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Title: NASA To Announce Kepler Discovery At Media Briefing
Post by: Luigison on September 14, 2011, 07:52:53 PM

Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 11 a.m. PDT, Sept. 15

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will host a news briefing at 11 a.m. PDT, Thursday, Sept. 15, to announce a new discovery by the Kepler mission. The briefing will be held in the Syvertson auditorium, building N-201, at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The event will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

A representative from Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., will join a panel of scientists to discuss the discovery. The briefing participants are:
--Charlie Sobeck, Kepler deputy project manager, Ames Research Center
--Nick Gautier, Kepler project scientist, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
--Laurance Doyle, lead author, SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif.
--John Knoll, visual effects supervisor, ILM, San Francisco.
--Greg Laughlin, professor for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, University of California, Santa Cruz, Calif.

Source:  http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/sep/HQ_M11-192_Kepler_Briefing.html

Last time this sort of thing happened:  http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=13392

Title: Re: NASA To Announce Kepler Discovery At Media Briefing
Post by: Weegee on September 14, 2011, 08:14:22 PM

Quote from: Luigison on September 14, 2011, 07:52:53 PM

A representative from Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., will join a panel of scientists to discuss the discovery.

Title: Re: NASA To Announce Kepler Discovery At Media Briefing
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 15, 2011, 09:25:17 AM

Aliens or GTFO.