Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 2006 Exploring Space Lecture: "Our Home in Space: The Sun-Earth System". Presented by guest speaker Dr. Judith Lean, solar physicist with the E.O. Hulburt Center for Space Research at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and specializes in the study of the variability of solar radiation. Lecture took place Tuesday, April 11, 2006 from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the Lockheed Martin Imax Theater at the Museum's National Mall Building in downtown Washington, DC. The 2006 Exploring Space Lecture Series theme was "This Island Earth" and featured four world-class scholars discussing the dramatic changes the Earth is undergoing and their work to try and explain such changes and the damage that may result, relying on the data gathered from space to better understand our small, fragile planet. The 2006 Exploring Space Lectures were made possible by the generous support of NASA and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. For more about the annual Exploring Space Lecture Series, see http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/esls/
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