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SUMMARY:Speaker Night
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Night \nHost: Randy Attwood \nSpeaker: Dr Kim Tait\, Royal Ontario Museum \nKimberly Tait is a Curator of Mineralogy and oversees mineralogical\, gemmological and meteoritic research at the ROM. She is also a cross-appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Toronto. \nTitle:  ROM Martian Meteorites and Mars Sample Return \nAlthough the ROM does have an exceptional martian meteorite collection\, there is still much to be learned about Mars. Dr. Kim Tait will discuss the goals of the Mars Sample Return Program\, and her role in the mission.  \nJoin the ZOOM meeting
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LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Speaker Night
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SUMMARY:Speaker Night
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Emily Carney\n  \nTitle:  Skylab: An Overview \nTalk Abstract:  Skylab\, which was crewed from 1973 to 1974\, enjoyed only a brief moment in the cultural zeitgeist (and\, of course\, infamously reentered over parts of Western Australia). While the United States’ first space station is often overlooked in the canon of space history\, this talk will discuss its origins from its “wet workshop” days to its legacy\, and direct descendant – the International Space Station (ISS)\, which still orbits above us.\nInformation about our speaker:\nEmily Carney is a spaceflight enthusiast and author hailing from Saint Petersburg\, Florida. Her first vivid space memory was seeing Columbia launch in late 1981 (STS-2). Even though she was very young (three years old) and the launch was 140 miles away from where she stood\, she’ll never forget it. From then on\, she was obsessed with the space shuttle\, and spaceflight in general.\nIn 1997\, Carney enlisted in the United States Navy\, and at one point worked as a nuclear propulsion mechanical operator aboard the USS George Washington (CVN 73). When she was honorably discharged in 2003\, she went back to college and earned a degree in education. She only taught for a brief time\, but after she left the education field\, her passion for spaceflight was reignited.\nCarney worked as a freelance writer from 2008 to 2011\, and during that time she started a spaceflight blog\, This Space Available (accessible via https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/). She also co-hosts a weekly podcast\, Space and Things\, with Dave Giles (https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/).\nIn 2011\, Carney wanted to start a Facebook group for space enthusiasts\, but was struggling to find a good name. Her husband\, Steve\, suggested “Space Hipsters” as sort of a sarcastic placeholder\, but the name stuck. The group grew more quickly than she could imagine\, and at present time it totals over 20\,000 members. Space Hipsters boasts members from all around the world\, and includes space enthusiasts\, writers\, artists\, scientists\, engineers\, aspiring astronauts\, and even a few actual astronauts.\nZoom link\n 
URL:https://rasc.optunia.me/event/speaker-night-6/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Speaker Night
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SUMMARY:Speaker Night
DESCRIPTION:Host: Randy Attwood \nSpeaker:  Mary Beth Laychak\, Director of Strategic Communications\, CFHT \nTalk Title: The Canada France Hawaii Telescope \nTalk Abstract:  The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope is a forty year old facility on the summit of Maunakea and consistently ranks among the world’s most astronomically productive.  Mary Beth Laychak\, director of strategic communications at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope shares the science\, instrument suite and staff of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.  She will discuss how those pieces work together to create the magic that is CFHT. \nInformation about our speaker: Mary Beth Laychak is the Director of Strategic Communications at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on the Big Island of Hawaii. She also runs the Maunakea Scholars program\, an innovative astronomy outreach program for Hawaii public high school students. Mary Beth has an undergraduate degree in astronomy and astrophysics from Penn State University and a masters degree in educational technology from San Diego State. Her passions include astronomy\, sharing astronomy with the public\, astronomy based crafts\, and running. She lives in Waimea\, Hawaii with her husband and cat. \nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87010523603
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LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:Speaker Night / Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Night \ntopic to be announced \n2020 Mississauga Centre Annual Meeting \n 
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LOCATION:Ontario
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SUMMARY:Speaker Night
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Mission of Apollo 14\nSpeaker: Randy Attwood \nJanuary 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the third successful lunar landing in the Apollo program. There was extra pressure on the crew of Apollo 14 to pull off a successful mission\, following on the aborted Apollo 13 mission nine months earlier. \n \nChanges were made to the Command-Service Module to prevent the same problems which occurred during Apollo 13. In spite of this\, there were three instances in the Apollo 14 mission where the successful landing was in doubt due to technical problems. Once on the lunar surface\, astronauts Shepard and Mitchell spent two days exploring the Fra Mauro highlands. They used a lunar hand-cart to help them carry tools during their long lunar walks. The final few minutes on the lunar surface\, one astronaut made use of a lunar six-iron and a few golf balls he had brought on the journey. \nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83890682815\nMeeting ID: 838 9068 2815\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada
