Erik Tandberg (space educator)

Erik Tandberg (born October 19, 1932) is a Norwegian engineer, author, television personality and space educator. He was born in Oslo, Norway. He was a master of science from Stanford University 1959. He did his scholarship at Princeton University in the years 1964-65.

He became technical consultant on space matters at NRK from 1960.
From that time, he has written several books and publications[1] on space related subjects. TV commentator at NRK on all Apollo program moon landings 1969-72, together with Jan P. Jansen. In the decades thereafter, Tandberg has been by far the most widely shown space expert on Norwegian television, at the same time doing a lot of public lectures on the subject.

Currently, he is connected to Norwegian Space Centre.[2]

Tandberg was a member of the City Council of Oslo for the Conservative Party from 1969-89.

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