Live Streamed Tonight! --The 2014 "Isaac Asimov Debate" Led by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Space exploration is entering a new era. Dozens of aerospace companies have emerged in recent years, all with the goal of commercializing space as never before ranging from Space X to Planetary Resouces the asteroid mining company funded by Google's founders to establish a new paradigm for resource utilization that will bring the Solar System within humanity’s economic sphere of influence. Many experts predict that this next generation of entrepreneurs, will create the next Space-Age Google and perhaps the first-ever trillionaires.

You can tune into the live stream on amnh.org/live on Wednesday, March 19, at 7:30 pm as host and moderator Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, leads the 2014 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate, Selling Space, with a panel of entrepreneurs and space historians.

Space exploration is entering a new era with dozens of aerospace companies have emerged in recent years, all with the goal of commercializing space as never before ranging from Space X to Planetary Resouces the asteroid mining company funded by Google's founders to establish a new paradigm for resource utilization that will bring the Solar System within humanity’s economic sphere of influence. Many experts predict that this next generation of entrepreneurs, will create the next Space-Age Google and perhaps the first-ever trillionaires

Panelists Include:

Wanda M. Austin, President and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, who served on President Obama’s Review of Human Spaceflight Plans Committee in 2009, and in 2010 she was appointed to the Defense Science Board.

Michael Gold, Director of DC Operations and Business Growth, Bigelow Aerospace, chairman of Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee, Federal Aviation Administration.

John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus, Space Policy & International Affairs, George Washington University a space policy analyst and historian.

Elliot Pulham, Chief Executive Officer, Space Foundation that advocates for commercial, military, and government space interests.

Tom Shelley, President, Space Adventures, Ltd. that provides opportunities for private spaceflight and space tourism.

Robert Walker, Executive Chairman, Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates, who has served as chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology from 1977 to 1997.

The Hayden Planetarium hosts the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate in honor of Isaac Asimov, one of the world's most influential science fiction authors. Prior Asimov debates have centered on the existence of nothing, evidence for faster-than-light neutrinos and the theory of everything.

For more information on the 2014 Asimov Memorial Debate, visit: http://ift.tt/1d23zcY

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