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| Date | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| September 13
(Schneebaum Award Lecture) |
Space Commercialization and Its Influence on Spaceflight Engineering | Michael Griffin
Orbital Sciences Corporation |
| September 20 | Saving SOHO | Paal Brekke
European Space Agency |
| September 27 | Gradient Index Optics in Nature: Animal Vision, Mirages, and Other Interesting Examples | Duncan Moore
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| October 4 | 3D Medical Imaging | Pat Barta
Johns Hopkins University |
| October 11 | (No Colloquium) | |
| October 18 | Do We Need Computers in Schools? | Cliff Stoll |
| October 25 | Risk Assessment | Bryan O'Connor
Futron Corporation |
| November 1
NOTE: Bldg. 8 Auditorium |
Wingless Flight: Lifting Bodies | Dale Reed
NASA Dryden |
| November 8 | Low Cost Access to Space | Dick Kohrs and Debra Facktor Lepore
Kistler Aerospace |
| November 15 | Mapping the Universe | Stephen Landy
College of William and Mary |
| November 22 | Air-Breathing Engines That Fly Into Orbit | Charles McClinton
NASA Langley Research Center |
| November 29 | (No Colloquium) | |
| December 6 | Precision Measurement with Gravity and other Things | Jim Faller
University of Colorado |
| December 13 | Assembly and Test of Mars Pathfinder - and How it Paid Off! | Linda Robeck
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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