Astronomy Colloquium: Michelle Thaller

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4421 Sterling Hall
@ 3:30 pm

Speaker: Michelle Thaller

Institution: NASA

Title: Inside NASA Communication: Incredible Science, Excruciating Suspense, SMH SNAFU’s and the Challenge of Communicating it All

Abstract: I have been involved in communication for everything from our Mars missions to Climate measurements to JWST.  How do you talk about the search for life without attracting tabloid headlines (I failed at that one)? What can you do to get the public excited about a very focused experiment that is yielding astonishing but obscure results? We’ll look at some amazing science results -hopefully some that you’ve never heard of before, and take a look behind the scenes of NASA science communication.

Tea and cookies start at 3:15 PM. Zoom option available here.