Thursday, November 15, 2012
MARS EXPLORATION ROVER Mission Lecture
Description:
Science Results from the Mars Exploration Rover Mission
Steve Squyres from Cornell University will speak about the two Mars exploration rovers and information discovered since landing on Mars in 2004. Squyres research focuses on the robotic exploration of planetary surfaces, the history of water on Mars, geophysics and tectonics of icy satellites, tectonics of Venus, planetary gamma-ray and x-ray spectroscopy. Research for which he is best known includes study of the history and distribution of water on Mars and of the possible existence and habitability of a liquidwater ocean on Europa.
Thursday, November 15
4:00 pm Physics 1412
Reception following
{Will appear in FYI on Nov 13, 2012
Start Time:
4:00 PM
End Time:
5:00 PM
Room:
1412
Common Location Name:
Physics
Other Contact Information:
Gene Ferrick
+1 301 405 2316
gene@umd.edu
