From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Future of Planetary Exploration Lecture
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Keywords:  NASA, JPL, Galileo, Mariner 2
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:28:03 GMT

     This came in a flyer from the Planetary Society, and I thought it
would be of interest to everyone here.
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     Thirty years ago this month, humanity witnessed its first planetary
encounter when Mariner 2 flew by Venus and demonstrated that the planet
is astonishingly hot.  On December 8, 1992, we will celebrate our newest
encounter when Galileo swings past Earth one last time on its voyage to
Jupiter...

                          The Planetary Society
                           in cooperation with
                  NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and
                  the California Institute of of Technology

                                presents

                  THE FUTURE OF PLANETARY EXPLORATION:
                              A DIALOGUE

                      Daniel Goldin & Carl Sagan

                      Introduction by Edward Stone

                        Friday, December 4, 1992
                               8:00 pm
                          Bechman Auditorium
                    California Institute of Technology
                    Michigan Avenue (sout of Del Mar)
                           Pasadena, California
                Information: (800) 423-8849 or (818) 356-4652

                           Admission: $10.00

     On December 14, 1962, Earth's first successful planetary probe, Mariner 2,
entered space exploration history when it gathered important scientific data
on it flight past Venus.  30 years later Earth itself will be visited by a
planetary spacecraft when Galileo flies past Earth for the second and last
time.  Using three planetary fly-bys (two with Earth, one with Venus) as
gravity assists, Galileo will have finally gathered enough speed for the last
leg of its journey to a rendezvous with Jupiter and its moon in 1995.

     In celebration, the Planetary Society will sponsor a very special event
on December 4, 1992 as a prelude to the encounter.  NASA Administrator
Daniel Goldin and Planetary Society President Carl Sagan will meet one-on-one
in a public forum to discuss the future of planetary exploration, both here
in the United States and with international partners.  Their dialogue will be
followed by a question and answer session to allow audience participation.

     Edward Stone, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will begin
the evening with an update on Galileo's progress and a tribute to Mariner 2.

     Doors open at 7:30 PM.  Free parking on Caltech campus.

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Pasadena, CA 91125; fax (818) 577-0130.  Or charge by phone (800) 423-8849
or (818) 356-4652.  Charge to your VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS or
DISCOVER CARD ($3 per order phone service charge).

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