Sun August 3, 2014
Beyond Earth
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at Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport (SFO)
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A Public Afternoon of Science and Scientific Speculation, sponsored by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Featuring:
* Geoff Marcy (U. C. Berkeley), the world’s foremost planet hunter: Finding Habitable Worlds Around Other Stars
* Chris McKay (Planetary Scientist and Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Ctr.): The Search for Life on Mars and the Moons of the Outer Planets
* Jill Tarter (Bernard Oliver Chair at the SETI Institute): SETI: Finding Aliens and Finding Ourselves
* A Panel with all Three Speakers: Planets and Life: What Are our Next Steps? (Andrew Fraknoi, Foothill College, moderator)
To celebrate its 125th year of service to the public understanding of the cosmos, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific invites you to an afternoon learning and thinking about some of the most exciting questions in our exploration of the universe. What kind of planets orbit other stars? Is there an Earth 2.0 out there, just like us? Could life exist in strange environments, quite different from our planet’s? And could there be intelligent life beyond Earth? If so, how could we find them -- or even have a conversation with them? Only in the last few decades have such questions moved from the realm of science fiction to the realm of scientific experiment. Come hear from some of the most articulate scientists in the Bay Area where we stand with our quest to explore planets and life beyond our own world.
This special afternoon is free and open to the public, but we hope you will make a voluntary donation of $10 per person to help us with the costs of the hall and the meeting. We encourage you to bring students 13 or over but would ask that you leave younger children at home. Seating is first come, first served, so we encourage you to be there a little bit early, just in case. Paid parking is available at the hotel and at several nearby lots.
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Featuring:
* Geoff Marcy (U. C. Berkeley), the world’s foremost planet hunter: Finding Habitable Worlds Around Other Stars
* Chris McKay (Planetary Scientist and Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Ctr.): The Search for Life on Mars and the Moons of the Outer Planets
* Jill Tarter (Bernard Oliver Chair at the SETI Institute): SETI: Finding Aliens and Finding Ourselves
* A Panel with all Three Speakers: Planets and Life: What Are our Next Steps? (Andrew Fraknoi, Foothill College, moderator)
To celebrate its 125th year of service to the public understanding of the cosmos, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific invites you to an afternoon learning and thinking about some of the most exciting questions in our exploration of the universe. What kind of planets orbit other stars? Is there an Earth 2.0 out there, just like us? Could life exist in strange environments, quite different from our planet’s? And could there be intelligent life beyond Earth? If so, how could we find them -- or even have a conversation with them? Only in the last few decades have such questions moved from the realm of science fiction to the realm of scientific experiment. Come hear from some of the most articulate scientists in the Bay Area where we stand with our quest to explore planets and life beyond our own world.
This special afternoon is free and open to the public, but we hope you will make a voluntary donation of $10 per person to help us with the costs of the hall and the meeting. We encourage you to bring students 13 or over but would ask that you leave younger children at home. Seating is first come, first served, so we encourage you to be there a little bit early, just in case. Paid parking is available at the hotel and at several nearby lots.
A Public Afternoon of Science and Scientific Speculation, sponsored by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Featuring:
* Geoff Marcy (U. C. Berkeley), the world’s foremost planet hunter: Finding Habitable Worlds Around Other Stars
* Chris McKay (Planetary Scientist and Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Ctr.): The Search for Life on Mars and the Moons of the Outer Planets
* Jill Tarter (Bernard Oliver Chair at the SETI Institute): SETI: Finding Aliens and Finding Ourselves
* A Panel with all Three Speakers: Planets and Life: What Are our Next Steps? (Andrew Fraknoi, Foothill College, moderator)
To celebrate its 125th year of service to the public understanding of the cosmos, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific invites you to an afternoon learning and thinking about some of the most exciting questions in our exploration of the universe. What kind of planets orbit other stars? Is there an Earth 2.0 out there, just like us? Could life exist in strange environments, quite different from our planet’s? And could there be intelligent life beyond Earth? If so, how could we find them -- or even have a conversation with them? Only in the last few decades have such questions moved from the realm of science fiction to the realm of scientific experiment. Come hear from some of the most articulate scientists in the Bay Area where we stand with our quest to explore planets and life beyond our own world.
This special afternoon is free and open to the public, but we hope you will make a voluntary donation of $10 per person to help us with the costs of the hall and the meeting. We encourage you to bring students 13 or over but would ask that you leave younger children at home. Seating is first come, first served, so we encourage you to be there a little bit early, just in case. Paid parking is available at the hotel and at several nearby lots.
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Featuring:
* Geoff Marcy (U. C. Berkeley), the world’s foremost planet hunter: Finding Habitable Worlds Around Other Stars
* Chris McKay (Planetary Scientist and Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Ctr.): The Search for Life on Mars and the Moons of the Outer Planets
* Jill Tarter (Bernard Oliver Chair at the SETI Institute): SETI: Finding Aliens and Finding Ourselves
* A Panel with all Three Speakers: Planets and Life: What Are our Next Steps? (Andrew Fraknoi, Foothill College, moderator)
To celebrate its 125th year of service to the public understanding of the cosmos, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific invites you to an afternoon learning and thinking about some of the most exciting questions in our exploration of the universe. What kind of planets orbit other stars? Is there an Earth 2.0 out there, just like us? Could life exist in strange environments, quite different from our planet’s? And could there be intelligent life beyond Earth? If so, how could we find them -- or even have a conversation with them? Only in the last few decades have such questions moved from the realm of science fiction to the realm of scientific experiment. Come hear from some of the most articulate scientists in the Bay Area where we stand with our quest to explore planets and life beyond our own world.
This special afternoon is free and open to the public, but we hope you will make a voluntary donation of $10 per person to help us with the costs of the hall and the meeting. We encourage you to bring students 13 or over but would ask that you leave younger children at home. Seating is first come, first served, so we encourage you to be there a little bit early, just in case. Paid parking is available at the hotel and at several nearby lots.
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Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport (SFO)
1333 Old Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA 94010
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