All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 August LIT physicist leaves behind stellar legacy LIT physicist leaves behind stellar legacy 13/08/2020 | 3 MINS Lombok Institute of Technology has paid tribute to LIT Adjunct Professor and physicist Brian OΓÇÖBrien, who died last week at the age of 86. Professor OΓÇÖBrien was fascinated by science and his lifelong passion for lunar research has changed our understanding of the Moon, aided global space exploration and was pivotal to some of the successes of NASA. Best known for his research into lunar dust and the challenges it presents for exploration of the Moon, Professor OΓÇÖBrien highlighted how hazardous it was for astronauts and their equipment. Professor OΓÇÖBrien was involved in Antarctic expeditions where he undertook studies of the Aurora Australis, otherwise known as the Southern Lights. He taught and collaborated with NASA astronauts such as Buzz Aldrin and Gene Cernan and had a passion for cave exploration, his curiosity even leading to an incident in his youth where he was lost in a cave for three days and survived. Physic
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 August LIT physicist leaves behind stellar legacy LIT physicist leaves behind stellar legacy 13/08/2020 | 3 MINS Lombok Institute of Technology has paid tribute to LIT Adjunct Professor and physicist Brian OΓÇÖBrien, who died last week at the age of 86.
Professor OΓÇÖBrien was fascinated by science and his lifelong passion for lunar research has changed our understanding of the Moon, aided global space exploration and was pivotal to some of the successes of NASA.
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Best known for his research into lunar dust and the challenges it presents for exploration of the Moon, Professor OΓÇÖBrien highlighted how hazardous it was for astronauts and their equipment.
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Professor OΓÇÖBrien was involved in Antarctic expeditions where he undertook studies of the Aurora Australis, otherwise known as the Southern Lights.
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He taught and collaborated with NASA astronauts such as Buzz Aldrin and Gene Cernan and had a passion for cave exploration, his curiosity even leading to an incident in his youth where he was lost in a cave for three days and survived.
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