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Geoffrey A. Landis
Dr. Geoffrey A. Landis is a scientist and a science fiction writer. As an SF writer, he has won the Hugo and Nebula awards for short fiction, and it the author of one novel, Mars Crossing, and a collection of short stories. His most recent novella, "The Sultan of the Clouds," appeared in the September 2010 issue of Asimov's which was nominated for a Hugo Award this year. As a scientist, he works at NASA John Glenn Research Center, on projects as varied as developing technology for Venus exploration, advanced power systems for spacecraft, telerobotic exploration of the planets, and interstellar travel, and is a member of the Mars Exploration Rovers science team. He has appeared on a number of television programs, most recently Michio Kaku's Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible, on which he explained the concept of floating cities on Venus.
Programming for Geoffrey A. Landis
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| Thu | 13:00 | (A03) | 1 hr |
People for the Ethical Treatment of Mars
Assuming we get there in the first place, what should we - and shouldn't we - do with what we find? |
| Thu | 16:00 | (A13) | 1 hr |
SF and Fantasy Poetry
There is a lot of SF and fantasy poetry being written. Sometimes it seems that there is a yawning chasm between SF poetry and fantasy poetry. The panel looks at SF and fantasy poetry, and discusses the differences and similarities. |
| Fri | 13:00 | (A09) | 1 hr |
The Solar System and SF: Setting SF on the Planets We Know
In early SF, the planets of the solar system were simply exotic locales for adventure. The next generation of SF writers -- Heinlein, Clarke, and others -- tried for more realism, but their solar systems were very different from the one we know today. What are good examples, and how do the new limitations on what writers can do and still be realistic make for good SF. |
| Fri | 16:00 | (A04) | 1 hr |
The Many Sides of Hard SF
What is hard SF? While some predicted its decline in the 1960s and 1970s, it's alive and thriving. What makes SF hard SF? Does it have to play 100% by known physical laws, or can it break them in some areas? Are all sciences open to hard SF, or are some a better area for exploration than others? |
| Sat | 11:00 | (KK1) | 1 hr |
KaffeeKlatsch: Sat 11:00
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| Sat | 15:00 | (Hall 2 Bar) | 1 hr |
Literary Beer: Sat 15:00
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| Sun | 12:00 | (A11) | 1 hr |
Terraforming Venus
In the early days of the space program, Carl Sagan proposed that it might be possible to reduce the greenhouse effect on Venus and turn it into another Earth simply by adding photosynthetic bacteria to the atmosphere. With what we now know about Venus, it turns out to be not nearly so simple. What's Venus really like? Can we terraform Venus? Do we want to? |
| Sun | 13:00 | (D03) | 1 hr |
Man vs Robots: Who gets to Travel Space First
Should we be sending humans to Mars when robots are cheaper - or should the timeline for humans traveling to Mars be further out... |
Home Page: http://www.geoffreylandis.com