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Sunday, May 24 • 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Mars: A Look At Future Missions

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In 1965, Mariner 4 became the first space probe to beam back pictures of Mars. 50 years later, what new missions to Mars does NASA have in the works? What unmanned missions should they be sending? Is a sample return mission the ultimate dream, or are improved robotic labs the better solution?
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G. David Nordley

G. David Nordley is the pen name of Gerald David Nordley, an author and astronautical engineer. He lives in Sunnyvale, CA, with his wife, a retired Apple Computer programmer. A retired Air Force officer, he has extensive experience in spacecraft systems operations, engineering, and... Read More →

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Jay Reynolds Freeman

Software Engineer, Flight Software, SpaceX
Jay Freeman has been a science fiction and fantasy fan since grammar school, and has had scientific and technical interests just as long. He has degrees in physics, marine biology, and physical anthropology. His doctoral thesis project flew on the last Apollo. He has mostly worked... Read More →
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Norm Sperling

Norm Sperling teaches astronomy, runs the science humor magazine "The Journal of Irreproducible Results", and is polishing his steampunk astronomy novel, "The League of Farsighted Astronomers". Half of each year he roams American in his RV. He was co-designer of the Edmund Astroscan... Read More →

Sunday May 24, 2015 5:30pm - 7:00pm PDT
Alameda Mezzanine Level
  Science and the Future

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