June 11, 2009  archive video from MIT World

Keynote speaker Maria Zuber advocates a “bold, diverse agenda” that includes extended use of the International Space Station for conducting science on human physiology and behavior; exploring the impact of the sun on Earth climate and space weather; gathering data on the constitution of the universe; detailed characterization of terrestrial planets; a renewed commitment to Earth observation (we have better data on Mars’ ice caps than on our own planet); and seeking extra-terrestrial life.

SPEAKERS
Edward Crawley ’76, SM ’78, ScD ’81 Ford Professor of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, and Engineering Systems, MIT
Maria T. Zuber E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics
Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
James Garvin Geoscientist/Topographic Remote Sensing specialist and Project Scientist, Earth System Science Pathfinder Project at NASA’s GSFC, Geodynamics Branch, Lab for Terrestrial Physics
Richard Garriott Computer Game Developer, Entrepreneur
Erika Wagner SM ’02, PhD ’07 Lecturer, Dept of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Executive Director, Mars Gravity Biosatellite and X PRIZE Lab @ MIT
David Thompson Chairman and CEO, Orbital Sciences Corporation
James Crocker Vice President and General Manager, Sensing & Exploration Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

EVENT HOST
MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics