Part of the audience at the Queens Lounge

Topic: Astrophysics & Cosmology
As a member of the Mars Exploration Rover team with more than 6,000
people from over 120 institutions and companies at peak, Jim has served
as the lead scientist in charge of the Panoramic camera (Pancam) color,
stereoscopic imaging system on the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. Jim is
also President of The Planetary Society. <http://www.planetary.org> He has
been an active user of the Hubble Space Telescope, and of ground based
telescopes at Mauna Kea Observatory
in Hawaii.
http://marswatch.astro.cornell.edu

Dr. James F. Bell III (Jim) ,
Professor, Cornell University Department of Astronomy, Ithaca, NY, USA

Dr. James F. Bell III (Jim) ,
Professor, Cornell University Department of Astronomy, Ithaca, NY, USA
Topic: The Space Program
Bluford became a NASA astronaut in August 1979. His technical
assignments have included working with Space Station operations, the
Remote Manipulator System (RMS), Spacelab systems and experiments, Space
Shuttle systems, payload safety issues and verifying flight software in
the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) and in the Flight
Systems Laboratory (FSL). A veteran of four space flights, Bluford was
a mission specialist on STS-8, STS 61-A, STS-39, and STS-53. Bluford has
logged over 688 hours in space.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bluford-gs.html

Dr. Guion S. Bluford Jr., President, ATG The Aerospace Technology Group,
North Olmsted, OH, USA

Dr. Guion S. Bluford Jr., President, ATG The Aerospace Technology Group,
North Olmsted, OH, USA
Topic: Astrophysics & Cosmology
Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist with wide
research interests, including the interface between elementary particle
physics and cosmology, where his studies include the early universe, the
nature of dark matter, general relativity and neutrino astrophysics.
Prof. Krauss is the author of six popular books, including the
international bestseller, The Physics of Star Trek. and the award
winning Atom: An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth ... and
Beyond.
http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu/

Lawrence M. Krauss, Foundation Professor, Director, Origins Initiative,
and Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative of the School of Earth and Space
Exploration, Beyond Center, and Department of Physics, Arizona State
University

Lawrence M. Krauss, Foundation Professor, Director, Origins Initiative,
and Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative of the School of Earth and Space
Exploration, Beyond Center, and Department of Physics, Arizona State
University
Topic: Geology & Geothermal Energy
Dr. Blackwell is the author of innumerable papers. He received a Sigma Xi
Outstanding Research Southern Methodist University Faculty Award for work
in 1979–1980. He has published numerous technical reports, and has been
recognized three times by the Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) for
presenting the best paper at annual meetings. The GRC gave Dr. Blackwell
its Distinguished Service Award in 1997, and its Special Achievement Award
in 2004. The Geothermal Map of North America edited by David Blackwell and
Maria Richards, with cartography by Kansas Geological Survey, was selected
for inclusion in ESRI’s 2005 Map Book.
http://smu.edu/earthsciences/people/faculty/blackwell.asp

David D. Blackwell, W.B. Hamilton Professor of Geophysics, Roy. M
Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Dedman College, Dallas, TX, USA

David D. Blackwell, W.B. Hamilton Professor of Geophysics, Roy. M
Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Dedman College, Dallas, TX, USA
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