The Society of Physics Students at UC Santa Cruz

THIS WEEKS MEETING IS THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008 at 6:00 PM in ISB 231

With no further atmospheric interference it is our pleasure to present:

RONALD SHEFFIELD, an aerospace engineer/consultant who has been working on the Hubble Space Telescope project since its design and launch in 1990.

• His presentation will highlight the physical description, characteristics, and historical data that describe the building of the Hubble Space Telescope from 1985 to the present 2008 Servicing Mission. It will show and discuss the on-orbit highlights of the extra vehicular activity (EVA) activities of STS-109, the last servicing mission in 2002.

• He will highlight the planned hardware replacement, repair, and upgraded capabilities of the on-orbit the STS-125, the servicing mission presently scheduled for not earlier than September 23, 2008.

And describe the awesome discoveries the Hubble Telescope has made over the years.

THIS WEEK’S MEETING is on Thursday, April 10th, 2008, at 6 PM in ISB 231.

Welcome back to Santa Cruz, I hope your Spring Breaks were fantastic and this quarter’s classes are off to a great start.

To kick off the Spring SPS meetings Alexander Morisse, a Physics Graduate student here at UCSC wants to make sure that you hear

• Everything you wanted to know about STRING THEORY but were too afraid to ask.

This will be the first of many awesome physics talks this quarter, don’t miss it!

–Karl