This message is being sent to you courtesy of BCM Center for Space Medicine Date, Time & Location: Tuesday, 05/03/2016 12:10 - 1:00 p.m. Kleberg Auditorium Speaker: John B. Charles, Ph.D. Chief Scientist NASA Human Research Program Johnson Space Center Lecture Title: "So You Want to Go to Mars? Biomedical Aspects of Early Interplanetary Expeditions" Learning Objectives: Participants will understand: * Why interplanetary missions occur so infrequently and take so long. * How actual space missions are different from fictional space missions in the movies. * Physiological and psychological challenges of interplanetary missions and what is being done to overcome them. We encourage BCM students, faculty and staff to attend the CSM elective lecture series "Introduction to Human Space Exploration and Medicine." Please contact me if you need additional information about this presentation. Thank you, Nancy Gibbins Center for Space Medicine Baylor College of Medicine [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 713-798-7639