Hello All,
just a few words to add to Janine's excellent report.
While several of the IAC presentations (16 parallel
sessions daily!) were very technical, other topics
such as sessions on the emerging science of astrobiology
were of great interest. I have also enjoyed some
of the SETI (study of extraterrestrial intelligence)
sessions and pondered on the ridicule Nikola Tesla
received a century ago for his belief in extraplanetary
intelligence.
Roger Malina's highlight lecture on Frank J. Malina:
astronautical pioneer on October 6th, gave a remarkable
historical account of Malina's rocket research and
development activities in a turbulent and controversial era.
One of the primary aims of the outreach program of the
57th IAC concerns future directions of space education.
"this year there is a special focus on students and young
space professionals, with lectures and presentations, as well as
the opportunity to meet with leading figures in the space world."
A well-visited booth in the exhibition area catered to
inquiries about space education and several sessions
had presentations on the topic.
best
nina
Thanks Honor, Danny, Julainne
That reminds me - Jill Scott also gave a quick overview of your
work, Honor, when she discussed the artists-in-labs projects. This
bit was a little blurry for me as I was nervous just before my talk!
I would like to hear more about your current work sometime...
Yes - several scientists did come to "expanding the space" from the
International Astronautical Congress. Unfortunately the free
afternoon for the public at the IAC was the only day I had for a bit
more city exploring. I tried to get to Roger Malina's lecture at the
IAC about his father Frank's legacy but just missed it.
At "expanding" US astronomer Seth Shostak discussed the Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence ( SETI) and Karl Doetsch (Athena
Global) discussed the potential for human migration into space. Karl
disappeared rather rapidly back for the IAC conference but Seth
stayed for the workshop session on the last day and had some
interesting things to say about the ethical protocols that SETI has
designed, if contact is made with alien life. ( The main gist of
this is - before a reply is made there should be international
agreement on a message - a little idealistic perhaps!) He also
wondered why no European Space agencies were invloved in SETI. mmmm.
The discussion became a little heated later on over the nature of
perception - and if ESP exists...
Also - Scientist Bernard Foing from the European Space Agency (ESA)
who heads the Smart1 moon mission gave a (sometimes) speculative
presentation on projects for lunar exploration which include the
potential for setting up a "robot village" on the moon. Stations
from different countries could be set up on certain moon sites for
research and to investigate the possibilities for human life there.
The future colonisation of space was discussed as a reality (but not
thoroughly critiqued in further sessions.) It would haev been good
to have more discussion at this point - Ramon was mumbling that no
one was mentioning the military purposes of these lunar stations and
I was also feeling that the "robotic village" notion had overtones
of the seventies commune "village" that were somewhat inappropriate.
Students were attending the conference from both art and science
faculties at the University of Valencia. I also met a Valenciano
attending who was a Latin teacher, another an employment lawyer, so
the smallish audience was pretty diverse.
cheers
Janine
honor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 18/10/06 10:41 PM >>>
Janine,
I second Danny's comments. Thank you so much for your report on
'Expanding the Space'. I hadn't read a review of the event anywhere
else, and I was really interested to see how it went.
Did you also make it to the IAC (International Astronautics
Congress)? Were there any scientists / engineers from the IAC at
Expanding the Space?
It is so great to see that Ada people are attending these events!
Thanks again.
Best wishes
Honor
Hey Janine
These notes are awesome, thanks! A real treat to hear about this from
NZ, and also seeing familiar faces in the notes is a good reminder of
the value of the various networks ADA is helping establish.
Mauri ora,
Danny
On 17/10/2006, at 11:21 AM, Janine Randerson wrote:
Hola Ada
I have just returned from Valencia and the conference "Expanding
>> the Space" (3-7 October) organised by the fledgling Spanish arts
organization the Octubre Centre and the Leonardo/Olats. Despite
sensorial overload in a gorgeous city I did manage to go indoors,
don my translation headset and settle into some excellent papers at
the "palau de pineda" in Valencia's historic centre.
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