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SUMMARY:Speaker Night - Michael Daly
DESCRIPTION:The OSIRIS-Rex Mission\nSpeaker: Dr Michael Daly Lassonde School of Engineering\, York University \nView this talk on YouTube \nTitle: Canada at Asteroid (101955) Bennu \nNASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission recently grabbed a sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.  Bennu is a roughly 500m diameter carbonaceous asteroid. Canada contributed to this historic and scientific milestone with the contribution of one of the instruments on the mission.  The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) provided a global model of the asteroid with a resolution approaching 5cm.  This talk will provide an overview of the mission and its discoveries with an emphasis on the latest results from the OLA instrument. \nMichael Daly is a Professor\, York Research Chair holder\, and the Director of the Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science in the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University.  He was the lead engineer for Canada’s first instruments to operate from the surface of Mars and is the lead scientist for the Canadian Laser Altimeter on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.  Mike has been honoured as the recipient of  2018 CASI McCurdy award and the naming of asteroid (129973) Michaeldaly. \nJoin Zoom Meeting   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89461622317
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SUMMARY:Speaker Night: Leslie J Sage
DESCRIPTION:Leslie J. Sage is an Astronomy Editor for NATURE magazine and Contributing Editor to the RASC JOURNAL (Second Light column) . \nTalk Title: My life with Nature Magazine \nView this talk on YouTube \nAbstract:  In mid-July 1993 I flew to London to start my new job as the astronomy editor of Nature. I spent almost six months in London\, then relocated to the Washington DC office\, where I have been for the past 27 years. I am also a senior visiting research scientist in the department of astronomy at the University of Maryland. I will talk about some of the highlights of my time at Nature\, which include handling papers that won Nobel Prizes in 2019 and 2020. Feel free to ask me about some of the lowlights. \nLeslie Sage grew up in Burlington Ontario (where he once played a hockey game against Wayne Gretzky!) He obtained his PhD in 1987 from Stony Brook University. He performed radio astronomy research at New Mexico Tech / NRAO and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. He has been the astronomy editor for NATURE since 1993\, a columnist for the RASC Journal since 1997 and the Press Officer for CASCA since 2010. \nTopic: MRASC Speaker Night Leslie Sage\nTime: Nov 13\, 2020 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82460413249
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SUMMARY:Speaker Night - Gary Crawford
DESCRIPTION:From The Weird to the Inspired in the World of Archaeoastronomy\nView this talk on YouTube \nThis presentation introduces the great divide between pseudoscience and science that exists in the world of archaeoastronomy\, just as it does in other fields. Archaeology uses the material record excavated from sites such as Cahokia and Stonehenge\, information from architecture\, and well-informed cultural perspectives to learn the role played by the skies in particular cultures. We’ll pay particular attention to the indigenous Americas with examples from the “Old World” too. Unfortunately\, these well-informed perspectives are being drowned in the cacophony of Internet echo-chambers populated by flat-Earthers\, ancient aliens purveyors\, those who believe in mysterious mystical ancient societies like Atlantis\, and general conspiracy theories claiming that archeologists are hiding the truth. Are we? \n\nGary Crawford is an archaeologist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He retired as of July 1st this year and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto Mississauga and a Research Associate at the Royal Ontario Museum. He specializes in archaeological botany (the relationship between plants and people in the past) and ancient human ecology\, particularly trying to understand why and how people developed agriculture.  For the last 45 years he has been investigating the problem in northeastern North America\, Japan\, and China. He introduced the formal study of archaeological botany to Japan and China where the field has become prominent over the last twenty years.\n\nHe has published two textbooks\, a monograph on Japanese archaeology\, hosted a television series on archaeology for TVOntario\, and has published widely in numerous science and archaeology journals. Prof. Crawford has served on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Heritage Foundation and dedicated over two decades serving the university community as the Chair of two departments (at different times)\, Associate Dean of Social Sciences at UTM\, and in an Acting capacity in several other administrative positions.\n\nHis interest in astronomy goes back to his younger years when he was a member of the RASC in his teens and when he started the astronomy club at his high school in Kingston\, Ontario. He has never lost interest in astronomy\, the stars always being one constant no matter where his travels took him. He is looking forward to developing his interest in the hobby now that he is retired.\n\n\nMore on Gary Crawford \nTo Attend this Virtual Meeting \nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82432867829 \nMeeting ID: 824 3286 7829 \nFor phone access only: \nOne tap mobile:\n+14388097799\,\,82432867829# Canada\n+15873281099\,\,82432867829# Canada \nDial by your location:\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada \nMeeting ID: 824 3286 7829 \nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdAaN5zn1a \n\n 
