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On Tuesday, September 29th the Southern California Chapter of the Science and Technology Society (SCCAVS) is pleased to present an evening with Dr. Michael Hecht of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Il Fornaio’s Sorrento Room in Pasadena.

His talk titled “My Summer on Mars (well Tucson actually)” will include a mixture of scientific results, a discussion of what it actually takes to run a mission on Mars, and a few mildly amusing anecdotes. The deadline to register for this event is September 23rd and the cost is $20 per person for non-members, $18 for AVS members, and $10 for students. This includes a buffet dinner at 7pm followed by the presentation at 8pm. Please arrive early as we will hold a “meet and greet” networking event prior to dinner at 6pm. For more information contact info@sccavs.org.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

The San Diego Space Society holds their monthly
general meeting from 2:30pm to 4:30pm at the Serra
Mesa-Kearny Mesa Branch Library.

http://sdspace.org/

Dr. David Schrunk of the San Diego chapter of the
Moon Society will present a program on the "PLANET
MOON PROJECT", which portrays a vision to transform
the Moon into an inhabited sister planet of the Earth in
the 21st century. Dr. Schrunk is lead author of “The
Moon: Resources, Future Development and Settlement”
(2007), which has been praised  as “a handbook
describing what must be done to return to the Moon,
build permanent bases, and use them as a springboard
for economic development”.

Our annual picnic and Apollo celebration is being held on Saturday, July 18. The picnic starts at noon and runs until whenever. Anyone who would like to join us from the Science Cafe is also more than welcome to join us.

We will be at our regular location of Brookhurst Park in Anaheim which is near the Brookhurst exit from the I-5. This is a unique park built in the 1960s on a space theme, so is the perfect setting for our annual get-together. Cost of the picnic is just $5 a person, but that covers hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, drinks, and dessert, so it is a great deal. You're also more than welcome to bring any special dish.

A map to the park can be seen and downloaded at our webbsite at:

http://www.ocspace.org/maps.htm

I hope that some SC members may decide to come join us. There has been very little activity from this group in a long time so maybe it's time to get out and get involved again.

Michelle Evans
President, Orange County Space Society

"The International Year of Astronomy and You"
Rica Sirbaugh French, Professor of Astronomy
MiraCosta College & NASA Collaboration of Astronomy Teaching Scholars

"Hear the background for IYA2009, learn about some of the cornerstone projects including the Galileoscope, about NASA's Great Observatories exhibition of commemorative images, and find out where to get info on IYA happenings in your area. Make sure you are a part of this unprecedented worldwide celebration of 400 years of modern astronomy!"

Originally from Nashville, Rica earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Middle Tennessee State University and a graduate degree in astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin. She has worked for the Maria Mitchell Observatory, the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy, and the National Optical Astronomy Observatories. Her astrophysical research is mainly on open star clusters, utilizing data from observatories such as McDonald, Kitt Peak, Mauna Kea, and the Hubble Space Telescope. She divides her time now between building MiraCosta's Astronomy Program and working with NASA's Center for Astronomy Education as a member of the Collaboration of Astronomy Teaching Scholars, doing research on, and educating instructors about, the teaching and learning of astronomy for nonscientists.

We are hosting a two day public astronomy event at the Mission Viejo Library on April 3rd and 4th. It is part of the International Year of Astronomy 100 Hours activities. Details about the event can be found at:

http://www.socalastronomy.com/AstronomyMVLibrary.html

I wish to invite members of the Science Cafe to attend. We are also looking for volunteers to help with the event. We need amateur astronomers with Ha solar telescopes and regular telescopes for the day time and night time star parties. And we also need volunteers to help with the children's activities, setup, tear down, organizating etc.

If you are intersted in helping or have questions they can contact me by email at dstember@msn.com.

Thank you,

Richard Stember
Scopes-4-Schools, Inc.
a California non-profit organization