Star Party Speaker give their talks on Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoon
Tom Reinert – The Ten Illusions of the Night Sky
Focusing on the biology / psychology of vision, how our brains are fooled, and how the history of astronomy reflects overcoming the illusions
Brand Fortner – “The Milky Way Galaxy”
Friday at 2pm via Zoom
Ladye Jane Vickers and Kristin Hendershot – “Women in Astronomy”
Michael Keefe
Solar System Smack Down: Mars vs. Venus
Michael Keefe NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors
The Earth, 3rd rock from the Sun, orbits between other rocky planets — Mars and Venus. In this presentation, our speakers will compare and contrast various parameters of both Mars and Venus in a bid to determine which planet is the best option for eventual colonization.
Hollywood Science vs. Real Science: Asteroid Disaster Movies
Michael Keefe NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors
Compare the “Hollywood science” of asteroid disaster movies Armageddon and Deep Impact to reality.