Kick off TCCL’s 2019 Adult Summer Reading Program with the out-of-this-world program “Meet the Scientist Behind ‘The Martian’: Dr. James Green” Wednesday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m. in Central Library’s Pocahontas Greadington Learning & Creativity Center.
Dr. Green, NASA chief scientist, was the consultant with 20th Century Fox during the making of “The Martian,” starring Matt Damon.
From 1985 to 1992 he was the head of the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The NSSDC is NASA's largest space science data archive. In 1992, he became the Chief of the Space Science Data Operations Office until 2005, when he became the Chief of the Science Proposal Support Office. While at GSFC, Dr. Green was a co-investigator and the Deputy Project Scientist on the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) mission. He has written over 100 scientific articles in refereed journals involving various aspects of the Earth's and Jupiter's magnetospheres and over 50 technical articles on various aspects of data systems and networks.
In August 2006, Dr. Green became the Director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. Over his career, Dr. Green has received numerous awards. In 1988, he received the Arthur S. Flemming award given for outstanding individual performance in the federal government and was awarded Japan's Kotani Prize in 1996 in recognition of his international science data management activities.
Experience “A Universe of Stories” at TCCL during the 2019 summer reading program for children, teens and adults.
The annual program is ongoing May 28-Aug. 3 and is filled with free programs and chances to earn great prizes. To sign up, children and teens, newborn to 17, and adults can register at any of TCCL’s 24 locations or the bookmobile. For a complete list of programs, prizes and rules visit www.TulsaLibrary.org/summer.
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