Chris Chyba

Free Public Lecture
Chris Chyba will explore the origin of life
on Earth and elsewhere in the universe in a free public talk

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
at 7:30 p.m. in room 2.224 of Welch Hall
on the University of Texas at Austin campus.

Free parking will be available
in the San Jacinto and Speedway campus garages.

Chyba is professor of astrophysical sciences and international affairs at Princeton University. He carries on the legacy of his mentor, Carl Sagan, with a deep understanding of interdiscliplinary science and a remarkable ability to communicate with the public. Chyba was long associated with the SETI Institute, which searches for intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. He was a member of the national security council staff and won a MacArthur Fellowship, one of the renowned "genius awards."

The lecture will be followed by a public viewing of the evening's total lunar eclipse
on the 17th floor of Robert Lee Moore Hall (weather permitting).
Totality begins at 9 p.m. and runs until about 10 p.m.




National Academies, Space Studies Board Seminar Series

This talk is organized by the Space Studies Board of the National Academies and the University of Texas at Austin Astronomy Program, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year and the birth of space science.

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>>> SPECIAL EVENT <<<

Afternoon Panel Discussion on the Past and
Future of Science and Exploration

An opportunity for discussion among the
scientific community and the public

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
3:15-5:00 PM
(2:45-3:15 PM - Meet & Greet - refreshments provided)
Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences Building
(ACES) Room 2.302

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Moderator
Dr. J. Craig Wheeler
Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor of Astronomy,
The University of Texas at Austin
and
President, American Astronomical Society

. . .

Prof. Hans Mark
John J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair in Engineering
and
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics,
The University of Texas at Austin
"Astronomical Reminiscences and Extrapolations"

. . .

Prof. Steven Weinberg
Jack S. Josey-Welch Foundation Chair in Science
and
Regental Professor,
Director, Theory Research Group, Nobel Prize (Physics),
Professor, Departments of Physics and Astronomy,
The University of Texas at Austin
"Fundamental Physics Research in Space"

. . .

Prof. Byron D. Tapley
Clare Cockrell Williams Centennial Chair in Engineering
and
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics,
The University of Texas at Austin
"The Earth as Observed from Space: Status and Future Prospects"

. . .

Prof. Volker Bromm
Assistant Professor of Astronomy,
The University of Texas at Austin
"The Final Frontier of Cosmology: The First Stars and Galaxies"



Co-hosted by The University of Texas at Austin

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Sponsors:
The National Academies
The Aerospace Corporation
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Northrop Grumman
Lockheed Martin
Orbital
NASA
Boeing
ATK

Co-Sponsors:
American Astronautical Society
International Space University
National Space Society
The Planetary Society
Cospar
AIAA
AAS