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Ronald Sega is an American astronaut, whose forebears on his father's side came from Loški potok in Slovenia. He visited Slovenia in November 1994.

SEGA, Ronald
Ronald Sega is an American astronaut, whose forebears on his father's side came from Loški potok in Slovenia. Dr Sega completed his Ph.D. at the USA Air Force Academy by researching infra-red detection of electromagnetic fields.

Later he joined the research team at an institute for vacuum technology. He worked on the laser ablation of thin superconductive films. At the University of Houston he encountered space research and came into contact with a group of scientists working on the Wake Shield Facility project. This was one of the experiments which the STS-60 astronauts performed during their flight in February 1994. In this way Dr Sega also had an opportunity to put it into practice in space. It was Dr Sega's first space flight. For his work Dr Sega received a number of awards and commendations. He visited Slovenia in November 1994.


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