Latest Past Events

Carolyn Porco Keynote: Cassini to Saturn:  The Journey, the Legacy, the Future

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe

Dario Robleto introduces Carolyn Porco's Keynote: Cassini to Saturn:  The Journey, the Legacy, the Future. Thirty-two years ago, the United States and Europe joined together to undertake a mission to the outer solar system.  It was named Cassini and called for a 7-year trek across the solar system and entry into orbit around the planet […]

Why we search for life on Mars: A view from the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe

Caitlin McShea introduces Nina Lanza's lecture: Why we search for life on Mars: A view from the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers. Mars has long captured our imaginations as a potential home for past, present, and future life. Current tools now allow for these questions to be addressed scientifically. Notably, there are two NASA-led rovers, dubbed […]

Jorge Almazan: Emergent Tokyo – Speculations on the Spontaneous Space City

SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe

Anthony Eagan introduces Jorge Almazan's lecture: Emergent Tokyo - Speculations on the Spontaneous Space City. Discussions about cities in space revolve around visions of massive megastructures and artificial habitats that master hostile environments to shelter human life. But can these highly machinic settlements truly accommodate earthlings’ emotional, messy, and unpredictable lives? Can a city in space combine […]