posted 07-02-2005 05:09 PM
If anyone is in the Bay Area on July 16, this may be of some interest -- an event at NASA Ames.
"COSMIC IMPACT NIGHT"
Dr David Morrison, Senior NASA Scientist : How Do We Find Objects That Could Impact Planet Earth?
Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 Astronaut, Chairman B612 Foundation : How Might We Actually Avoid a Cosmic Impact?
Scott Stanford, NASA Research Astrophysicist : What Are Comets and How Do We Study Them?
6 pm : Exhibits and Exploration Center Open
7 pm : Multiple Talks By NASA Experts
8:30 : Sky Watching through a Field of Telescopes
More information: www.arc.nasa.gov