Is life in the universe a one-off, or the norm? If we find just one more instance, we can presume it’s the norm. Where will unambiguous signs of life most likely be found outside of Earth?
While telescopes squint at impossibly distant (but numerous) exoplanets, ever more brilliant robots are probing the wildly exotic potential environments for life nearby in our own Solar System. Which locales are the most promising candidates, and why, and what are the plans to check them out? Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco became renowned as the dynamic leader of the Imaging Team for the Cassini mission to Saturn, which delivered a cornucopia of stunning photos of the planet, its gorgeous rings, and its extravagant moons. (Her team discovered seven new ones.) "Searching for Life in the Solar System," Carolyn Porco, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, 7pm, Monday July 24. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm. To be sure of a seat: • Long Now Members <https://longnow.org/membership/> can use the discount code on the Porco Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats <http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/jul/24/searching-life-solar-system/>. • You can purchase tickets for $15 each <http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/jul/24/searching-life-solar-system/>. • Seminar at SFJAZZ Center <http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions> 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 • Tune into the live stream <http://longnow.org/live/> for Long Now Members at 7:30 PT - become a member <https://longnow.org/membership/> for just $8 a month. Share this talk: Carolyn Porco, "Searching for Life in the Solar System" Long Now talk on 7/24 https://goo.gl/duK7Td <https://goo.gl/duK7Td> Talks coming up: August 7 (Mon.) - Nicky Case, Seeing Whole Systems <http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/aug/07/seeing-whole-systems/> Sept 6 (Wed.) - David Grinspoon, Earth in Human Hands <http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/sep/06/earth-human-hands/> Nov 20 (Mon.) - Elena Bennett, Seeds of a Good Anthropocene <http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/nov/20/seeds-good-anthropocene/> High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as priority tickets) are available to Long Now members. Membership, which starts at $8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now projects. Joinable here <https://longnow.org/membership/>. This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Free audio and my summaries of all previous talks are available for download here <http://longnow.org/seminars/> (or stay up to date with the podcast here <http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/>). You'll find a range of long-term thinking items on our Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> (RSS <http://feeds.feedburner.com/longnow>). If you would like to be notified by email (like this one) of forthcoming talks, go here <http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt> to sign up online. Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now -- 415-561-6582 x1 <tel:415-561-6582%20x1> or danie...@longnow.org <mailto:danie...@longnow.org>. You are welcome to forward this note to anyone you think might be interested. --Stewart Brand s...@longnow.org <mailto:s...@longnow.org> -- The Long Now Foundation -- http://longnow.org/ <http://longnow.org/> Seminars & downloads -- http://longnow.org/seminars/ <http://longnow.org/seminars/> Interval Events -- http://theinterval.org/events/ <http://theinterval.org/events/> •Twitter <https://twitter.com/longnow> - up to the minute info on tickets and events •Long Now Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> - daily updates on events and ideas •Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/longnow> - stay in touch through our fan page _______________________________________________ Office mailing list off...@list.longnow.org http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/office
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