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6:00PM ET - 9:15PM ET
Overview
What role does imagination play in exploring realms beyond Earth
Imagining the human exploration of Mars depends on creative inquiry across the arts, sciences, and engineering, where speculation is essential in the face of profound unknowns. What role does imagination play in exploring realms beyond Earth? This cross-disciplinary panel examines how imaginative thinking informs research, drives technical development, and supports the collective effort to envision human life beyond our planet.
In connection with the recent release of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars (2025), join us for a D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER) on the Human Exploration of Mars. The program will include short talks by four speakers, community sharing, audience discussion and Q & A, and a reception.
Speakers:
- Richelle Ellis, Artist, Analog Astronaut, Co-founder of Inploration
- Pascal Lee, Artist and Planetary Scientist, SETI Institute
- Dava Newman, Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Harvard–MIT Health, Sciences, and Technology faculty member, and former director of the MIT Media Lab, SETI Institute Board of Directors
- Carolyn Russo, Museum Specialist and Curator of the Art Collection, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 Check in, take seats in Fred Kavli Auditorium
6:30 – 6:40 Welcoming remarks and introductions by JD Talasek, director, Cultural Programs, National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS), Washington, D.C.
6:40 – 7:25 Presentations
7:25 – 8:10 Discussion and Audience Q & A
8:10 – 8:30 Community Share: If you’re working at the intersection of science and humanities, you have 30 seconds to share your work. Please present it as a teaser so those interested can find you. during the reception.
8:30 – 9:15 Reception in the Great Hall and Upstairs Gallery with time to view Symmetries and Broken Symmetries: Shanthi Chanddrasekar and Michael Albrow
Photo ID Requirement
This is an in-person event with the option to watch the recording afterward. A government-issued photo ID (such as a driver’s license or passport) is required to enter the building.
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