{"id":375,"date":"2019-06-07T11:07:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/?p=375"},"modified":"2019-06-07T11:07:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:07:36","slug":"erik-fisk-to-talk-about-amazing-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/2019\/06\/07\/erik-fisk-to-talk-about-amazing-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik Fisk to talk about Amazing Satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

             The San Juan<\/strong> Stargazers Guest Speaker Will Share 37 Years of Experience with <\/strong> Satellite Programs Including One Landing on an Asteroid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \nTheSanJuan Stargazerswill NOT\nhold their regular monthly meeting on the 4th<\/sup> Thursday, but will\nhave a special guest speaker of interest to many on Thursday, May 20, 2019, at 5:00\nPM at the Ruby Sisson Library Meeting Room.  Our speaker, Eric\nFisk is an aerospace technician at Martin Marietta\/Lockheed Martin for over 37\nyears. He has worked on the MX missile program, which was renamed Peacekeeper,\nthe Titan missile program, the Mars Global Surveyor satellite, and military\nsupport programs.  Eric also worked on\nthe Cassini satellite which orbited Saturn and sent data back to Earth for 13\nyears. Recently he has worked on the Orion Program, which will be a manned\nmission taking astronauts into outer space beyond the moon. He also worked on the\nGPS III Program which has part military and part civilian communication satellites.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Erik\nwill be presenting a talk and many slides including on the deployment of Osiris\nRex satellite, launched in 2016, and has arrived at the asteroid, Bennu.  It\u2019s mission is to capture samples to study\nfor the earliest of life forms.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          This is an amazing opportunity to\nlearn about an important area of Astronomy that is closer to home & impacts\nour  lives on a daily basis. You can\nhardly look at the dark night sky in Pagosa without seeing a satellite.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

           We are inviting everyone from our community\nincluding mature students who someday could have a wonderful job like\nthis, right in Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                 After the program at the\nLibrary everyone is invited to join us at a restaurant for dinner. The location\nwill be announced that night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  \n            Later this month there will be a Star\nParty at Chimney Rock called Stars & Galaxies- Dark Sky Event on Friday, June\n28, with the gate opening at 6:45 PM, & program beginning at 8:15, followed\nby telescope viewing. Our next Solar System or Moon Viewing Star Party will be\nFriday, July 5, with gate opening at 6:45 & program at 8:15 PM. We should\nbe able to see several planets & many amazing views of the Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              If you are interested in taking part in our\nStar Parties, but you do not have a telescope, the Chimney Rock Interpretive\nAssociation owns 4 telescopes, 2 are computerized \u201cgo-to\u201d telescopes & 2\nare manual 10-inch Dobsonians. We can help you learn to use either type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \n         We will have practice sessions for all\ntelescope operators on Friday, June 21 & Friday, July 12. Please RSVP to\nJoan if you will be coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n    The San\nJuan Stargazers are part of the Astronomical League, which includes clubs from\nall over the US.  We have a new web-site<\/strong>—www.sanjuanstargazers.org,\nas well as an email address, sjstargazers@gmail.com<\/a>\nand a club phone number 970-335-8286. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  \n We welcome everyone who has an\ninterest in learning more about our  AMAZING\nUNIVERSE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

             The San Juan Stargazers Guest Speaker Will Share 37 Years of Experience with Satellite Programs Including One Landing on an Asteroid        TheSanJuan Stargazerswill NOT hold their regular monthly meeting on the 4th Thursday, but will have a special guest speaker of interest to many on Thursday, May 20, 2019, at 5:00 PM at…
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