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Space professionals here for Human Spaceflight Forum, May 10
Posted May 1, 2006; 12:50 p.m.
Several distinguished members of the U.S. space program, including
the only scientist to walk on the moon, will participate in a Human
Spaceflight Forum on Wednesday, May 10.
The free public event, sponsored by the Princeton Astrobiology Club,
will feature a series of lectures from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Peyton Hall
auditorium and a panel discussion from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in McCosh 50. The
purpose of the forum is to start a dialogue between Princeton students
and faculty with space professionals, addressing NASA's new initiative
to fly to the Moon and Mars in the coming decades.
Appearing will be two astronauts: Harrison Schmitt, a geologist who
logged 22 hours on the moon as the Apollo 17 lunar module pilot; and
Jim Wetherbee, a veteran of six space missions and commander of five.
Also participating will be: Bill Parsons, deputy director of the
Kennedy Space Center and former space shuttle program manager; and
George Whitesides, a 1996 Princeton graduate who is executive director
of the National Space Society, a citizen advocacy group.
Topics are expected to include scientific work, safety and the future
of the U.S. space program and of space tourism. The afternoon lecturers
will be joined in the evening panel discussion by Princeton faculty
members Jeremy Kasdin, Tullis Onstott and Ed Turner.
For more information, contact David Smith or James Wray at pabc@princeton.edu.