posted 04-15-2004 10:35 AM               

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Experts from the fields of education, entertainment, and robotics will appear as witnesses before the President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond in a public hearing to be held in San Francisco, April 15 and 16, 2004. The hearing will take place at the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology, 1150 Francisco Street, San Francisco, California.

Space writer Ray Bradbury will lead off the testimonies, which begin at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 15. He will be joined by television and computer games experts. The second panel of the day will focus on education: Astronaut/educator Barbara Morgan will speak, along with the Executive Directors of the National Science Teachers Association and the National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions. A panel of labor representatives will complete the first day of testimony.

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