[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Meeting Reminder: 10:0AM Wednesday, March 11, 2020 In Room 237. Space Geodesy, its properties and tools, presented by Mike Pearlman

[Peter Albin]

Mike,

I just called the Community Center and they have adapters available.

Looking forward to your talk,

Peter

On 3/8/2020 10:03 PM, Michael R. (Mike) Pearlman wrote:
> Looking forward to it.  I will use my MacBook
> Pro. Do you have the adapter necessary to connect to your projector?
>
> See you folks in Wednesday morning?
>
> Mike
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 8, 2020, at 5:13 PM, Jonathan Goode <jonathan.goode at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> We meet Wednesdays 10:00AM to 11:30AM Eastern Time in Room 237 of the 
>> Lexington Community Center, 39 Marrett Road, near the Masonic Museum. 
>> Use the driveway for the Museum, then turn left to the building in 
>> the back.
>> **
>>
>> *Mar 11, 2020 Space Geodesy, its properties and tools, presented by 
>> Mike Pearlman of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics *
>>
>> */Geodesy/**is the science of accurately measuring and understanding 
>> three fundamental properties of the Earth: its geometric shape, its 
>> orientation in space, and its gravity field— as well as the changes 
>> of these properties with time.*
>>
>> */Space Geodesy/**uses sources external to the Earth: artificial 
>> satellites (in satellite geodesy), quasars (in very-long-baseline 
>> interferometry, VLBI), and the retroreflectors on the Moon (in lunar 
>> laser ranging) to measure these static and time varying properties.*
>>
>> *Of current interest are measurements to monitor geodetic parameters 
>> and their temporal variations in a global reference frame with a 
>> target relative accuracy of 10E-9 – 10E-10, for both scientific 
>> understanding of the Earth system and understanding their potential 
>> impact on society*
>>
>> *Fundamental to these measurements is a reference frame that provides 
>> stability over space, time, and evolving technology.*
>>
>> **
>>
>> */Plans for Upcoming Meetings/*
>>
>> **
>>
>> **
>>
>> **
>>
>> *Mar 18, 2020 Tracking New Diseases: Medical issues including Vaping 
>> (Jerry Slate, member) *
>>
>> *Mar 25, 2020 Dick Wagner will finish his presentation on Patents, 
>> followed by Potpourri (led by Steve Isenberg and Gary Patrick)*
>>
>> *Apr 1, 2020 3D Printing and Robotics in Industry: An Update (George 
>> Burnell) *
>>
>> *Apr 8, 2020 Self-Driving Cars: Tesla and others. Dan Castagnozzi, a 
>> friend of Bill Sciaretta. George Gamota may have additional experiences.*
>>
>> *Apr 15, 2020 Lexington Communications Advisory Committee (Ken 
>> Pogran), Winchester Advisory Committee (Don Nelson), Lex Media 
>> (Florence DelSanto); (Harry Forsdick facilitator) members. Subjects 
>> might include the future of 5G. Must get Florence OK.*
>>
>> *Apr 22, 2020 Potpourri led by Peter Albin. In the Dining Room from 
>> 9:30 to 11:00AM.*
>>
>> *Apr 29, 2020   The Science behind Columbus (Bob Melanson, member)*
>>
>> *May 6, 2020    The Manhattan Project (George Gamota) *
>>
>> *May 13, 2020 Nuclear Power Generation (Dave Kahan). Confirmed*
>>
>> *May 20, 2019 Boost-Phase Defense against ICBMs, presented by Dan 
>> Kleppner. Because little was known publicly about the Bush proposal, 
>> the American Physical Society initiated a study. Our presenter was 
>> co-chair of the study group. Although the study is fifteen years old, 
>> little has changed.  (Dan Kleppner, member kleppner at mit.edu 
>> <mailto:kleppner at mit.edu>)*
>>
>
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