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Boulder Celebrates World Space Week
The University of Colorado at Boulder
is hosting a World Space Week 2007 event to commemorate
50 years of space flight. The kickoff will be held
on October 4th at Fiske Planetarium, be co-sponsored by
CU’s Students for Exploration and Development of
Space (CU-SEDS), and will include several presentations
by space professionals.
Boulder, CO September 3, 2007 – October 4th will kick
off World Space Week, the world’s largest public space
event. The University of Colorado at Boulder student
chapter of Students for Exploration and Development of Space
(CU-SEDS) will co-host the 50th annual celebration along with
Fiske Planetarium, located on CU’s main campus in Boulder.
Daytime events are free and open to the public. Admission for
the keynote presentation at 7:30pm is FREE with a University
of Colorado ID, $6 for adults, and $3.50 for children and seniors.
Parking in Lot 308 is also free after 5:00pm. The day-long
business-casual event will host three esteemed speakers and
include food and beverages for attendees.
Schedule of Events and Speaker Biographies:
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4:00-4:45pm Loretta Whitesides,
founder of Yuri's Night, Zero G Flight Director, and Wired
Space blogger, will present Space 101. This
presentation, geared towards those preparing for a career
in space, is an inspiration and practical guide to making
the transition from student to successful professional.
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4:45-5:00pm Refreshment Break |
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5:00-5:45pm Ryan Kobrick, CU-Boulder
Ph.D. student in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, will
discuss his recently completed 4-month simulated Mars
mission at the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station
in the high Canadian Arctic. |
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5:45-7:30pm Reception Hour – Informational
booths on host companies will be open at this time |
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| 7:30-9:00pm Keynote Speaker Keith
Gleason, manager of CU’s Sommers-Bausch
Observatory (SBO). His presentation, Sputnik & the
Space Age, will take the audience on an historic
tour of Boulder, documenting how it grew from a sleepy
mountain town to a dynamic hub of space science research
and innovation. |
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Be a part of history and
join the 2007 Boulder World Space Week event! |
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On October 4th 1957, Sputnik 1 was launched into orbit initiating the
era of spaceflight.
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