Roving Mars (Imax) in the UK, Finally..it has happened |
Roving Mars (Imax) in the UK, Finally..it has happened |
Mar 24 2007, 08:29 AM
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Right, British UMSFers..
Roving Mars starts at the Birmingham Think Tank Imax theatre next weekend...but hold your horses http://www.imax.ac/schedule.htm 1200, 1515 and 1830 are the showings. Anyone fancy a get-together on April 21st? I can't make any promises, but it should be more than your usual showing - and it's on 3 times in the one day. Think Tank is about 3/4 mile from Birmingham New Street (I will travel by train from Leicester and I would aim to get there before the first of the three showings on the day - about 11ish Once I know more details, I'll let you know Doug |
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Apr 2 2007, 11:06 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 5-October 06 Member No.: 1223 |
Well I am certainly interested. I just had a look at www.thinktank.ac and it seems there is a lot on offer on the 21st including two question and answer sessions with Jim Bell. The details from the web site are as follow:
QUOTE To celebrate the UK premier of the new Walt Disney film ‘Roving Mars’, IMAX Cinema and Thinktank are holding a special SPACE DAY on Saturday 21 April 2007 full of cosmic activities and events. Jim Bell, Associate Professor in the Astronomy Department of Cornell University, New York will be flying in to talk about his involvement in the Mars mission captured in ‘Roving Mars’, and share his thoughts on the future of space travel. Visitors will also be invited to see an immersive ‘Night Sky’ show in the digital Planetarium and explore the amazing exhibits on space travel and technologies of the future within Thinktank. Tickets for SPACE DAY are still available for the morning (10.00am - 1.10pm) and afternoon (1.30pm - 4.30pm) sessions, and priced at just £15.55 for adults and £11.85 for children. Ticket price includes; refreshments on arrival, presenter-led Planetarium show, special screening of Roving Mars followed by discussion with Professor Jim Bell PLUS access to all 4 floors of exhibits at Thinktank. Roving Mars follows an incredible journey to the red planet, as the heroic Mars Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) help scientists answer the eternal question – is there life on Mars? Through amazing animation, realistic views of the early moments of the rover flights are revealed. Overcoming obstacles to explore this foreign world, the mission of the rovers provides never-before-seen photos of the surface of Mars. Equipping the Rovers with IMAX-quality cameras was a priority for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission from the beginning. "We set for ourselves the goal of making two robot field geologists," says Steve Squyres, Cornell's Goldwin Smith professor of astronomy and the mission's principal investigator. Cornell astronomy Associate Professor Jim Bell, leader of the panoramic camera (Pancam) team for the mission, says that meant giving the rover cameras 20/20 stereo vision- "the first time we've had human resolution on Mars." To book your place call our Ticket Hotline now on 0121 202 2222 Doug is this what you intended to go to or were u just thinking about Roving Mars itself? Alex Chapman |
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