{"id":107064,"date":"2020-02-27T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=107064"},"modified":"2023-09-08T13:59:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:59:03","slug":"ucf-planetary-scientist-named-to-blue-origin-science-advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-planetary-scientist-named-to-blue-origin-science-advisory-board\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Planetary Scientist Named to Blue Origin Science Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Central Florida\u2019s reputation as a leader in space research has been further established with the recent announcement that one of its planetary scientists has been named to the science advisory board of a major aerospace company<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Phil Metzger, a planetary scientist with UCF\u2019s Florida Space Institute<\/a>, joined Blue Origin\u2019s science advisory board in January for their Blue Moon mission to get back to the moon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it demonstrates that UCF is recognized for the work that we’re doing in space resources and lunar and asteroid exploration,\u201d Metzger says. \u201cThere are a lot of different people here at UCF working on various lunar, asteroid and other space science and technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

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