Tuesday, March 25, 2008

"The Final Frontier" - Slide show and Lecture by Matt Ventimiglia




The Burbank Public Library Presents

The Final Frontier - A Slide Show and Lecture by Matt Ventimiglia

Monday, March 31, 2008 7:00 PM
Buena Vista Branch Library
300 N. Buena Vista St.
818-238-5620

The presentation traces the origins of the dream of spaceflight from early literature, art and film, juxtaposed with a history of actual spaceflight achievements. What's next? Take a look at the next US space initiative, Project Constellation, which plans to return astromauts to the Moon and beyond.

Matt Ventimiglia is an amateur space science buff currently working part time as a museum guide at the Griffith Observatory. He has a bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Colorado, a master's degree in cinema history from USC, and is currently working on a master's degree in geology/paleontology from Cal State Northridge.

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