“Mars Inhabited..The Abode of Intelligent, Constructive Life”
NY Times August 30, 1907
CITY ON MARS
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 / 4:00pm to 5:00pm ET
SCHOOL of Art and Visual Studies Bldg., 236 Bolivar St., Lexington, KY 40506
Humans have long dreamed of pushing into deep space and establishing a settlement on Mars. Yet the hard problems confronting us in this quest are formidable and unprecedented. Join Kelly Weinersmith award winning scientist and author of the recent book A City On Mars for a provocative conversation surrounding the range of issues and challenges (health, isolation, ethics, technology, role of the humanities, food, economics, etc.) facing our species as we try to answer the question: Are we ready to head to Mars?
EVENT IS FREE - NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
A book signing will follow immediately after the event.
Dr. Kelly Weinersmith received her PhD in Ecology at the University of California Davis and is an adjunct faculty member in the BioSciences Department at Rice University. Kelly studies parasites that manipulate the behavior of their hosts, and her research has been featured in The Atlantic, National Geographic, BBC World, Science, and Nature. When she isn’t studying Nature’s creepiest wonders, Kelly is writing books with her husband, Zach Weinersmith (creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast
Cereal Comics). Their books, Soonish and A City on Mars,
are New York Times bestsellers.
Photo By Jeff Fitlow
MODERATOR:
Kris Kimel is the Founder of Humanity In Deep Space and Co-founder of SpaceTango.
http://www.humanityindeepspace.com
