"Using Space to Protect Earth"
Professor William E. Burrows
MIT Faculty Club, Cambridge www.mitfacultyclub.com/new
October 9th with social hour beginning at 6 pm
$15 students/$30 members/$35 non-member, free if you
join AIAA that evening ($20 student/$85 professional)

Professor Burrows will be discussing many of the other global hazards we
face, the
political and social implications, and some possible strategies for dealing
with these situations, especially those that capitalize on space technology.

The web page below is a good primer for the portion of Bill Burrows' talk on
October 9th dealing with asteroid impacts:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/asteroid_fears_020326-1.html


RSVP by Tuesday, October 7 with Ray Erikson,
ray.erikson@... or 781-246-8239
Choice of beef, chicken or vegetarian dinner