Weekly Round Up: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charles Johnson, Derrick Pitts

Happy Wednesday! Let’s see what our speakers are up to this week:

 

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson will be unveiling a space strategy game at ES this week! Heads up, gamers!

 

It’s an honor for a speaker to be asked to deliver a ‘named’ lecture at a University. So it’s a very, very great honor to have one named for you! University of Washington is hosting the inaugural Charles Johnson Lecture! Congratulations, and well deserved, Dr. Johnson!

 

If you live on the Mid-Atlantic coast, and you’re an early riser, look at the sky Thursday morning around 4:30 am, and you might see unusual colors. Don’t panic – according to Derrick Pitts, NASA will be conducting some experiments on the upper atmosphere. You may see some green, and/or some red …

 

And those are the stories for this week! Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with the latest from all of our speakers, scientists and change makers!