Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, Feb 28, 2020 8-9 p.m.
Location
Wavelength Brewing Company
236 Main Street
Details
Wavelength is honored to welcome Jack Lightholder from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a Friday Night Science Talk! Check out actual JPL hardware and learn how modern spacecraft perform science millions of miles from Earth!
Jack Lightholder is a data scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. As a member of the Machine Learning and Instrument Autonomy Group, Jack supports a variety of missions in concept, development and operational phases. Currently Jack acts as a payload downlink lead on the engineering camera subsystem of the Mars Science Laboratory. Jack is also supporting instrument flight software development for the Near Earth Asteroid CubeSat mission.
Hang out after the talk for a look through our 14" Sky Watcher USA telescope! Grab dinner while you're here from one of the great restaurants in downtown Vista, but make sure to get here early if you want a table.. cheers!
