February 13, 2008 - Prof. Laurence Young, MIT- "Artificial Gravity to Get Humans Safely to Mars"
February 20, 2008 - Prof. Richard Binzel, MIT - "Impact Hazards from Near-Earth Objects" What is the risk? What can we do about it?
February 27, 2008 - Prof. Thomas Herring, MIT - "Earthscope: A Telescope Looking at and into the Earth"
March 5, 2008 - Joe Welch, ILC Dover - "Air Bags as a Tool for Planetary Exploration"
March 12, 2008 - Prof. Jeffrey Hoffman, MIT - "Tethers in Space"
March 19, 2008 - Dr. Giovanni Fazio, Harvard University, Dept of Astronomy, - "Infrared Astronomy with the Spitzer Great Observatory"
April 2, 2008 - Prof. Sara Seager, MIT - "Extrasolar Planets and the Search for Habitabel Worlds"
March 26, 2008 - Spring Break
April 9, 2008 - Dr. John Charles, Program Scientist for NASA's Human Research Program, 18th Annual Distinguished Public Lecturer, "NASA's Human Research Program"
April 16, 2008 - Prof. Alain Berthoz, College de France - "The Brain in Space, and Space in the Brain"
April 23, 2008 - Dr. David Finkleman, Sr. Scientist, Center for Space Standards and Innovation Analytical Graphics, Inc., "Space Debris Birth to Death "
April 30, 2008 - Dr. Dan Burbank, NASA Astronaut, "Building the International Space Station"
May 7, 2008 - Ed Hodgson, Hamilton Sundstrand, "Space Suit - A Human Sized Spacecraft "
May 14, 2008 - Last day of class - student presentations
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