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Special Event

Update: Bill Nye Now Joins "Solar Sailing: Pathway to the Stars"!

Join us in Brooklyn, New York on July 21, 2010 for "Solar Sailing: Pathway to the Stars" -- a FREE event.

LightSail-1 Artist's rendition of LightSail-1 by Rick Sternbach. Credit: Planetary Society

Solar Sailing: Pathway to the Stars

When it comes to space travel, no propulsion method surpasses the sheer romance of solar sailing, literally flight on light.

Join us in Brooklyn, New York on July 21, 2010 for "Solar Sailing: Pathway to the Stars" -- a FREE event.

Speakers include:

• Osamu Mori, Japan Space Exploration Center: showcasing IKAROS, the first solar sail ever to be successfully deployed in space.
• Louis Friedman, The Planetary Society: presenting Lightsail-1, The Planetary society's own ultra-light spacecraft, slated to launch in 2011
• Bill Nye, the Planetary Society
• Les Johnson, NASA
• Malcolm Macdonald, the University of Strathclyde
• Roman Kezerashvili, New York City College of Technology

6:00 - 7:30 PM
Atrium Amphitheater
New York City College of Technology
300 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY

This program is hosted in cooperation with New York City College of Technology (City Tech), which is hosting an International Solar Sailing Symposium from July 20-22 in Brooklyn.

Admission Free but seating is limited.

Join us on July 21 for Solar Sailing: Pathway to the Stars!