Todd Barber is a JPL senior propulsion engineer, now working as lead propulsion engineer on the Cassini mission to Saturn following part-time work on the Mars Exploration Rover mission, Deep Impact mission, and the Mars Science Laboratory mission, which landed the large rover Curiosity on the red planet on August 5th, 2012.

On Thursday, November 13,  at 4:30pm,  he will be giving a lecture in Upson B17 called,  “Red Rover, Red Rover: Send Curiosity Right Over”.  Curiosity’s mission to Mars will be covered in detail, including the history of Mars Rovers at JPL, the scientific motivation for Curiosity, the preparation for launch, the early science results, and the pop-culture reaction.  Sponsored by AIAA