New Worlds and New Discoveries in Planetary Science Luncheon
Dear Friend,
The Planetary Society cordially invites you to attend a luncheon event highlighting the new worlds and discoveries being revealed every day by planetary explorers. NASA is celebrating the Year of the Solar System — spanning a Martian year of 23 months — to highlight the amazing successes of NASA missions as they explore our neighboring worlds and probe the very outer edges of our Solar System. But while this world celebrates these scientific accomplishments with NASA, there is the question of what future space exploration holds, especially given the fiscal challenges ahead and whether we will continue to lead in expanding this important frontier in human knowledge
Please join us as Dr. Jim Green of NASA talks about current and planned missions to Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, asteroids and comets, and the landing of a new rover on Mars in 2012!
Dr. Steve Squyres will then brief you on the National Research Council’s Decadal Survey for Planetary Science that was completed earlier this year and highlights the long-term vision for planetary exploration.
Congress is facing difficult choices as it tries to balance the demands of today with visions of possible futures among the planets. Please join us to celebrate what we have accomplished in planetary exploration and to consider what we can do in the future.
Agenda:
Opening Remarks: Bill Nye the Science Guy, Exec. Dir. of the Planetary Society
NASA Planetary Science: Dr. Jim Green, Director, Planetary Science Division, NASA
Planetary Science Decadal Survey: Dr. Steve Squyres, Chairman, NRC Planetary Decadal Survey
Date: Friday, September 9, 2011
Time: 12-noon – 1:30pm, box lunch will be provided
Location: Rayburn 2325
Please RSVP to Charlene Anderson at the Planetary Society, tpscma@planetary.org
or 626-793-5100. This is an open and widely attended event.
Sponsored by the Planetary Society
The Planetary Society, founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman, and now led by science educator Bill Nye, inspires and involves the world’s public in space exploration through advocacy, projects, and education. Today, The Planetary Society is the largest and most influential public space organization group on Earth. Dedicated to exploring the solar system and seeking life beyond Earth, The Planetary Society is non-governmental and nonprofit and is funded by the support of its members.
