Walker Mineralogical Club Banquet

Speaker:    Dr. Kim Tait

              Curator of Mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museum

Topic:        THE OSIRIS-REx Space Mission and Canada's contribution to it.

Dr. Tait is very interested in minerals from all over the solar system and is a collaborator on the Canadian science team for the OSIRIS-REx mission. OSIRIS-REx is en route to the asteroid Bennu where it is expected to extract mineral samples and return them to earth for analysis. Dr. Tait is expecting to receive some of this extraordinary material for analysis.

Come and hear about the mission, the samples, and how the ROM is involved!

                         Cost -               $65.00 per Ticket      (please note, this is an all-in price - taxes and gratuities paid - equivalent to a restaurant meal priced at $50.00).

 - for tickets, please email Mr. Steve Szilard at sszilard@rogers.com