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BSIG Winter Presentation Featuring Dave Falkner
February 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CST
The MAS invites everyone to the virtual Beginner’s Group Presentation using ZOOM..
Featured Speaker: Dave Falkner
Topic: “Discovering the Moon: Missions to the Moon and What We Have Discovered”
Synopsis:
The talk will begin with a brief summary on the historical importance of the Moon including telescopic discoveries. I’ll then go into the early space program and the Cold War space race between the USSR and the United States to send a man to the Moon and the discoveries made during the Apollo missions. I’ll follow that up with the post-Apollo unmanned missions by various countries and some of the significant discoveries that have been made. I’ll wrap up by talking about plans for mankind returning to the Moon and possibly colonizing it.”
Dave is a former MAS President, and is currently the MAS Secretary. He is also a NASA Ambassador, and recently traveled to Chile to visit some of the world’s largest observatory telescopes.
Visit the B-SIG Discussion Forum for more information and any last minute changes.
This meeting will be held online using Zoom. If you would like to join us you will need use the following URL:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84506467173?pwd=TySNmoLhhy9vYGayL8XaGySs0Jj8Tl.1
You can probably hear best with a headset but your computer’s speaker and microphone will also work.
Dial-in Phone Number
Meeting ID: 845 0646 7173
Passcode: 094860
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
In order to ensure the most success we are asking everyone to follow a couple of rules:
1. Don’t turn on your camera – it sucks up bandwidth and we really don’t need to see you.
2. Keep your microphone muted until you are prompted during a question and answer session during the presentation. This will cut down background noise substantially.
3. You can request to ask a question in the chat area in Zoom and wait to be prompted by the moderator.
We hope you can join us.
Clear skies!
Suresh Sreenivasan
MAS Beginner’s Coordinator
