Caution & Boldness: Balancing Risk in Spcflt, 8:00 pm ET, Chantilly, VA

01-Feb-2013 through 01-Feb-2013

On the 10th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy, the National Air and Space Museum will hold a discussion on Caution and Boldness:  Balancing Risk in Spaceflight at its Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA (near Dulles Airport).   It begins at 8:00 pm ET and among the speakers is June Scobee Rogers, widow of Richard "Dick" Scobee who perished in the the 1986 space shuttle Challenger tragedy.   

The meeting is for members of the National Air and Space Society and their guests only.  Contact airandspace.si.edu/membership if you want to become a member or airandspace.si.edu/membertickets to reserve tickets if you already are a member.  If you are not a member, you can watch the webcast.

The complete list of speakers  is:

• Steven Dick, astronomer, author and historian of science (and former NASA chief historian)
• Alan Ladwig, Deputy Associate Administrator for NASA Public Outreach
• Ken Mattingly, Apollo and space shuttle astronaut
• June Scobee Rogers, Founding Chair, Challenger Center for Space Science Education

 More information is on the event's website.

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