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Here is a list of guests taken from their official web page and some tentative programming. Please see their webpage for full descriptions

John Bradford, Ph.D
Scott Edgington, Ph.D
Pamela Gay, Ph.D
Stephen Granade, Ph.D
Kevin R. Grazier, Ph.D
Les Johnson
William C. Keel, Ph.D
Philip C. Plait, Ph.D
Trina Ray
Kimberly Steadman

Saturday, 10:00pm, Track Room (Hilton 203) - The Kevin & Phil Show! - They’re back for year 3! Dr. Kevin Grazier & Dr. Phil Plait return to tackle the myths and rumors of ’2012: The Year the World Ends’ with their usual humor, sarcasm and expertise. (guests: Dr. Kevin Grazier & Dr. Phil Plait)

Saturday, 8:30pm, Track Room (Hilton 203) - Stories From JPL - 5 JPL scientists. 3 days of traveling, speaking and partying. 2 nights of very little sleep. 1 room. Add microphones, an audience and lots of questions. Result? The stories of what really happens behind the scenes at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory! (guests: Dr. Scott Edgington, Dr. Kevin Grazier, Dr. Sarah Milkovich, Trina Ray & Kimberly Steadman)

date & time TBD, Track Room (Hilton 203) - ‘Paradise Regained: The Re-greening of Planet Earth’ - What effect has modern civilization had on the planet and its ecological systems? How the resources of the solar system can be used for terrestrial benefit? Is it too late to save our Earth? Such a great topic we decided to do it again now that the book has been released.
(guest: Les Johnson)

Other topics that will be covered: The Augustine Commission. The ending of the Shuttle Program. The history of JPL. Yearly update of The Great Space Observatories. Spirit and Opportunity Update. The Voyager Probes. Cassini – Saturn and the moons. Kepler/Exo-planets. Our own Solar System. Curiosity (formerly Mars Science Laboratory). Space scientists on TV. Ares I / DirectLauncher. Lots more!

* Guest Readings – New for 2011 ! A number of the Space Track Guests have published books and beginning in 2011 The Space Track will have 1 guest each night do a reading from one of their books. The readings will be Friday, Saturday & Sunday nights between after the end of the last panel (about 11:00pm) and ending sometime before mid-night when Dr. Keel has our Live Astronomy up and running. Keep checking the schedule updates on which of our guests will do readings on which night.