Exploring the Unknown - to Mars and Beyond, Pickering lecture speaker 2014. Dr Elachi is a space explorer who led the recent mission to Mars with a rover called Curiosity. As this years speaker, he will tour New Zealand giving free public lectures on space exploration and his role as Director of NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The self-confessed space junkie will present in the following locations: Wellington, 6.30pm 24 March - Shed 6, Queens Wharf, Wellington. Christchurch, 6.30pm 25 March - Aurora Centre, Burnside High School, 151 Greers Road, Burnside, Christchurch. Hamilton, 6.30pm 26 March - Hamilton Gardens Pavilion, Hungerford Crescent, Hamilton. Auckland, 6.30pm 27 March - Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland Girls Grammar School, 16 Howe Street, Newton, Auckland. Free entry. No registration required. The lecture starts at 6.30pm sharp and lasts one hour. Hear behind the scenes stories about how NASA landed on Mars, developing robotics and other high-tech devices to explore other worlds, and the recent mission to Mars with a rover called Curiosity.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:34:09 +0000
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