SPACE SCIENCE LECTURE by Siddharth Pandey

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Suhas B. Naik-Satam

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Mar 22, 2016, 12:45:05 AM3/22/16

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Nehru Centre cordially invites you to a Space Science Lecture on Astrobiology in Ladakh: NASA Spaceward Bound India 2016 by Siddharth Pandey, Doctoral Researcher (Space Engineering), School of Engineering and Information Technology University of New South Wales- Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Australia on Saturday, 26 March 2016 at 5 pm. in the Hall of Culture, Discovery of India Building, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai 400018.

Suhas B Naik-Satam

Programme Coordinator (Scientific)

Nehru Planetarium

Dr.Annie Besant Road

Worli, Mumbai-400018

Tel.No.:(O) 24964676-80 Ext.141, Fax. No.: 24924133, Mobile:+919820000726

Abstract:

The Spaceward Bound Program is an educational program developed at NASA Ames Research Center. This brings astrobiologists, scientists and students together to a remote, extreme environment to explore and understand how microbial communities sustain themselves in such biospheres. Earlier expeditions have been to Mohave Desert, Idaho, North Dakota, Australia, New Zealand, Polar regions. For the 2016 edition, we have decided to visit Ladakh, India.

As the project coordinator, the speaker shall discuss the various science experiments planned, roles of participants and importance of the conservation of Ladakh from a Mars science analogue perspective.