Saint louis astronomical society attn: calendar, newsroom, or psa editor

SAINT LOUIS ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ATTN: CALENDAR, NEWSROOM, OR PSA EDITOR
December 6, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Rich Heuermann [phone] (work)

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"The Newest Space Race: Competing for a Share of the Multi Trillion Dollar
Frontier”, an illustrated lecture by Dr. Edythe E. Weeks, Esq. of Washington University, will be featured at the December meeting of the St. Louis Astronomical Society. The meeting will begin at 7:30 PM Friday, December 17, in McDonnell Hall, Room 162, on the Washington University campus, Saint Louis, MO 63130. McDonnell Hall is accessible from Forsyth Boulevard via Tolman Way. The event, cosponsored by NASA's Missouri Space Grant Consortium, is open to the public free of charge.

Billionaires are developing their own fleets of private spaceships. This is happening now, not in some distant science-fiction future. Business moguls are planning new space-based industries – mining, manufacturing, transportation, tourism. Commercial spaceports and space habitats are on the drawing boards of today, and will soon be in the skies of tomorrow. Dr. Weeks will talk about the development of space-based businesses, the huge impact of space-based industry on the national and global economies, and about some of the legal and financial issues involved in space commerce.

Dr. Weeks an Adjunct Professor and Lecturer in international politics, space law politics, and race/ethnic relations in Washington University’s University College. She has also taught courses, at both undergraduate and graduate levels, for Webster University and Northern Arizona University. Dr. Weeks received a Ph.D. in Political Science/International Relations from Northern Arizona University and a J.D. from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

The St. Louis Astronomical Society is an organization for individuals interested in astronomy and telescopes. The public is invited to attend its meetings, telescope observing sessions, and special events. For more information about Astronomical Society events, please visit the website, www.slasonline.org , or call 314 - 935-4614.

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Associate Member, NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium

At Washington University in Saint Louis

Campus Box 1169 EPSc

One Brookings Drive

Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899
SAINT LOUIS ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Associate Member, NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium

At Washington University in Saint Louis

Campus Box 1169 EPSc

One Brookings Drive

Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899