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FORGING THE FUTURE OF SPACE SCIENCE
THE NEXT 50 YEARS
February 20, 2008
University of Texas
Austin, TX
SNACKS AVAILABLE
Room 2.302, Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences (ACES) Building
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
PANEL SESSION
Room 2.302, Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences (ACES) Building
3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Dr. J. Craig Wheeler, Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin and President of the American Astronomical Society
Dr. Volker Bromm, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin. Presentation: “The Final Frontier of Cosmology: The First Stars and Galaxies”
Dr. Hans Mark, John J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair in Engineering and Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin. Presentation: “Astronomical Reminiscences and Extrapolations”
Dr. Byron D. Tapley, Claire Cockrell Williams Centennial Chair in Engineering and Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin. Presentation: “The Earth as Observed from Space: Status and Future Prospects”
Dr. Steven Weinberg, Jack S. Josey-Welch Foundation Chair in Science and Regental Professor, University of Texas at Austin; Director, Theory Research Group, University of Texas at Austin; Professor in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin; Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979. Presentation: “Fundamental Physics Research in Space”
LECTURE: THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ELSEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE
Room 2.224, Welch Hall
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Lecturer: Christopher Chyba
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences and International Affairs
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
View a brief biography
LUNAR ECLIPSE VIEWING FOR THOSE INTERESTED AND WEATHER PERMITTING
9:00 p.m.
REGISTER FOR THE LECTURE – Please register for this event so that we have an estimate of audience size. While this registration does not guarantee a seat, room capacity is expected to be adequate.
Local co-host: University of Texas
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Sponsored by:
The National Academies
NASA
Boeing
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Orbital Sciences Corporation
ATK
Ball Aerospace
Aerospace Corporation
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Co-sponsored by:
American Astronautical Society
American Astronomical Society
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
COSPAR
International Space University
National Space Society
Planetary Society
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Christopher F. Chyba
Christopher Chyba is professor of astrophysical sciences and international affairs at Princeton University where he also directs the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. His security-related research emphasizes nuclear and biological weapons policy, proliferation, and terrorism. His scientific research focuses on solar system exploration and the search for life elsewhere.
Before coming to Princeton, Dr. Chyba co-directed Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) for five years, where he was also associate professor of geological and environmental sciences. He served on the White House staff from 1993 to 1995, entering as a White House fellow on the National Security Council staff and then serving in the National Security Division of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). After leaving the White House, he drafted the President's decision directive on responding to emerging infectious diseases and authored a report for OSTP in 1998 on preparing for biological terrorism. He received the Presidential Early Career Award for demonstrating exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of science and technology during the 21st century. He chaired the Science Definition Team for NASA's Europa Orbiter mission and served on the executive committee of NASA's Space Science Advisory Committee, for which he chaired the Solar System Exploration Subcommittee.
Dr. Chyba is an emeritus member of the board of trustees of the SETI Institute. In October 2001, he was named a MacArthur fellow for his work in both planetary science and international security. He and Ambassador George Bunn edited U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Confronting Today's Threats (Brookings Institution Press, 2006). Dr. Chyba currently serves on the National Research Council (NRC) Committee for International Security and Arms Control. He is past chair of the NRC Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, and past member of the NRC Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats.
Biography source:
Princeton University
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