Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures
Listen to exciting, non-technical talks on some of the most interesting developments in astronomy and space science. Founded in 1999, the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures are presented on six Wednesday evenings during each school year at Foothill College, in the heart of California's Silicon Valley. Speakers include a wide range of noted scientists, explaining astronomical developments in everyday language. The series is organized and moderated by Foothill's astronomy instructor emeritus Andrew Fraknoi and jointly sponsored by the Foothill College Physical Science, Math, and Engineering Division, the SETI Institute, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the University of California Observatories (including the Lick Observatory.)
Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto (with Alan Stern & David Grinspoon)
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Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures
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Season 18
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Episode 6
In July 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto, revealing its surface to our view for the first time. In this program, Drs. Alan Stern and David Grinspoon give us an insider's view of how this complex mission came to be and what it discovered at the edge of our solar system. Their recent book (with the same title) tells the full story of the mission, its ground-breaking discoveries at Pluto, and where it's going next. Here is the story of path-breaking exploration and new science, straight from the source, with insight into what it's like to be part of a planetary mission that goes to a destination never before visited. (Recorded May 15, 2018)