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Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Museum of London

Science and Hollywood: New Avatar Movie or New Kepler Space Observatory?

Professor Christopher Impey
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Historically, space exploration has been extremely expensive. However it seems like the film industry is now spending more on movies than governments on their space programmes.

Professor Christopher Impey
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Professor Impey is University Distinguished Professor and Deputy Head of Astronomy at the University of Arizona.

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Tuesday, 26 April 2016
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