{"id":4399,"date":"2013-09-10T18:15:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2013-09-11T23:44:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T23:44:19","slug":"to-the-asteroids-and-beyond-john-s-lewis-talk-webcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4399","title":{"rendered":"“To the Asteroids – and Beyond” – John S. Lewis talk webcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long time asteroid mining proponent John S Lewis<\/a> will give a SETI Institute public talk this evening that will also be available online (7 pm PDT, 10 pm EDT):<\/p>\n

Please join us tonight at 7pm for a free public talk at the SETI Institute Headquarters at 189 Bernardo Ave, Mountain View.<\/p>\n

If you can’t be at the SETI Institute in person, the talk will be broadcast online and live at the following link: https:\/\/plus.google.com\/events\/cfij418phv10tocljpb2dp56630<\/a><\/p>\n

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Title:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “To The Asteroids \u2013 and beyond!”
\nSpeaker: \u00a0 John Lewis (UAz)
\nWhen:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Tonight, 10 September 7pm PDT, 2013
\nWhere:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colloquium Room, SETI Headquarters, 189 Bernardo Ave, Mountain View
\nPoster:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.seti.org\/sites\/default\/files\/csc-Sep-13.pdf<\/a>
\nLive link:\u00a0 https:\/\/plus.google.com\/events\/cfij418phv10tocljpb2dp56630<\/a>
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Abstract:<\/p>\n

Tsiolkovsii and Goddard dreamed of the day when we would have access to the resources\u00a0 of the asteroids.\u00a0 Today, with an enormous and rapidly growing body of data on meteorites,\u00a0 the Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) and their more distant counterparts, we can envision the propulsion systems, transportation system architectures, ores, processing schemes and markets for products made from materials sourced in nearby space.\u00a0 Most of these products are of greatest value and significance in space; some, such as platinum-group metals and
\nenergy, would be worth returning to Earth.<\/p>\n

The resources of the NEAs also provide the propellants and structural materials for a broad expansion of human presence in space.<\/p>\n

Dr. John Lewis is the author of the 1997 book “Mining the Sky” and is an Emeritis Professor of Planetary Science at University of Arizona. This talk will survey the what, where, how and why of space resource utilization– and raise the timely question of when.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: Here is the talk:<\/p>\n

“To the Asteroids – and Beyond” – John S. Lewis talk webcast<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n