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Mars Science Laboratory: In Search of Origins HOME EVENT
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Event Overview and Access The Planetary
Society, with the School of Physics NUI Galway, Galway Astronomical Club and
CIT/Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork (and in association with ESERO and IT
Tallaght) will present a media-rich talk in three cities - Dublin, Galway
and Cork - during Science Week titled “Mars Science Laboratory: In Search of Origins”. The talk celebrates
the launch on November 25th of
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) “Curiosity”- a
3-metre long robotic rover which will drive across the surface of Mars for 2
years in search of past and present life activity. Also discussed is the Russian
Phobos Grunt Sample Return
Mission to Phobos (launch on November 8th) and the two other missions
piggybacking on Phobos Grunt – the Chinese Yinhhuo-1 Mars Orbiter and The
Planetary Society’s LIFE experiment
Dublin Talk: 8.00pm, Monday 14th
November 2011, The Mansion House, Dawson St., D2. Galway Talk: 8.00pm, Wednesday 16th November 2011, O'Tnuathail Theatre, NUI Galway. Cork Talk: 8.00pm, Friday 18th
November 2011, Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork. Admission Free. Suitable for all ages. Places allocated on a first come first
served basis - simply turn up on the night! The presenter is
Kevin Nolan, Coordinator to Ireland for The Planetary Society and author of
the book “Mars, A Cosmic Stepping Stone”. Contact Kevin at info@planetary.ie or on 087-238-6141
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