Dana Backman

The next speaker in the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series at Foothill College is Dana Backman of the SETI Institute. His talk will be on May 23rd at 7 p.m. This talk is free and open to the public. Parking on campus is $2 and the talk is held at the Smithwick Theater.

Dana Backman is head of the Education and Public Outreach program for the SOFIA flying observatory. One of his main interests is the creation of planetary systems. More information on this talk is available by calling the series hot – line at 650 – 949 – 7888.