GeoTech 2012

Lecture with Kobie Boykins
Thursday, March 1, 7pm

The GeoTech conference has, for many years, provided a forum to inspire and motivate educators to teach about Earth-its structure, societies, environments and their interplay-using a wide range of technologies.

MNS is proud to partner with Bishop Dunne Catholic School to bring you a GeoTech keynote lecture at MNS's TI Founders IMAX® Theater by a dynamic young engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kobie Boykins.

Boykins is on the front line of Mars exploration. Boykins designed the solar arrays that power the remarkable Mars Expedition Rovers, "Spirit" and "Opportunity," which (as of December 2008) continue to send back data from our nearest planetary neighbor more than four years after being deployed. He is currently working at NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, preparing the actuators for the next mission. Boykins' other projects have included work on the Mars Pathfinder mission and the Ocean Surface Topography Mission, making measurements by satellite of the Earth's oceans.

In 2002, Boykins joined a team of young scientists for a public education tour-dubbed "Marsapalooza"-to raise awareness of the Mars Exploration Program. Four years later he was featured in the JASON Project Expedition "Mysteries of Earth and Mars," bringing his passion for space exploration to students and teachers worldwide. An engaging public speaker who puts a fresh face on America's space program, Boykins recounts the challenges and triumphs of the Mars Exploration Rovers mission, sharing remarkable images and discoveries that continue to come to us from the Red Planet.

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Tickets:

MNS Members: $15
Non-Members: $25

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