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X-WR-CALDESC:On Wednesday\, Nov. 17th\, 2021 at 7 pm (PDT)\, Dr. Jim Bell o
 f Arizona State University will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technical 
 lecture on:  ”Postcards from Mars: The Latest from the International Armad
 a of Robot Explorers'                                                     
                                \n\nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley 
 Astronomy Lecture Series (through Foothill College)\, now in its 22nd year
 . \n\nTen missions have been successfully landed on Mars since 1976\, incl
 uding six rovers that have traversed across a total of nearly 50 km of ter
 rain on the Red Planet.  Professor Jim Bell from Arizona State University 
 has been the lead or deputy scientist in charge of the science cameras on 
 the NASA Spirit\, Opportunity\, Curiosity\, and Perseverance rovers\, and 
 has had an amazing front row seat for their photographic and geologic adve
 ntures.   In this presentation\, Prof. Bell will share his favorite images
  and stories from 'inside' mission operations and describe the major scien
 tific findings made by these roving and landed missions over the past 45 y
 ears\, focusing especially on the latest results streaming in from the sti
 ll-active Curiosity and Perseverance rovers.  He will also talk about plan
 s for the next exciting Martian rover and lander adventure -- sample retur
 n! \n\nJim Bell is a professor in the School of Earth & Space Exploration 
 at Arizona State University. He is an astronomer and planetary scientist w
 ho has been involved in solar system exploration using data from the Hubbl
 e Space Telescope\, Mars rovers\, Voyager 2\, and orbiters sent to Mars\, 
 the Moon\, and several asteroids. His research focuses on the use of remot
 e sensing imaging and spectroscopy to assess the geology\, composition\, a
 nd mineralogy of the surfaces of planets\, moons\, asteroids\, and comets.
  He is also an author of many popular science books related to space explo
 ration\, including Postcards from Mars\, The Space Book\, The Interstellar
  Age\, The Ultimate Interplanetary Travel Guide\, and Hubble Legacy. He wa
 s President of The Planetary Society from 2008-2020 and received the Ameri
 can Astronomical Society's Carl Sagan Medal for public communication in sc
 ience. \n\n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by: \n\n* The Foothill College Sc
 ience\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division \n* The SETI Institute \n* The 
 Astronomical Society of the Pacific \n* The University of California Obser
 vatories (including Lick Observatory). \n\n
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DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, Nov. 17th\, 2021 at 7 pm (PDT)\, Dr. Jim Bell of
  Arizona State University will give a free\, illustrated\, non-technical l
 ecture on:  ”Postcards from Mars: The Latest from the International Armada
  of Robot Explorers'                                                      
                               \n\nThe talk is part of the Silicon Valley A
 stronomy Lecture Series (through Foothill College)\, now in its 22nd year.
  \n\nTen missions have been successfully landed on Mars since 1976\, inclu
 ding six rovers that have traversed across a total of nearly 50 km of terr
 ain on the Red Planet.  Professor Jim Bell from Arizona State University h
 as been the lead or deputy scientist in charge of the science cameras on t
 he NASA Spirit\, Opportunity\, Curiosity\, and Perseverance rovers\, and h
 as had an amazing front row seat for their photographic and geologic adven
 tures.   In this presentation\, Prof. Bell will share his favorite images 
 and stories from 'inside' mission operations and describe the major scient
 ific findings made by these roving and landed missions over the past 45 ye
 ars\, focusing especially on the latest results streaming in from the stil
 l-active Curiosity and Perseverance rovers.  He will also talk about plans
  for the next exciting Martian rover and lander adventure -- sample return
 ! \n\nJim Bell is a professor in the School of Earth & Space Exploration a
 t Arizona State University. He is an astronomer and planetary scientist wh
 o has been involved in solar system exploration using data from the Hubble
  Space Telescope\, Mars rovers\, Voyager 2\, and orbiters sent to Mars\, t
 he Moon\, and several asteroids. His research focuses on the use of remote
  sensing imaging and spectroscopy to assess the geology\, composition\, an
 d mineralogy of the surfaces of planets\, moons\, asteroids\, and comets. 
 He is also an author of many popular science books related to space explor
 ation\, including Postcards from Mars\, The Space Book\, The Interstellar 
 Age\, The Ultimate Interplanetary Travel Guide\, and Hubble Legacy. He was
  President of The Planetary Society from 2008-2020 and received the Americ
 an Astronomical Society's Carl Sagan Medal for public communication in sci
 ence. \n\n\nThe lecture is co-sponsored by: \n\n* The Foothill College Sci
 ence\, Tech\, Engineering & Math Division \n* The SETI Institute \n* The A
 stronomical Society of the Pacific \n* The University of California Observ
 atories (including Lick Observatory). \n\n
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SUMMARY:Free Live Streaming Silicon Valley Lecture: Dr. Jim Bell\, Arizona 
 State University
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