When

Saturday, February 9, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM PST
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10:00 am - 10:50 am Check-in,Networking,(Early Lunch)
10:50 am - 11:00 am Introduction
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Presentation and Q & A
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Networking

Where

Lawndale Library
14615 Burin Ave
Lawndale, CA 90260

(East/North of 405 Hwy, South of 105 Hwy, and West of 110 Hwy) (Near the cross-section of Hawthorne Blvd. and Rosecrans Ave.)

Driving Directions

(Parking lot behind the Library, or street parking near the Lawndale Community Center and the City Hall. Lawndale Community Center parking lot might be limited)

Contact

Events/Programs Chair, LA
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Los Angeles - Las Vegas Section
949-426-8175
events.aiaalalv@gmail.com

Ticket Information

$20 AIAA Professional Member Price
$25 Non-AIAA Member -Regualr Price
$10 AIAA Student / Educator Member Price
$15 Non-AIAA Member -Student / Educator
$5 Presentation Only -No Meal

(No Refund within 7 days of the event or afterwards)

Dress Code

Business Casual

Lunch (except for Presentation Only tickets)

Sandwiches (Varieties)

Refreshment (for all attendees)

Snacks and hot/cold beverages

AIAA LA-LV 2019 Meeting

Venus,

the stranger next door

57 years of space exploration to Earth's twin sister

Dr. Thomas Navarro
Postdoctoral Researcher
UCLA

The Topic

Venus, the stranger next door
*57 years of space exploration to Earth's twin sister*

Our species’ exploration beyond Earth orbit started in 1962, when the Mariner 2 spacecraft sent to Venus did the first flyby of another planet. Since then, not less than 27 probes successfully reached the planet, unraveling a strange world, with unique features in the Solar System. Under a thick, permanent cover of sulfuric acid clouds lies a slowly retrograde rotating solid body, showing signs of aborted plate tectonics on a geologically fresh young surface. As of today, crucial science questions of this neighboring world still remain to be answered despite its proximity. How did Venus come to be the way it is today? What can it tell us about planetary evolution on the verge of the exoplanet revolution? How can we explore this hellscape in the 21st century? Technological challenges and scientific exploration await for future endeavors.

The Speaker

Dr. Thomas Navarro
Postdoctoral Researcher
UCLA

Thomas Navarro is a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA, studying the climate of extraterrestrial planets. He is a participating scientist of the Japanese mission Akatsuki, currently the only spacecraft orbiting Venus.