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Ad Astra Kansas Day — April 24, 2004
Ad Astra Day 2004 was sponsored by the Ad Astra Kansas initiative and hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Washburn University in Topeka.
Winner of the 2004 Ad Astra Kansas Day poster contest, themed "Super Sleuths--Researching for the Stars," sixth-grader Phillip Eller of Phillipsburg, receives his award from Kansas astronaut Steve Hawley. Eller also won for his school an outreach presentation from the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. The contest was also sponsored by the Kansas Space Grant Consortium. Two hundred-sixty entries were received. |
After giving his presentation on the Hubble Space Telescope, Steve Hawley was very accessible to visitors, spending at least 30 minutes answering questions. |
Schedule of Events:
- Opening Greetings
Brenda Culbertson, Dir. Crane Observatory
Jeanette Steinert, Ad Astra Initiative representative
Washburn University representative
- One Comet -- Many Asteroids -- Now What?
Graham Bell, Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomy League (NEKAAL)
- Black Hole Collisions -- Sources of Gravitational Waves
Karen Camarda, Ph.D. Washburn University
- What has NASA Done For You Lately?
Daniel Bateman, B.S., Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson
- Eyes in the Sky -- How Kansas Scientists Use NASA Space Technology to Study Planet Earth
Kevin Price, Ph.D., Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS), Lawrence
- It's Not Your Father's Astronaut Training --
The Evolution of Astronaut Training Technologies into the 21st Century
Dr. Randall Chambers, Ph. D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus in engineering, Wichita State University
- The Hubble Space Telescope --
14 Years of Servicing and Science
Astronaut Steven A. Hawley, Ph.D.
- Viewing Session
Crane Observatory, Washburn Campus