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Program of Public Events
September 10, 2007 Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland |
Understanding the Universe John Mather, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics |
October 19, 2007 University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire |
Global Climate Change and Human Causes Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences |
December 1, 2007 University of California at Irvine Irvine, California |
All-day colloquium |
December 7, 2007 National Space Science and Technology Center Huntsville, Alabama |
Science Goes to the Moon and Planets: Celebrating 50 Years Since the IGY Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., Director Emeritus, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution |
January 16, 2008 Florida State and Florida A&M Challenger Learning Center Tallahassee, Florida |
Leaving the Planet—Science and Technology Development: Results on the International Space Station Carl Walz, NASA Astronaut, Director, Advanced Capabilities, NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate |
February 20, 2008 University of Texas Austin, Texas |
The Possibility of Life Elsewhere in the Universe Christopher F. Chyba, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences and International Affairs Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University |
March 27, 2008 Committee on Space Research Paris, France |
Understanding the Poles of the Earth, Moon, and Mars Christopher Rapley, Director, Science Museum, London, England |
April 14, 2008 Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado |
Voyager’s Journey to the Edge of Interstellar Space Edward C. Stone, Professor of Physics, Caltech; Voyager Project Scientist, JPL |
April 25, 2008 West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation Fairmont, West Virginia |
Future of Space and Earth Robotic Exploration: Scientific and Technological Challenges Charles Elachi, Director, JPL |
June 26, 2008 The National Academies Washington, D.C. |
All-day colloquium—including the presentation of the Space Studies Board’s first James A. Van Allen Lectureship for career achievement in space and Earth science. |