[Editors] Fwd: Help needed for Apollo event
Chad Galts
galts at MIT.EDU
Wed Jun 3 11:33:17 EDT 2009
Hello Editors,
I figured this message -- and the event it's promoting -- would be of
interest to the people in this group. The details are below. Bottom
line: $25 gets anyone from MIT a whole lot of Apollo. Go to http://apollo40.mit.edu
to sign up; the faculty and staff registration code is MIT-OS.
best,
-c
_________________________
Chad Galts
Director of Communications
MIT School of Engineering
617.253.9411
Begin forwarded message:
>> From: Ian A. Waitz <iaw at mit.edu>
>> Date: June 1, 2009 3:55:09 PM EDT
>> Subject: Help needed for Apollo event
>>
>> Dear MIT Department Heads,
>>
>> I am writing asking for your help regarding an event celebrating
>> the 40th anniversary of the Apollo lunar landing. Would you please
>> forward the following invitation to all students, faculty, and
>> staff in your department? (Note some may have received a prior
>> "email blast" about the event which was an error with the email
>> lists given to the firm handling the registrations.) We are
>> charging a nominal fee for the event: $25 for faculty and staff,
>> $10 for students -- this includes the 1.5 day symposium, meals,
>> etc., and a ticket to a special performance of the Pops. There are
>> also extra tickets for the Pops available -- all first-come, first-
>> served.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your help.
>>
>> - Ian
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>>
>> On the afternoon of June 10th and all day on June 11th, the
>> Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics is hosting Giant Leaps, http://apollo40.mit.edu
>> , a celebration of the history of Apollo (on the occasion of the
>> 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing later this summer), and
>> a look forward at future challenges and opportunities in space
>> exploration, air transportation, energy, and environment. Our
>> department has a special connection with Apollo because we designed
>> the guidance, navigation, control, and computer systems for the
>> spacecraft. And five Apollo astronauts are AeroAstro alums,
>> including four of the twelve who walked on the moon.
>>
>> There will be some great speakers and a special Boston Pops
>> performance on the evening of June 11th featuring Buzz Aldrin
>> (AeroAsto alum) narrating parts of Gustav Holst's "The Planets":
>>
>> On June 10th we will celebrate the life of Robert C. Seamans,
>> former MIT student, AeroAstro professor, Dean of Engineering,
>> Deputy Administrator of NASA during much of Apollo, former
>> President of the National Academy of Engineering, former Secretary
>> of the Air Force, and first Administrator of the Energy Research
>> and Development Agency (precursor to DOE). Colleagues from MIT,
>> Apollo, and other parts of Bob's life people will be sharing
>> memories. http://apollo40.mit.edu/memoriam/index.html
>>
>> On June 11th the Symposium starts at 9am with a focus on the
>> history of Apollo with many of the greats who made it a success
>> (including Ted Sorensen, who will share the perspective of the
>> Kennedy Administration). In the afternoon, we will look to the
>> future. This will include keynotes by the Honorable John P.
>> Holdren (head of OSTP and President Obama's Science Advisor, and
>> also an AeroAstro alum), and Professor Maria Zuber (head of MIT's
>> department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences). http://apollo40.mit.edu/symposium/index.html
>>
>> Then for the evening of June 11th, we have rented all of Symphony
>> Hall for a special performance that Keith Lockhart has designed. http://apollo40.mit.edu/planets/index.html
>>
>> We still have seats available at the Seamans commemoration, the
>> Symposium, and the Boston Pops performance. On Tuesday morning
>> June 2nd we will make the remaining seats available to the full MIT
>> community on a first-come, first-served, basis. It is a badged and
>> ticketed event; we are charging a nominal price for MIT community
>> members: $25 for faculty and staff, $10 for students. This
>> includes the Seamans event, a welcome reception on Wednesday
>> evening, the main Giant Leaps Symposium (including breakfast,
>> lunch, and dinner), and a ticket to the Boston Pops.
>>
>> For those who are only interested in the Pops event, you can attend
>> that alone (it should be a great show). The price is the same ($25
>> for faculty, $10 for students), but we ask that you only register
>> for the Pops event in this case (there are twice as many seats at
>> Symphony Hall as in Kresge, and we don't want people who wish to
>> attend only the Pops to sign up for the full event blocking someone
>> else from attending the symposium activities in Kresge). If you
>> would like to bring guests to the Pops, you can get extra tickets
>> for $25. This is all subject to availability of course.
>>
>> TO REGISTER (first-come, first-served): Go to http://
>> apollo40.mit.edu. Students should use the registration code: MIT-
>> Student. Faculty and staff should use the registration code: MIT-OS.
>>
>> The direct link for discount Pops tickets is: https://giantleaps.mapdigital.com/popstickets_mit.php
>>
>> We are excited about the event (as, evidently, are the students who
>> placed the hack on the dome last week... http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/2009/apollo_lander/
>> ), and we hope this opportunity will enable some members of your
>> department to join us.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> - Ian
>> ***************************************************************************
>> M A S S A C H U S E T T S I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O
>> G Y
>>
>> Ian A. Waitz
>> Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor and Department Head
>> Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
>>
>> websites:
>> http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro
>> http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/waitz/
>>
>> Director of the Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and
>> Emissions Reduction (PARTNER)
>> website: http://www.partner.aero
>>
>> Bldg. 33-207, MIT Phone: 01-617-253-0218
>> 77 Massachusetts Avenue Fax: 01-617-258-7566
>> Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 email: iaw at mit.edu
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