NYCkayaker Manhattan Circumnavigation, July 15

[Erik Baard]

Hi All,

The LIC Community Boathouse plans to organize a Manhattan 
Circumnavigation on July 15, launching from Anable Basin at roughly 
noon and returning at 10PM, to enjoy the sunset over lower Manhattan. 
We plan another on August 12, at night.

One added bit of fun on July 15 is that one out-of-town guest (well, 
nearly extraterrestrial!) guest will likely be my friend David 
Grinspoon, a leading astrobiologist, an acclaimed author, and a fun(ky) 
musician. You just can't get away from a few hours with him without 
feeling a new fascination for the world.

More about him here, from his book publicist:

David Grinspoon is an internationally known Planetary Scientist who is
funded by NASA to study the surface and atmospheric evolution of
Earthlike planets elsewhere in the universe. Grinspoon is being awarded
the 2006 Carl Sagan Medal by the American Astronomical Society (to be
presented this October). He is Curator of Astrobiology at the Denver
Museum of Nature and Science Adjunct Professor of Astrophysical and
Planetary Science at the University of Colorado. Dr. Grinspoon serves as
a frequent advisor to NASA on space exploration strategy, and is lead
scientist for astrobiology on an instrument that will fly on NASA’s next
Mars rover. He is Interdisciplinary Scientist for Climate Studies on
Venus Express, the European Space Agency’s mission which is currently in
orbit around Venus. He has also lectured and published widely. His first
book, Venus Revealed, (Perseus Books, 1998) was a Los Angeles Times Book
Prize finalist. His latest book, Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy
of Alien Life won the 2004 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Research
Nonfiction. Entertainment Weekly called Lonely Planets “proof that life
on this planet is both intelligent and funny.” Grinspoon’s popular
writing has appeared in Slate, Scientific American, Natural History, The
Sciences , Astronomy, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times and the
New York Times. His technical papers have been published in Nature,
Science, and numerous other journals. Dr. Grinspoon has been featured on
numerous television (PBS's Life Beyond Earth; BBC's The Planets) and
radio (NPR’s Science Friday and Weekend Edition, Wisconsin Public Radio,
BBC World Service) shows, and he is a regular astrobiology correspondent
for ABC Radio. He has given invited talks at international conferences
throughout the U.S., Europe, and Australia. Grinspoon is also an
award-winning musician who has played guitar and sung in several great
bands destined for obscurity. In fact, Dr. G played lead guitar for a
band called the Geeks years before being a geek became cool. Grinspoon
holds degrees in Philosophy of Science and Planetary Science from Brown
University and a doctorate in Planetary Sciences from the University of
Arizona. He lives in Denver with his wife, photographer Tory Read, and
three highly intelligent cats.

For more, see www.lonelyplanets.net or www.funkyscience.net

Get in touch if you'd like to join, at launch or en route. Hope to see 
you on the water!

Circular regards,

Erik



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