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SUMMARY:Speaker Night - Paul Delaney
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Professor Paul Delaney\, York University. \nTopic: “Water\, water everywhere?” \nView this talk on YouTube \nOur understanding of our own solar system has changed significantly since the advent of spacecraft exploration.  Water was once believed very scarce in our corner of the galaxy but we now realize this is not the case.  From understanding where our own planet’s water riches originated to the proliferation of the so called water worlds\, this presentation will discuss the evolution of this “sea change” in thinking and its implication for the search for life on exoplanets. \nPaul Delaney is a senior lecturer and professor of physics and astronomy at York University in Toronto. He is also the director of the Division of Natural Science within the Faculty of Science at York\, as well as the Master of Bethune College at York. He has his Master’s degree in science and has taught at York University since 1986. He earned his Bachelors in Science in Experimental Physics at the Australian National University in Canberra and his master’s degree in astronomy at the University of Victoria. \nPaul has been the recipient of many faculty of science and engineering awards at York University. One of his classes deals with the possibility of life on Mars. He is also the director of the observatory at the York University\, and its outreach program. In the past\, he has also worked as a nuclear physicist at the Atomic Energy of Canada\, and a support astronomer with the McGraw-Hill Observatory in Tucson\, Arizona. He holds both Australian and Canadian citizenship\, and resides in Simcoe County with his wife – whom he met while attending the University of Victoria – and their two sons. \nMore on Paul Delaney \nTo Attend this Virtual Meeting \nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85758315694 \nMeeting ID: 857 5831 5694 \nFor phone access only: \nOne tap mobile:\n+15873281099\,\,85758315694# Canada\n+16473744685\,\,85758315694# Canada \nDial by your location:\n+1 587 328 1099 Canada\n+1 647 374 4685 Canada\n+1 647 558 0588 Canada\n+1 778 907 2071 Canada\n+1 204 272 7920 Canada\n+1 438 809 7799 Canada \nMeeting ID: 857 5831 5694 \nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbLiuM5tUd
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SUMMARY:Speaker Night - Robert J. Sawyer
DESCRIPTION:View this talk on YouTube \n\nSpeaker: Robert J. Sawyer\, Award winning Canadian Science Fiction Writer and Futurist. \nRobert J. Sawyer is one of only eight writers ever to win all three of the world’s top awards for best science-fiction novel of the year: the Hugo\, the Nebula\, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He has also won the Robert A. Heinlein Award\, the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award\, and the Hal Clement Memorial Award; the top SF awards in China\, Japan\, France\, and Spain; and a record-setting sixteen Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards (“Auroras”). His latest novel—his 24th—is The Oppenheimer Alternative. \nRob’s novel FlashForward was the basis for the ABC TV series of the same name\, and he was a scriptwriter for that program. He also scripted the two-part finale for the popular web series Star Trek Continues. \nHe is a Member of the Order of Canada\, the highest honor bestowed by the Canadian government\, as well as the Order of Ontario\, the highest honor given by his home province; he was also one of the initial inductees into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. \nRob lives just outside Toronto. His website and blog are at sfwriter.com\, and on Facebook\, Twitter\, and Patreon he’s RobertJSawyer.\n\nWebsite: https://sfwriter.com\nPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/robertjsawyer\nFacebook: https://facebook.com/robertjsawyer\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/robertjsawyer (@RobertJSawyer) \nMore about The Oppenheimer Alternative is here: https://sfwriter.com/exoa.htm
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SUMMARY:Randy Attwood: Apollo 13 – The Flight That Failed
DESCRIPTION:View this talk on YouTube \nFifty years ago\, the third mission was launched to land two people on the Moon. On the third day of the flight\, a problem occurred which cancelled the plans for the lunar landing and instead\, started a race to get the astronauts home alive. In this talk\, the speaker will detail all the things which had to go right to save the Apollo 13 crew. \nAbout Randy: \nJ. Randy Attwood is a resident of Mississauga and has been looking up at the night sky for nearly 50 years. He joined the The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada in 1970. He was President of the Toronto Centre 1982 – 1986\, Society National President 1998 – 2000\, the founder\, a Past-President and Honorary President and currently President of the Mississauga Centre. He was the Society’s Executive Director and Publisher of SkyNews magazine from 2014 – 2019. \nFor more information\, please see the Earthshine notice
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