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Planetarium shows
2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm, 5 pm, and 6 pm
A presentation of the night sky by Darryl Stanford

Science Workshops
Hands on drop-in workshops in Science and Astronomy

Astronomy Workshops:
2-7 pm

Keynote Speaker Dr. Seth Shostak
Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute
"The Search for Life Nearby, and Beyond"
8 pm, CSM Theatre Building 3

Mars is everyone’s favorite inhabited planet.  Consequently, there was considerable disappointment thirty-five years ago when NASA landers failed to find either green-complected aliens or even simple Martian microbes on the Red Planet.

Nonetheless, Mars may yet reveal that it has, or once had, life.  And there are a half-dozen other moons and planets in our solar system that might also be home to fauna or flora.  Looking for life in such places is all part of a three-way horse race that might present us with evidence of biology beyond Earth within twenty years.

That race includes the search for intelligent extraterrestrials - SETI.  Finding other sentient beings in the cosmos would be dramatic news, and change our attitudes forever.

In this talk, we’ll speak of the efforts to find life, discuss what such a discovery would mean, and even speculate on the nature of aliens.

Jazz Under the Stars
9:30-11 pm, CSM Observatory
Dean Drumheller

Program Coordinator: Mohsen Janatpour

Festival sponsored by CSM Math/Science Division and San Mateo County Astronomical Society.