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# SMC on a different planet
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/smc-on-a-different-planet/
- Published: 2006-08-24T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:17:22.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Pico, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Getting to Santa Monica College is half the fun. SMC’s Planetarium presents “Getting There is Half the Fun (and Most of the Work). It’s a look at the complexities of space exploration. The show is scheduled for Sept. 8, 15 and 22 at SMC’s Friday night astronomy series.

The guest lecture will be “Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Aerobraking at Mars.”Forest W. Fisher of the JPL/Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter project will talk about the challenges of getting the spacecraft into its science-mapping orbit. The guest lecture will be Friday, Sept. 29.

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 and provides the latest information on space exploration. It starts at 7 p.m.

The astronomy shows are held in the John Drescher Planetarium, which features the state-of-the-art Digistar projection system. It is located on the second floor of Drescher Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd. The guest lecture is in Science Lecture Hall 140.

Tickets are $5 each or $9 for the “double bill,” with discounts for children and senior citizens. For information, call (310) 434-3000\. Time to shape Santa Monica’s destiny

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 24, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/082406.pdf?ref=smdp.com)