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Bulent Altan
Bulent Altan is a Turkish-American aerospace executive and aerospace engineer, engineer, known for his significant contributions to SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. He was also CEO of laser communication in space, laser communications manufacturer Mynaric and is founding partner of venture capital firm Alpine Space Ventures. Early life and education Altan was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and attended an Austrian middle- and high school in the city. At the age of 18, he moved to Germany and began his studies at the Technical University of Munich that he concluded with a Diplom in Computer Science in 2001. He furthered his education at Stanford University in California where he gained a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering in 2004. Career SpaceX – Falcon 1 (2004-2009) Upon the end of Bulent Altan's studies and while working on a cubesat project at Stanford he was approached by Elon M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
