COMMUNITY BRIEFS
By Daily Press staff
There is something out of this world at Santa Monica College. Mars is the star of the SMC Friday night astronomy series in November, with a feature show and guest lecture both centered on the Red Planet.
The feature show, continued from October, is “Mars Returns,” a look at the planet as it returns to our skies closer than at any time in the last two years. “Mars Returns” is Friday, Nov. 4.
BRIEFS, from page 3 The guest lecture will be “The next Mission to Mars!” Richard Zurek, Jet Propulsion Lab project scientist for Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, will talk about the mission that will map Mars in unprecedented detail to better aid future explorations. The guest lecture will be Friday, Nov. 18.
The feature show and guest lecture are at 8 p.m. Each is preceded by “The Night Sky Show”, which re-creates the night sky, at 7 p.m. The astronomy shows are held in the John Drescher Planetarium, located in Drescher Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd. Tickets are $5 each. For information, call (310) 434-4223 or (310) 434-3000.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 3, 2005. Read the original PDF.