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Re: (meteorobs) Urgent for MeteorObs Folks
Dave
There was a report in Space Today this morning 3/20/98 on that NSS Yahoo
chat session at
http://www.flatoday.com/space/today/031998n.htm
Called "Live Chat" for those who missed the session on FOR IN-DEPTH
EXPLORATION OF COMET THREAT
Victor
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Victor Noto - Kissimmee, Florida USA
vnn2@phoenixat.com
http://www.phoenixat.com/~vnn2/BIGROCK.htm
Website theme quote:
"Life really is a Rock and
the Big Rock giveth and taketh away all life!!"
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> From: F4DEG <F4DEG@aol.com>
> To: meteorobs@latrade.com; zj@bac.pkudot edu.cn
> Subject: (meteorobs) Urgent for MeteorObs Folks
> Date: Thursday, March 19, 1998 5:04 PM
>
> Dear MeteorObs Friends,
> Sorry for cluttering your screens, but I wanted to get this out
ASAP,
> in case anyone wanted to join this discussion..... ALSO SORRY FOR THE
LACK OF
> LEAD TIME..... IT'S TONITE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Dave G
>
> NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY TEAMS WITH TIME MAGAZINE AND
> PARAMOUNT PICTURES FOR IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF COMET THREAT
>
>
> (Washington, DC) - March 18 - The National Space Society, in cooperation
with
> Paramount Pictures, announces a live Internet discussion about the
potential
> threat of planetary impact by asteroids or comets. The discussion, hosted
by
> TIME.com, the online component to TIME magazine, will be held on March
19, at
> 7:00 pm ET/4:00 pm PT on Yahoo! Chat.
>
> The live forum comes only one week after the announcement and later
retraction
> of news that an asteroid might impact Earth in 2028. The scare renewed
debate
> over the likelihood of a collision and whether more steps should be taken
now
> to plan for such a disaster. The news was timely for Hollywood, which on
May
> 8th releases Paramount Pictures/Dreamworks' "Deep Impact," the story of
the
> world's reaction to an impending collision with a comet. The Internet
chat
> brings together the science and Hollywood views of such an event.
>
> Joining the live forum will be:
>
> - Richard D. Zanuck, co-producer of "Deep Impact." He, along with David
> Brown, first presented the idea for the film to Paramount in the late
1970s.
> After the discovery that Earth had indeed suffered from shattering comet
> impacts in its distant past, the Zanuck/Brown team decided the most
powerful
> script was one based on science fact. Zanuck, in partnership with Brown,
also
> produced "Jaws," Academy Award winner "The Sting," the Academy Award
nominated
> film "The Verdict" and "Cocoon."
>
> - Dr. Pete Worden, member of the National Space Society Board of
Directors, an
> astronomer, and former director of advanced programs for the National
Space
> Council during the Bush Administration. He was recently involved with a
> proposed space mission to intercept an asteroid for the purpose of
gathering
> data. Dr. Worden is currently active in the defense space program.
>
> - Gerry Griffin, science consultant to "Deep Impact." Griffin was former
> director of NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. He also
served
> as a Flight Director during the Apollo 13 mission. Griffin previously
> consulted on the making of the films "Apollo 13" and "Contact."
>
> - Jon Favreau, "Gus Partenza" in "Deep Impact," the medical officer on a
space
> shuttle headed for an Earth-crossing comet. Favreau previously wrote,
> produced, directed and starred in the independent feature "Swingers."
>
> In preparation for the live discussion the National Space Society is
hosting a
> website offering background information and a directory of related
resources.
>
> The National Space Society, founded in 1974, is an independent, nonprofit
> space advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC. Its 23,000
> members and 90 chapters around the world actively promote a spacefaring
> civilization. Information on NSS and space exploration is available at
> http://www.nss.org.
>
>
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