[sfevents] Mt Tam Astronomy Program June 7th

[Michael Portuesi]

This message of the Mount Tam Program from Tinka Ross:

JUNE 7 the Mt Tam Astronomy Program will feature the physics chanteuse,
Lynda Williams, from Santa Rosa Junior College, speaking in the Mt  
Theatre
at 8:30pm on ³Space Ecology: The Final Frontier of Environmentalism²

Fifty years after Sputnik launched the space age, humans are turning  
space
into yet another junk yard, with millions of pieces of man-made debris
orbiting the Earth, putting targets both in space and on the ground at  
risk.
One year after China blew up its own satellite on orbit, the US shot  
down a
defunct satellite in space. Now the world is coming to grips with the  
urgent
need to establish international rules for space debris regulation and
mitigation in order to prevent an environmental catastrophe in space.  
Lynda
will survey the current situation and speculate on possible future space
debris scenarios created by the deployment of space-based weapons, the
private space industry and geo-engineering solutions to climate  
change. As
Lynda likes to say: What the world needs now, before it is too late,  
is an
environmental movement in heaven: Space Ecology.

By day, Lynda Williams is a physics instructor at Santa Rosa Junior  
College
in California, and by night, she performs original science musicals  
for both
scientists and the general public. KC Cole of the LA Times wrote of  
Lynda:
"Every scientist dreams of seducing people with the beauty and wonder  
of the
natural world. But few take it as far as Lynda Williams--the Physics
Chanteuse--who puts her microphone where her mouth is." Lynda has been a
space enthusiast and amateur astronomer since getting a Newtonian  
telescope
at the age 12. She has a BA in Math and an MS in Physics, and her  
areas of
interest are Cosmology and environmentalism. Lynda has produced and
performed planetarium shows at both SRJC and SF State and has been  
active in
space issues related to ecology and peace for many years. For more
information check out Lynda's websites: www.scientainment.com &
www.space-ecology.com

Following the lecture, members of the San Francisco Amateur  
Astronomers will
provide telescopes for viewing in the Rock Spring parking lot.
http://www.sfaa-astronomy.org/starparties/

June is the time to take a good  look at the beautiful summer sky with  
objects in the
Milky Way. Viewing continues until about 11:00pm, weather permitting.

This program is part of a series of FREE programs sponsored by the Mt
Tamalpais State Park. Lectures and viewing are held each Saturday  
evening
between a new and a first quarter moon through October. The general  
public
is welcome. Families and school and youth groups are encouraged to  
attend.
For driving directions and additional information call the hotline:
415-455-5370 or check out www.mttam.net.

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