Goddard Scientific Colloquia

SCIENTIFIC COLLOQUIA 2002-3 FALL-WINTER SERIES
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The Fall-Winter Colloquium series has concluded. Please visit http://scicolloq.gsfc.nasa.gov/ for the current schedule

NEW! The Goddard Library has made streaming video available for some colloquia by clicking on the V in the column to the right of the topic. Due to speakers' authorizations, some videos are not playable outside Goddard. Please note: connection speeds lower than 56 K may be able to handle only the audio portion of the transmission. Some videos are also available for Spring 2002, Fall 2001, Spring 2001, and Fall 2000.

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic Video

Sept. 13 Edward Stone California Institute of Technology The Heliosphere - Love It or Leave It V

Sept. 20 Darrel Williams, Vincent Salomonson
David Skole GSFC
Michigan State University LANDSAT at 30 - Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future
BUILDING 8 AUDITORIUM V

Sept. 27 Robert Lin University of California, Berkeley Views from the Sun and Other Gamma-Ray Emitters - First Results from RHESSI V

Oct. 4 Floyd Stecker GSFC Exploring Galaxy Evolution with High Energy Gamma Rays V

Oct. 11 Steven Zubrick National Weather Service The Washington DC Tornado of 24 September 2001: Pre-Storm Environment and Radar Perspectives Plus a Preliminary Look at the 28 April La Plata Maryland F4 Tornado V

Oct. 18 Ray Jayawardhana University of Michigan Probing the Origins of Planetary Systems V

Oct. 25 John Mather GSFC The James Webb Space Telescope and Beyond V

Nov. 1 Erast Gliner A. Ioffe Institute Significant Problems with the Current Theory of Inflationary Cosmology V

Nov. 8 Hamish Robertson University of Washington SNO Flies: The Solar Neutrino Problem Resolved V

Nov. 15 Eric Adelberger University of Washington THE WILLIAM NORDBERG MEMORIAL LECTURE
Using Laser-ranging to the Moon to Test Fundamental Questions about Gravity V

Nov. 22 Sheldon Rampton Center for Media and Democracy Public Relations Manipulation of Science V

Nov. 29 No Colloquium - Holiday

Dec. 6 Steward Pickett Institute for Ecosystem Studies The Structure and Function of Metropolitan Baltimore as an Ecological System V

Dec. 13, 20, 27
Jan. 3, 2003 No Colloquium - Holiday

Jan. 10 Neil Ashby Uuniversity of Colorado Large and Small Relativistic Effects in the Global Positioning System V

Jan. 17 Judith Lean Naval Research Laboratory Solar Forcing of Climate - the Previous Millenium, the Coming Millenium V

Jan. 24 Vera Rubin Carnegie Institution of Washington A Brief History of Dark Matter V

Jan. 31 Harry McSween, Jr. University of Tennessee The Rocks of Mars, from Far and Near V

Feb. 7 Ron Dick - POSTPONED Royal Air Force (retired) The Schneider Trophy: Advances in Aviation 1913-1931

Feb. 14 Joanna Aizenberg Bell Laboratories Arms with Eyes: the Visual System of a Starfish V

Feb. 21 Charles Bennett GSFC Taking the Measure of the Universe - NOTE: BUILDING 8 AUDITORIUM V

Feb. 28 Ron Dick - POSTPONED Royal Air Force (retired) The Schneider Trophy: Advances in Aviation 1913-1931

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic	Video
Sept. 13	Edward Stone	California Institute of Technology	The Heliosphere - Love It or Leave It	V
Sept. 20	Darrel Williams, Vincent Salomonson David Skole	GSFC Michigan State University	LANDSAT at 30 - Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future BUILDING 8 AUDITORIUM	V
Sept. 27	Robert Lin	University of California, Berkeley	Views from the Sun and Other Gamma-Ray Emitters - First Results from RHESSI	V
Oct. 4	Floyd Stecker	GSFC	Exploring Galaxy Evolution with High Energy Gamma Rays	V
Oct. 11	Steven Zubrick	National Weather Service	The Washington DC Tornado of 24 September 2001: Pre-Storm Environment and Radar Perspectives Plus a Preliminary Look at the 28 April La Plata Maryland F4 Tornado	V
Oct. 18	Ray Jayawardhana	University of Michigan	Probing the Origins of Planetary Systems	V
Oct. 25	John Mather	GSFC	The James Webb Space Telescope and Beyond	V
Nov. 1	Erast Gliner	A. Ioffe Institute	Significant Problems with the Current Theory of Inflationary Cosmology	V
Nov. 8	Hamish Robertson	University of Washington	SNO Flies: The Solar Neutrino Problem Resolved	V
Nov. 15	Eric Adelberger	University of Washington	THE WILLIAM NORDBERG MEMORIAL LECTURE Using Laser-ranging to the Moon to Test Fundamental Questions about Gravity	V
Nov. 22	Sheldon Rampton	Center for Media and Democracy	Public Relations Manipulation of Science	V
Nov. 29	No Colloquium - Holiday
Dec. 6	Steward Pickett	Institute for Ecosystem Studies	The Structure and Function of Metropolitan Baltimore as an Ecological System	V
Dec. 13, 20, 27 Jan. 3, 2003	No Colloquium - Holiday
Jan. 10	Neil Ashby	Uuniversity of Colorado	Large and Small Relativistic Effects in the Global Positioning System	V
Jan. 17	Judith Lean	Naval Research Laboratory	Solar Forcing of Climate - the Previous Millenium, the Coming Millenium	V
Jan. 24	Vera Rubin	Carnegie Institution of Washington	A Brief History of Dark Matter	V
Jan. 31	Harry McSween, Jr.	University of Tennessee	The Rocks of Mars, from Far and Near	V
Feb. 7	Ron Dick - POSTPONED	Royal Air Force (retired)	The Schneider Trophy: Advances in Aviation 1913-1931
Feb. 14	Joanna Aizenberg	Bell Laboratories	Arms with Eyes: the Visual System of a Starfish	V
Feb. 21	Charles Bennett	GSFC	Taking the Measure of the Universe - NOTE: BUILDING 8 AUDITORIUM	V
Feb. 28	Ron Dick - POSTPONED	Royal Air Force (retired)	The Schneider Trophy: Advances in Aviation 1913-1931

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