Dr. Michael Meyer, Dr. Bethany Ehlmann, and Alex Longo will deliver the Public Lecture at the 2016 Fall Meeting titled How Do We Choose a Landing Site on Mars? on Sunday December 11th from 12:00pm-1:00pm in Moscone South, Room 104 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. The lecture will be streamed live via AGU On-Demand.

Today we know Mars to be a vast beautiful planet that in many ways is like the American Southwest. It has sweeping vistas and huge mountains with long and wide valleys. In its past Mars had an enormous ocean with a significant atmosphere and it is only by studying this planet on the surface that we will be able to unlock its past and understand how we will live and work on the Red planet in the future. Finding the right landing sites for our robotic and human missions requires an extensive knowledge about the planet. Our panel of experts will discuss “how on Earth” we find the right places to go to on Mars.

AGU’s annual Public Lecture is a critical component of AGU’s mission to increase the visibility of Earth and space sciences within and outside of membership. This event aims to make modern scientific progress accessible to the public in an interesting and engaging format for audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

To register for the AGU On-Demand program, visit: https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/virtual-options/.