November 27, 2011 6:00 PM - 17 attended
Skeptical Salon - Our Future in Space!
In October, we discussed which projected technological advances in the future are likely and how they may impact our lives.
In November, in honor of Neil deGrasse Tyson's visit to SIUE, we'll be focussing on our future in space. Will monetary and political roadblocks decrease our likelihood of discovering new life on planets? How would this stifle the discovery of new technologies? If we do have the means and the ability, what is our next frontier?
To inform our discussion, I'll continue reading Michio Kaku's fascinating book, particularly Chapter 6--Future of Space Travel: To the Stars.
In addition, the JREF has released a video showcasing a fantastic panel about Our Future in Space from this summer's The Amaz!ng Meeting in Las Vegas, featuring none other than Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/20/our-future-in-space-panel-at-tam-9/
Whether you get a chance to read/view the material or not, please join us for a discussion (that's out of this world!) at Cafe Ventana, from 6pm to 9pm (or however long you can stay) on Sunday, November 27th. We'll be hanging out in the big conference room in the Annex.
See you at the Salon!
KellyG
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Kelly
I attended a talk titled "The Future of Human Spaceflight" by Gregg Maryniak - Senior Director, Energy & Aerospace at the Saint Louis Science Center this weekend at SciFest Extravaganza. Maryniak is the former director of the X-Prize (www.xprize.org). It was a fascinating and optimistic talk. It's just a shame that the attendance was fairly low. I do encourage you to check out what the Xprize team is doing to encourage space exploration by private entities.
Posted October 25, 2011 at 12:46 PM -
Kelly
I realized that I know very little about the history of the space program so I decided to read "Failure is Not an Option" by Gene Kranz. I thought it may provide a good history and perspective of someone involved in the space program in America from the beginning.
Posted October 26, 2011 at 2:34 PM -
Dave Brown
Not really related to space, but featuring a lot of things Kaku wrote about in the book, check out the two Microsoft videos here: http://mashable.com/2011/10/27/microsoft-near-future-vide...
The irony, of course, is that these apps will have to run on OS X, since Windows would freeze up and need constant rebooting. :)
Posted November 1, 2011 at 7:30 PM -
Scott
Can't make it, though I really enjoyed watching that video after meeting Professor Gay this weekend.
Posted November 8, 2011 at 10:49 PM
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BobIt was a great discussion and I'm encouraged about the efficient transportation technologies being researched. Humans have evolved to live in our environment on earth. It's too bad we have to take that environment with us everywhere we go. That's why for the near term, I'm very supportive of robotic missions.
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