Exoplanet Colonization: Down-to-Earth Planning

Come join the Bay Area Skeptics in planning an interstellar colonizing project! Barring planetary catastrophes and continued global degradation, Earth will support us for the next 500 million years. By then, to avoid extinction, we had better have robust colonies scattered around the galaxy. Learn about proposed strategies to reach other star systems: which proposals might work, and which certainly won't. Share your ideas in this audience-participation SkeptTalk.

WHO: David Almandsmith is an NCSE (National Center for Science Education) staffer, former math and science teacher, and Cal graduate in Biology with a minor in Physics. He analyzed published strategies for reaching the stars and added one of his own. Using his science and math background, he collaborated on novel, Trillium Project, about our reach to the stars.

*** Please note: Due to construction, the café will be closed during this event; no food or drinks will be served. *** 

**Don't let that disuade you from coming for this interesting talk.**