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Scientific Sails: Under the Stars

Saturday, May 30, 2015
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Under the sails of the Mystic Whaler schooner, guests learned how navigation has evolved through the centuries from charting a course with a compass to relying on radar, electronic charts, and GPS. Geophysicist Frank Nitsche of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory showed how the modern navigational tools are used in the open sea and NASA astronaut Nicole Stott talked about navigating in space.

Participants

Frank NitscheGeophysicist

Frank O. Nitsche received his M.S. in geophysics from the University of Kiel, Germany and a Ph.D. from the University of Bremen, Germany. In 2001, he came to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, where he started as a postdoctoral researcher and is now a research scientist.

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Nicole StottAstronaut, Artist

Nicole Stott has explored from the heights of outer space to the depths of our oceans. In awe of what she has experienced from these very special vantage points, she has dedicated her life to sharing the beauty of space — and Earth — with others. A veteran NASA Astronaut, her experience includes two spaceflights and 104 days spent living and working in space on both the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS).

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