NASA Mars Rover Talk, Klaus Havelund
Title: 'Space: The Final Frontier'
Speaker: Klaus
Havelund NASA Senior Research Scientist.
Date: Wednesday
1st April 2009
Time: 14:30.
Location: School
of Computer Science, Lecture Theatre 1.1
Manchester. Campus
Map
No: 39
About the Lecture
The School of Computer Science is delighted to welcome Klaus Havelund to share his knowledge of NASA’s space exploration projects and remotely controlled robots. A unique and exciting opportunity for GCSE students around Greater Manchester.
Due to popular demand, registration is now closed. Thank you for your interest
in the Klaus Havelund talk.
For
further information, please contact
Kate Vlietstra
katherine.vlietstra@manchester.ac.uk.
Synopsis
Year 10 and 11 students are invited to join us for a fascinating and educational insight into NASA’s latest space exploration projects. The talk will introduce recent developments in unmanned space exploration, including developments in the Mars Rover project, on which Klaus has been a central figure. An overview will also be given of the latest results in the detection of planets in other solar systems, as well as progression of the next remotely controlled robot mission planned for 2011.
Further information:
- Klaus Havelund homepage.
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA.
- NASA.
- Computer Science School Liaison events.