[Atmob-announce] FW: Two Special Events in the Durham Area

[Gary Jacobson]

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|Dear Planetary Society Member,
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|The Planetary Society would like to invite you to
|a pair of free special events in Durham, New Hampshire
|that are taking place this Friday, October 19, 2007:
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|3:00-5:00 PM: Forum on the Future of Space Science:
|The Sun-Earth Connection
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|8:00 PM: Global Climate Change and Human Causes
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|October 19, 2007
|New England Center, Great Bay Room
|University of New Hampshire
|15 Strafford Avenue
|Durham, NH
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|The Forum on the Future of Space Science:
|The Sun-Earth Connection, includes:
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|*Dr. Berrien Moore, Director, Institute for the Study
|of Earth, Oceans, and Space, UNH
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|*Dr. Robert Corell, Director, Global Change Programs,
|H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and
|the Environment, Washington, D.C.
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|*Dr. George Hurtt, Associate Professor, Natural Resources, 
|Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, UNH
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|*Dr. James Anderson, Philip S. Weld Professor of
|Atmospheric Chemistry, Harvard University
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|*Dr. Roy Torbert, Director, Space Science Center,
|Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, UNH
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|That same evening at 8:00 PM, Dr. Ralph Cicerone,
|President of the National Academy of Sciences, will present 
|"Global Climate change and Human Causes." Cicerone is an 
|atmospheric scientist whose research in atmospheric chemistry 
|and climate change has helped shape science and environmental 
|policy nationally and internationally.
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|Both programs are free and open to the public.
|For directions and more information, visit 
|http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb/IGY_Durha|m_event.html.
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|The website also includes local restaurant information.
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|Parking is free after 6 PM at the New England Center
|parking lot, metered spaces along Strafford Avenue,
|and in campus parking lots.
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|Co-hosted by the University of New Hampshire, the events
|are part of an International Public Seminar Series
|organized by the Space Studies Board of The National
|Academies, entitled "Forging the Future of Space Science:
|The Next 50 Years." The Planetary Society is a co-sponsor.
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|The series is sponsored by The National Academies, NASA, 
|Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, ATK, Ball Aerospace, 
|Aerospace Corporation and Orbital Sciences Corporation. 
|Additional co-sponsors include COSPAR, American Astronautical 
|Society, American Astronomical Society, American Institute of 
|Aeronautics and Astronautics, International Space University, 
|and the National Space Society.
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|We hope that you will be able to attend one of
|these special events.
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|Best regards,
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|Susan Lendroth
|Manager of Events and Communications
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