I would like to ask that your cell phone be turned off and dont take any pictures during the presentation. Fyi, tomorrow in the New York Times it will be all about mars and features an article by this evening speaker. Curiosity is a car sized robotic rover that has been exploring the crater on mars since lending theyre august 2012. Nasa wants to curiosity in november 2011 from Cape Canaveral and took a little over eight months to reach mars. The rovers goals are to investigate the martian climate and theology and determine whether it ever had environmental conditions favorable to life. This is treating for those interested in the exploration of faith. Know matter what category you fall into this evening it is sure to fascinate. A journalist for more than 35 years worked at the sciences daytrader Foreign Correspondent and editor for the Washington Post for the past 12 years and has spoken extensively on astrobiology hear in the us and abroad. He is also the author of books published in
But to prepare citizens with the minds, hearts and character to disdain or democracy in the future. Built on hope, not fear, encouragement not threat, on inspiration, not compulsion. I trust. Im releasing the dignity of the person, not devotion to data. Unsupportive mutual respect, not a machine of punishment and blame. And the last thing to revive collaboration humor, student, parents, teachers, principals, administrators and local communities. The american system is democratically controlled schools has been the mainstay of our communities and the foundation for a nation success. We must Work Together to improve public schools. They must extend the promise of equal Educational Opportunity to all the children of our nation, protecting our products goes against privatization, saving them for future generations of American Children is a civil rights issue of our time. Thank you very much. [applause] nonbook tv, molly raskin text that it had them and, and not addition to cofounded a comp
It is day 5 of the open conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza. This afternoon, Israeli Forces destroyed a site where four rockets had been fired toward tel aviv. There has been a flury of diplomatic activity. As it stands, 150 people have been killed in nearly and nearly a thousand have been hurt. The military wing of hamas issued a warning to israel earlier today. Now, the israeli army is warning northern gaza residents to leave their homes for their own safety. Nick schifrin is joining us from gaza. What seems to be the dramatic escalation to the violence in the last hour . What can you tell us . Reporter well, what you hear behind me perhaps is that ambulance, and that is whats happening in the last hour. There have been a large number of very big israeli strikes on the gaza. Some from the sea. Some from the air. Above us, i can hear drones flying ahead. What happened is as you just laid it out, about 8 00 oclock local, the military wing of hamas said they would attack te
To dondon forcing many to flee their homes. From the Civil Rights Movement to journalism, a look back at the life of editor and activist John Siegenthaler, sr. Thanks for being with us. We begin tonight with day 5 of the conflict between israel and gaza. We have a lot to catch you up on. But first, a run down of the latest numbers. Israel has launched more than 1,000 air strikes against gaza so far this week as of midnight local time. According to gazas health ministry, the death toll has reached 154 people, at least 88 of those killed have been civilians. So far, at least 1,062 people have been injured, majority of which are women and children. Our Nick Schifrin is on the ground in gaza city. Reporter thomas action its been a dramatic day purposing waited by two sounds i can hear now. One, a drone right on top of us, an israeli drone that has been firing constantly all night in addition to f16s trying overhead as well as a bombardment from naval art i willery. And healing ambulance, p
[applause] thank you. My presentation today is about the Mars Exploration rovers with robotic laboratories that began operating eight years ago on mars. One of which took several years to explore mars today and is as most of you know i am sure, curiosity i know theyre rover landed just a few weeks ago and i will have a few words to say about that at the end of my presentation. My story is about how people relate to these robotic systems. The Mars Exploration Rover Mission also known as mer challenge is how we usually think about the role of robots in Space Exploration. It provides a new way of understanding how computer tools and a proper social operation can be orchestrated to extend human capabilities. Whether flying by beautiful blue neptune like voyager in the 1970s, orbiting saturn like you see today, or roving mars, like mer. The spacecraft must be computer controlled the cut is the communication time delay at the. Light and their great distance makes it impractical to control th