNATIONAL FORUM, held between July 4- 31, 2011.
Guion Bluford, a NASA mission specialist and payload commander astronaut on four Space Shuttle missions, was selected in the first class of space shuttle astronauts in 1978 and was the first African American to fly in space in 1983 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. In addition, he flew on a Spacelab flight as payload commander in 1985, a Department of Defense Strategic Defense Initiative Office flight in 1991, and a classified Department of Defense flight in 1992. He has logged over 688 hours in space.
Dr. Bluford served 29 years in the United States Air Force as an Air Force tactical fighter pilot in Vietnam, instructor pilot, staff development engineer, Branch Chief of the Aerodynamics and Airframe Branch of the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory and NASA Astronaut. He has over 5,200 hours of jet flight time in ten different aircrafts.
Currently, Guion S. Bluford is President of The Aerospace Technology Group (ATG), an aerospace technology and business consulting organization specializing in aviation and space related technology development, analysis, and marketing related activities.
The man who logged over 688 hours in space, in 4 missions on the Challenger and Discovery spacecrafts and with a record of 144 combat missions with the US Air Force, Guion Bluford will speak in Bucharest about breaking the boundaries, extreme training conditions, crisis management, pioneering and the financing and evolution of mankind in space, in a memorable meeting on on July the 5th. Sheer surprising, lively and with no commercial packaging, directly from one of the most breakthrough contemporary movers & shakers!
Participants already registered number company leaders & CEOs, business development managers, human resources managers, young entrepreneurs, prestigious journalists.
Please note that the number of seats is limited and offered on the „first come, first served” basis. Book your seat now!
Guion Bluford`s visit in Bucharest is part of the first edition of BUCHAREST INTERNATIONAL FORUM, held between July 4-31, 2011 in Bucharest. View more >>>
More information & registration details:
Beatrice Balan
Development Manager
beatrice.balan@foruminvest.ro
+40 21 311 56 10
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