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additional guests and speakers
May 20, 2007 13:23:37
ADDITIONAL GUESTS AND SPEAKERS | DAVID REDDICK Best known to Star Trek fans for his comic strip “The Trek Life” on the official Star Trek Website, STARTREK.COM. David’s Website can be found at www.davidreddickstudio.com | ROBERT T. JESCHONEK
Writing Trek and Beyond
Robert T. Jeschonek is a Star Trek author whose work has appeared in New Frontier: No Limits, Starfleet Corps of Engineers: The Cleanup, Voyager: Distant Shores, and Strange New Worlds volumes III, V, and VI. His work can be found in magazines, comic books, webzines, and on his own website, www.robertjeschonek.com Robert will talk about breaking in as a writer, the twists and turns of writing Trek fiction, and some exciting new upcoming missions. | FUTURE SCIENCE PROGRAMMING TRACK Star Trek fans will enjoy the special extra added attraction at the convention consisting of panels and guests speaking on science, space travel and the future. Often our lecturers were inspired by Star Trek to pursue their academic and career goals. Presentations will run throughout the convention, stop in and enjoy please! DAVID A. WILLIAMS
Planetary Scientist David A. Williams, Ph.D., is a member of the faculty in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Inspired to pursue planetary science from Star Trek, he has worked on NASA's Magellan (Venus) and Galileo (Jupiter) missions, and the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission. - "Red Planet: New Insights into Mars from Recent Planetary Missions"
Dr. Williams will discuss how our impression of Mars is changing with results from the latest missions, including evidence for recent water on the surface.
- "A History of Robotic Exploration of the Solar System"
Dr. Williams will review the types and styles of robotic spacecraft used to explore the Solar System, and look ahead to potential future missions in the next decades.
RONALD HELD
Private Researcher - "Sublight Propulsion for Relativistic Interstellar Travel"
Lecturer is Ronald Held and in this presentation he will briefly cover several slower than light but relativistic propulsion methods, one of which is the antimatter rocket. Mr. Held holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As a private researcher influenced by Star Trek, one of his interests is in faster than light travel.
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