Sunday, July 20, 20252:30 PM PACIFIC TIME This is a Zoom meeting. Please register: https://livepresentation.link/JULY Look for a confirmation email from ZOOM it will contain the link that you will need to join Ever wondered what is lie to be a spy in real ife? Well, “James Bond. your job is to go someplace, complete your mission, fade into the woodwork and disappear as if you had never been there.”. Those were the first words Don heard from his Spy School instructor. During his 30 year career as an engineer for the Navy Don was sent on about a dozen classified field missions. His missions ranged from a week to months maintaining a cover story, remaining invisible. No gun chases, poison pens or gimmicked cars and certainly no greeting hm and offering him his favorite cocktail. No, it ain’t James Bond! Don Grayson has a BS in Physics ‘54 and obtained an MS in engineering at Purdue in 1972. His 30 year career as a civilian engineer for U.S. Navy in engineering management at Naval Avionics Center Indianapolis. His assignments include U.S. NATO rep to Sweden, classified courier, project manager and technical analysis to various military radar & weapon guidance systems. Don is a sailboat...
Sunday, August 17, 20252:30 PM PACIFIC TIME This is a Zoom meeting. Please register: https://livepresentation.link/AUG Look for a confirmation email from ZOOM it will contain the link that you will need to join Lockheed Martin has developed many innovative projects for Space, most recently a Lightning Mapper which is used for forecasting of tornadoes and warnings of lightning-caused fires. We have 2 Guinness World records for detecting the longest lightning distance/duration. Other historic projects include Gravity Probe-B to confirm Einstein’s gravitational theories, Solar observing imagers, high-energy particle spectrometers, and other innovative projects in conjunction with world-wide universities. Ron Baraze began working at Lockheed during his sophomore-year at Gungh-school in Palo Alto, and was hired full-time after completing college at UCSC. I have worked on 23 space-flight projects for Lockheed Martin partnered with higher-learning institutions such as Stanford University, Oxford Physics Department, University of Huntsville, and the Enrico Fermi...
Sunday, September 21, 20252:30 PM PACIFIC TIME This is a Zoom meeting. Please register: https://livepresentation.link/SEP Look for a confirmation email from ZOOM it will contain the link that you will need to join Trial of the Century”: Tennessee vs. John T. Scopes. The first major sally against the teaching of evolution in the US, and, mostly because of the fictional play and movie Inherit the Wind, Scopes is wrongly perceived as a victory for evolution over the forces of obscurantism. The full story is much more complex and interesting, involving science, religion, law, education, politics, celebrities, modern communications, and the politicization of science. Dr. Eugenie C. Scott is an expert on the creationism and evolution controversy and science denialism. The former director of the National Center for Science Education, she is the recipient of numerous awards from scientists and educators, and has been awarded ten honorary degrees. Asteroid 249540 Eugeniescott was named for her but she assures us it is not aimed at...
