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Focus on Business

Focus On Business: Nathan Wright on Satellite Technology

WEKU | By Bryan Bartlett

Published December 5, 2016 at 9:00 AM EST

Green Hills, Kentucky native Nathan Wright holds MBA and engineering degrees and an aeronautics certificate from the University of Kentucky. There was something very special about his time at UK and he talked with Tom Martin about how it led to the development of a satellite that could prevent dangerous space debris from falling to earth.

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University of Kentucky engineering and business school graduate Nathan Wright has created a board game - "Game of Energy" - to help you wrap your mind around the global energy situation. He talked with Tom Martin.

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