MISSION: MARS – Feb 21, East Bay

The first human mission to Mars will be our greatest adventure of the 21st-century. As with all expeditions, its success will depend on planning. The first steps are already under way: achieving longer spaceflight missions, planning for deep space journeys beyond the Moon, and exploring extreme terrestrial environments as Mars “analogs.”
Dr. Pascal Lee will discuss progress made around the world — from the Arctic to Antarctica, from basement labs to the International Space Station — to achieve the first human voyage to Mars. He will explore the what, why, how, when, and who of our first journey to the Red Planet.
Dr. Lee will present a very similar talk in Marin on June 16th. Subscribe to the Wonderfest newsletter to receive timely details.

Dr. Pascal Lee

WHO: Dr. Pascal Lee, Planetary Scientist, Mars Institute & SETI Institute; Director, NASA Haughton-Mars Project, NASA Ames Research Center [https://www.seti.org/users/pascal-lee]
WHERE: Center for the Arts, Castro Valley, 19501 Redwood Rd, Castro Valley [http://www.cv.k12.ca.us/district/center-for-the-arts]
Map: [https://goo.gl/maps/DRcLSo2Z4qB2]
WHEN: 2018-02-21 — 7:00pm, Wednesday, February 21, 2018
HOW: The Center for the Arts is a 20 minute walk from the Castro Valley BART station or 5 min Lyft/Uber ride.
Collaborators:
Castro Valley Educational Foundation [http://cvef.org]
Castro Valley Science [http://cvscience.us]
Mars Institute [http://MarsInstitute.no]
SETI Institute [http://seti.org]