NYCkayaker July 18: WATER IN SPACE discount!

[Erik Baard]

Hi All,

I would deeply appreciate your help in gathering a crowd for a fun 
event and worthy project: a WATER in SPACE lecture by world renowned 
astrobiologist David Grinspoon at the Home for Water. The 501c3 
nonprofit Home for Water is the first step in creating a New York 
Museum of Water. It's founder, Asher Shomrone, is working push water to 
the center or cultural and political priorities because lives will 
depend on it in the next few generations. As you know, billions of 
people struggle for adequate water and millions die because they lack 
clean, reliable supplies.

David Grinspoon is a really fun person and lecturer (check his 
funkyscience.net website to get a feel for his character) and he's 
donating his time to this (and the boathouse took him on a free 
circumnavigation tour) -- so all of the funds raised will go toward 
water awareness programs. Through the LIC Community Boathouse, we can 
make a group purchase for tickets at $10, but we'll need a minimum of 
20. Reply to this address and we'll register you. Pay in cash at the 
door.

Here's the full info:
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It is our pleasure to invite you to attend a lecture this coming 
Tuesday  at the New York Museum of Water's Home for Water given by 
astrobiologist and award-winning author David Grinspoon:


WATER IN SPACE
July 18, 630PM
Home for Water • 525 W. 23rd Street • New York, NY 10011 • 212.929.2828

Is Earth the unique "water world" of our solar system or are there 
hidden seas, even living oceans, awaiting our discovery on nearby 
planets and moons? What can we learn from the Orion Nebula, where 
enough water is produced each day to fill Earth's oceans 60-times over, 
about our own origins in a cosmic cloud? What happened to Venus and 
Mars, which seem to have once been oceanic globes? Might comets and 
water-laden meteors spread life from planet to planet? What is yet to 
be uncovered about the role of water in the universe?

Astrobiologist David Grinspoon has dedicated his life to exploring 
these and other profound questions. The Home for Water, headquarters 
for the coming New York Museum of Water, is proud to invite you to 
share an evening with this creative explorer. Dr. Grinspoon plays a 
leading role in the Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency, 
and a coming
NASA rover mission to Mars. He is also the Carl Sagan Medal-winning 
author of "Venus Revealed" and "Lonely Planets: A Natural Philosophy of 
Alien Life."


David Grinspoon
http://www.funkyscience.net


New York Museum of Water
http://www.nymw.org/

Home for Water
http://www.home4water.org/


LIC Community Boathouse
http://www.licboathouse.org

Nature Calendar
http://www.naturecalendar.org


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