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Saturn's Moon Titan and the Potential for Life in the Deep Subsurface

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Online Public

Type: General Meetings

Keywords: Titan Saturn Moons

Held on: Jun 22, 2022 (Wed) at 07:00 PM to Jun 22, 2022 (Wed) at 08:30 PM

Online Location: Please sign in to see online meeting location.

Speaker: Keith Krumm

Location: Zoom

Event Coordinator: Rayna C.T. Bauer

Overview

Please join us VIRTUAL ONLY for June as we welcome back NASA Solar System Ambassador Keith Krumm. Keith will provide an overview of Saturn's Moon Titan and share the latest on potential for life in the deep subsurface. We'll also touch on NASA's ambitious Dragonfly mission to Titan set for launch in 2026.

In July and August we'll plan to meet in-person at an off-UW campus location.

As always, our monthly general meetings are open to both SAS members and the public. We hope to see you online and/or in-person soon!

Members log in for link at 7 PM. 

Public please request link at outreach@seattleastro.org

Questions? outreach@seattleastro.org

More Information

Speaker Bio: Keith Krumm

Keith Krumm is a graduate of the University of Washington, 1977. He worked at the Boeing Co. in Engineering from 1977 to 2017 on all commercial airplane programs as leader of the Engineering Operations organizations. In this capacity he was responsible for the integration of engineering design and specialized in defining and measuring engineering quality and productivity. Keith supported the development of the master schedule for the 777 program and helped introduced the digital design tools that supported the first commercial airplane program using 100% digital design. He was also responsible for the upgrade and implementation of new tools and process improvements. Since retiring in 2017, he has returned to his passion for astronomy and astrophysics. He is currently working with the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, starting with a focus on solar education, expanding to solar systems education and making connections to climate science and global warming.

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