NYCkayaker July 18: WATER IN SPACE discount!

[TomBrooklyn]

Hi Eric,

I just got this message this afternoon.   I'll go if you confirm I got a discounted ticket.   I'll
check my email around 1730hrs.  If I don't know by then, I won't have time to get there.  

Cheers,
Tom Dowling

> > From: Erik Baard <erik at licboathouse.org>
> To: nyckayaker** <nyckayaker at rockandwater.net>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:00:16 -0400
> Subject: 
> 
> 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:
> ______________________
> 
> 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