The 2025 Benjamin Franklin Birthday Celebration:
Exploring New Worlds
January 17, 2025, in Philadelphia.
Honoring Dr. John C. Mather
VIDEO:
Patrick Spero - Welcome - 0.09
Derrick Pitts - Moderator - Talk - 3.21
Emily Margolis - 13:00
Mariangela Bernardi - 35.46
Tess Light - 1:02
Q&A - 1:28
Photos:
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Photos by JackRamsdale.com
Moderator:
Dr. Derrick Pitts Chief Astronomer, The Franklin Institute Science Museum
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Emily A. Margolis Curator of Contemporary Spaceflight, Smithsonian National Air & Space, "Crossing the Karman Line: Private Spaceflight in the 21st Century”
Dr. Mariangela Bernardi Professor, University of Pennsylvania, "Exploring New Worlds: From the First Galaxies to the Milky Way"
Dr. Tess Lavezzi Light - Electromagnetic Sciences and Cognitive Space Group, Intelligence and Space Research, Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Lightning: Mystery in the Mundane"