Presenter: Alan Vincent Michaels
Location: Barnes & Noble, Pittsford
Meeting Time: November 6 from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Our November 6 meeting will be a presentation and open discussion on "Asteroid Mining," the exciting possibility of exploiting raw materials found in asteroids, spent comets, and near-Earth objects, then bringing the mined materials back to Earth or to use them to construct orbital stations and space vessels for colonizing the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The presentation will focus on the positive and negative effects of such endeavors, recent announcements from NASA and private enterprises about space mining, and some of the dreams of past and present science fiction authors that may soon become reality.
11-06-2012 R-SPEC Meeting Agenda (tentative)
06:45 - 07:30: Room / InFocus / screen setup and testing
07:30 - 07:40: Welcome, introductions, and upcoming meeting notes
07:40 - 08:25: "Asteroid Mining" presentation
08:25 - 08:45: Discussion and Q&A
08:45 - 09:00: Room clean-up
