Hobart

Seminar Abstract

Wednesday 23 July 2008, 4.00pm (Tas time)
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Paulo de Souza
Senior Research Scientist
Tasmanian ICT Centre*

From Mars to Earth: a journey fostered by Science, Technology and Fascination

This is an invitation to a return journey from Mars. Both Planets have a common past. Eventually, they will share the same future and some of the incredible technological development for the Martian missions is already being applied on our Planet.

We will travel across time getting an overview on how our knowledge on Mars was built. Over the centuries Mars has captured our attention. First as a red bright point in the night sky, then with channels seeing by optical telescopes, revealing incredible geological features looking like Christ’s face on its surface or even sending pieces of possible fossilized bacteria in meteorites to Earth... Martians? Mars may have been able to support life at some point in the planet's history.

Lots of images and fresh scientific results will be presented, especially those obtained by scientists working with the NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers mission. At the end we will see how some of the instruments that equipped the rovers Spirit and Opportunity are being applied on industry, environment or even archaeology.

Dr Paulo de Souza is a senior research scientist from Tasmanian ICT Centre and a collaborator scientist of the Mars Exploration Rover Project from NASA.

*The Tasmanian ICT Centre is jointly funded by the Australian Government through the Intelligent Island Program and CSIRO. The Intelligent Island Program is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Economic Development and Tourism.

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Location:
CSIRO = Marine Laboratories Auditorium, Castray Esplanade, Hobart

For further information, or to schedule a seminar, contact:
To schedule a seminar, contact:
Bernadette Sloyan, (Oceanographic seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5152
Thomas Kunz, (Biological seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
(03) 6232 5076
Natalie Dowling, (Fisheries Modelling) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
(03) 6232 5148
Jillian Enraght-Moony, (seminar administrator) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5320
Communications Manager, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC (03) 6226 2265
Margaret Hazelwood, Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS) University of Tasmania (03) 6226 2971

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