[Mitworld] Gruber and Panel on Health Care, Giant Leaps on the Future of Space Exploration

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 23 |  February 3, 2010

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Health Care Reform in the U.S.: What Will it Look Like and What Does it Mean?
January 26, 2010

Years of extreme partisanship and lobbying have left Americans cynical and bewildered about health 
care reform, but, say these panelists, the urgency of achieving some measure of change is not 
diminished, both for American families and the nation as a whole.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/740

Moderator:
Jonathan Gruber '87
Professor of Economics

MacVicar Faculty Fellow, MIT


Event Host:
The Office of the President of MIT

"Though it appeared people were ready for health care reform this time ‘round, I don’t think they 
were. The uninsured are not viewed sympathetically-- the 83% with insurance don’t necessarily want 
to go out on a limb for the 17% without--because they’re insecure themselves. "
-Andrea Louise Campbell

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The Next Giant Leaps in Space Exploration
June 11, 2009

Keynote speaker Maria Zuber advocates a “bold, diverse agenda” that includes extended use of the 
International Space Station for conducting science on human physiology and behavior; exploring 
the impact of the sun on Earth climate and space weather; gathering data on the constitution of 
the universe; detailed characterization of terrestrial planets; a renewed commitment to Earth 
observation (we have better data on Mars’ ice caps than on our own planet); and seeking extra-terrestrial life.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/739

Speakers:
Edward Crawley '76, SM '78, ScD '81
Ford Professor of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, and Engineering Systems, MIT

Maria T. Zuber
E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics


Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT

James Garvin
Geoscientist/Topographic Remote Sensing specialist and Project Scientist, Earth System Science Pathfinder Project at NASA's GSFC, Geodynamics Branch, Lab for Terrestrial Physics 

Richard Garriott
Computer Game Developer, Entrepreneur

Erika Wagner SM '02, PhD '07
Lecturer, Dept of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Executive Director, Mars Gravity Biosatellite and X PRIZE Lab @ MIT

David Thompson
Chairman and CEO, Orbital Sciences Corporation

James Crocker
Vice President and General Manager, Sensing & Exploration Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company


Event Host:
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

"My parents let me stay up late to watch the Apollo 11 astronauts land on the moon. I wrote long 
letters to the Apollo astronauts, asking about their missions. None of you guys ever answered me."
-Maria Zuber

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In The Pipeline:

Climate Change in a Changing World: Meeting the Needs of Humanity and the Planet

Presented By:
The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values
The Human Impact

Speaker:
Steven Hamberg
Chief Scientist
Environmental Defense Fund

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