Watch Disaster Playground with Astronaut Russell Schweickart + Q&A in SF.

DISASTER PLAYGROUND –Tuesday, June 30 at 7pm @ Roxie Cinema in SF.

TICKETS ARE $10 and 20% off with Code: DISASTER20

To purchase tickets go to: http://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/science-on-screen-disaster-playground/?instance_id=7827

On the first official Asteroid Day, June 30, Apollo 9 Astronaut Russell Schweickart will introduce the San Francisco premiere of the acclaimed documentary film DISASTER PLAYGROUND. The audience will have a chance to hear first-hand about Schweickart’s space travels and learn about what real-life heroes are doing to protect us from an asteroid impact. In addition, scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, also featured in the film, will be available for questions after the screening.

DISASTER PLAYGROUND –Tuesday, June 30 at 7pm.

Hollywood relies on Bruce Willis to save the world in Armageddon, but who are the real-life heroes seeking to save our civilization from the next major asteroid impact? One of Indiewire's six highlights of SXSW 2015, selected at Sheffield 2015 and raved by SoundOnSight as 'bombastic',

Disaster Playground investigates future outer space catastrophes and the procedures in place to manage, assess, and minimize the risks. The film follows scientists leading the monitoring and deflection of hazardous Near Earth Objects and the real-life procedures in place in the event of an asteroid collision with the earth. From NASA and the SETI Institute to the White House and the United Nations, DISASTER PLAYGROUND follows the people who are responsible for protecting humanity from a potentially devastating asteroid impact.

Music is by Ed Banger Records and The Prodigy! Directed by Nelly Ben Hayoun, 66min, 2014, UK Official Site http://www.disasterplayground.com

An evening chaired by Alexander Rose, Executive Director, Long Now Foundation

7:00 Presentation by Apollo 9 Astronaut Russell Schweickart

7:20-8:30 screening of the Disaster Playground

8:30-9:00 Q&A chaired by Alexander Rose with Disaster Playground Project Manager Annette Rodrigues, Dr. Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer & Director of the Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute, Dr. Peter Jenniskens, Meteor showers specialist, SETI Institute, Dr. Margaret Race, Senior Research Scientist, SETI Institute, and Dr. David Morrison, Senior Scientist NASA SSERVI, former Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Study of Life in the Universe at the SETI Institute, former director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute

Check out the Preview:

https://vimeo.com/107466074

TICKETS ARE $10 and 20% off with Code: DISASTER20
http://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/science-on-screen-disaster-playground/?instance_id=7827

--- Science on Screen at The Roxie is made possible through a grant from the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The nation-wide Science on Screen program explores connections between science and the humanities through viewing and discussion of entertaining, provocative films. ---