Alain Dupas (11 October 1945 – 12 June 2022) was a French astronomer and astrophysicist.

Biography

Dupas earned a doctorate from

Paris-Sud University Paris-Sud University (), also known as the University of Paris — XI (or as the Orsay Faculty of Sciences, University of Paris before 1971), was a French research university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburbs of Paris, ...

in 1997 and became a specialist in aerospace policies, technologies and programs. He directed studies at

CNES CNES () is the French national space agency. Headquartered in central Paris, the agency is overseen by the ministries of the Armed Forces, Economy and Finance and Higher Education, Research and Innovation. It operates from the Toulouse Spac ...

in the field of research on star systems for more than 20 years. He was an associate researcher at the

George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by ...

Space Policy Institute and was an aerospace advisor to the

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, shortened to EBRD ( French: ''Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement'' or ''BERD''), is an international financial institution founded in 1991 in Paris. As a multilat ...

. In 2005, he co-founded the Astronaute Club Européen alongside Jean-Pierre Haigneré and Laurent Gathier. Alain Dupas died in

Meudon Meudon () is a French Communes of France, commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, on the left bank of the Seine. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of P ...

on 12 June 2022 at the age of 76.

Publications

*''Les vaisseaux cosmiques'' (1968) *''La lutte pour l'espace'' (1977) *''Ariane et la navette spatiale'' (1981) *''Aux sources de l'énergie'' (1984) *''L'homme et l'espace'' (1984) *''La saga de l'espace'' (1986) *''Modernissimots : le dictionnaire du temps présent'' (1987) *''L'âge des satellites'' (1997) *''Une autre histoire de l'espace'' (1999) *''Destination Mars'' (2002) *''La nouvelle conquête spatiale'' (2010) *''Demain, nous vivrons tous dans l'espace'' (2011) *''L'appel du cosmos'' (2011)

References

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