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Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen and 90 Days with the Mars Mission

In the summer of 2008, Martian Summer author Andrew Kessler spent three months living and working in mission control of the Mars Phoenix expedition, along with 130 top NASA scientists and engineers, becoming the first outsider ever granted unfettered access to such an event. Hear about Andrew’s experience in mission control and what it was like to work with NASA’s best. Learn what’s going on with the current Mars Curiosity mission and why we should care, and discuss Mars, mission control and space exploration.











When: Wed., Aug. 15, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Where: 92nd Street Y - Tribeca
200 Hudson St.

Price: From $10
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In the summer of 2008, Martian Summer author Andrew Kessler spent three months living and working in mission control of the Mars Phoenix expedition, along with 130 top NASA scientists and engineers, becoming the first outsider ever granted unfettered access to such an event. Hear about Andrew’s experience in mission control and what it was like to work with NASA’s best. Learn what’s going on with the current Mars Curiosity mission and why we should care, and discuss Mars, mission control and space exploration.

Buy tickets/get more info now