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Living In Space Begins Here On Earth

KSC's Views on Life Sciences
and Ecology

 

Greg Goins Carlton Hall



Starting off this year the Kennedy Space Center will host a webcast entitled "Living In Space Begins Here On Earth", KSC's view on Life Sciences and Ecology at the center. Hosting the event will be your NASA/Quest Correspondent John Rau at Kennedy Space Center. Our guests for this month's broadcast will be Greg Goins, Plant Physiologist and Carlton Hall, a Research Scientist for KSC. This will be your chance to ask questions about how plants will give the astronauts the ability for long-term space flight. In addition we will be covering the steps NASA takes to protect the enviorment and how NASA uses space related technologies to study the Earth. So come and join the fun and participate in a very unique and informative event!

Several events will take place leading up to the webcast -See the schedule below.


Schedule of events


Check Your Knowledge

On Advanced Life Sciences and Ecology


Lesson Guide

The Lesson Guide is designed to assist you in understanding the topics of discussion for the webcast. Please review this information PRIOR to the webcast so that you will be prepared to ask your questions!

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Webcast - September 20th
at 10 am PST

John Rau will host the September 20th Webcast from Kennedy Space Center at 10 am PST. He will be interviewing our featured experts Greg Goins and Carlton Hall. Greg and Carlton are looking forward to answering your questions during this month's webcast.

Note: If appropriate we will extend the webcast for university questions!

Due to technical difficulties we were unable to archive this event.


Chat-September 26th
at 10 a.m. PST

Do you have questions about how plants will give astronauts the ability for long-duration space flight? Our expert Greg Goins will be happy to explain why plant research is important in extending NASA's long-term goals. So Join Gregg in the chat room and discuss how important plants are in achieving a successful trip to Mars and other planets in our solar system.

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Chat-September 27th
at 10 a.m. PST

Do you have questions about what happens to the environment after a shuttle launch at the Kennedy Space Center. Our expert Carlton Hall will be happy to explain why it's important to protect our endangered plants and animals at KSC. join Carlton in the chat room to discuss a very important resource, our planet Earth!

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