President's Speaker Series

Upcoming Event

This event is in conjunction with the Office of Public Policy Events

A Special Thanks to our Sponsor:

Human Settlement of Other Planets

Monday, Nov. 18 | 4:30 p.m. | BARC 2200
Free event. Open to the public. Refreshments provided.

Can humans settle other planets? Can we become a multiplanetary species, thereby reducing our chance of extinction due to a catastrophic event? A critical aspect of this question is our ability to adapt to and/or control the environment and climate of other planets. This event will investigate this issue both in the near term and far future. We will consider the settlement of Mars, likely imminent due to rapid rocket development, and prospects for eventually settling distant extrasolar planets, which orbit stars other than the sun.

Speakers:

• Dr. Ramses Ramirez
  Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida

• Dr. Howard Chen
  Assistant Professor, Planetary Science, Florida Institute of Technology

Moderator:

• Dr. Dorian Abbot
  Board Trustee, Florida Polytechnic University
  Professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
  

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