Professor Piotr Wolański - cosmic authority, the pearl of Polish science

Prof. dr hab. Piotr Wolański (1942-2023) was one the most outstanding Polish scientists of the recent decades, a visionary who brought the enormous contribution to Polish sector of space science when outlining a series of perspective area of development and hypotheses: those ones concerning the origin of the Moon, or decay of dinosaurs. In his scientific activities, he undertook the subjects connected with the problems of combustion and the methods of diagnostics of combustion processes, explosions and engines, and the collisions with the celestial objects. Space drives, development of multi-use rockets and transfer the discussed knowledge to the students were translated into the defined implementations. The first Polish satellite PW-Sat was constructed under the guidance of the Professor at Warsaw University of Technology and the study direction “Aviation and Space Science” became the permanent specialization in the faculties of Polish technical universities.

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).