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BioVisionAlexandria 2018
New Life Sciences: Towards SDGs
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1961 and 1964, respectively. He is well-known for participation in NASA's Apollo program (1967-72) as secretary of lunar landing site selection, and chairman of astronaut training in visual observations and photography. During the next ten years, he established and directed the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the National Air and Space Museum, of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington D.C. Since 1986, he has directed the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, where he applied satellite image data to better understand the origin and evolution of arid lands, particularly the location of groundwater resources in deserts. He served on the Board of the Geological Society of America Foundation, chaired the U.S. National Committee on Geological Sciences, and was elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Greeting
 
 
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