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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Join us Friday evening, August 10th, as
<b>Dr. Brandon Reddell</b> discusses the <b><i>‘Conditions for Habitability: A Galactic Perspective’.
</i></b><i> </i>Reddell is a physicist who for 15 years has studied space radiation environments and its effects at
<b>NASA Johnson Space Center</b>, and<b> </b><span style="color:#26282A">currently with the
<b>International Space Station Program Science Office</b>.</span> He will discuss how habitability is evaluated for exoplanets.
<i> </i><span style="color:#26282A">Brandon has been an amateur astronomer for most of his life and got his PhD in the area of high energy physics. He occasionally teaches Astronomy and Physics at UHCL.
<i>“The search for exoplanets has lead the scientific community to evaluate the concept of habitability. In a previous talk, I showed that planetary habitability is much more than just requiring liquid water. In this talk we back up a level and look at our
Milky Way Galaxy to understand habitability from a galaxy point of view.” </i>So please join us!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Our agenda also includes the short talks: “<b>Astro Oddities</b>”, “<b>What’s Up</b> (In the Sky this Month)<b>?</b>”, “<b>Member’s Minutes</b>”, and
<b>STAR Time</b>: a chance were you can “<b>S</b>how, <b>T</b>ell, <b>A</b>sk or <b>
R</b>espond” to the group. <i>BTW…after-meeting discussions continue at Mod Pizza</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">JSCAS</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> is open to
<u>anyone who wants to learn about astronomy and membership is <b><span style="color:#C00000">FREE</span></b></u><b><span style="color:#C00000">!</span></b>
<i>(It's the best offer money can't buy!)</i> After joining, you’ll have access to our amazing
<b>Astronomy DVD Library</b> with 100’s of choices to learn from (from <i>Astronomy Magazine</i>,
<i>NASA, The Great Courses, Discovery Channel</i>, etc.). Our meetings are held on the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30 pm in the lecture hall of the USRA Bldg. (3600 Bay Area Blvd. at Middlebrook Dr., aka
<i>The Lunar & Planetary Institute</i>) For more info, see our website at <b>jscas.net</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Note to all those who have borrowed DVDs from the JSCAS Media Library</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000">:
Please return your borrowed DVDs before the meeting or during the break. Yes, you can check them out again!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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