Bill Nye/Jill Tarter Astrobiology Event!
June 1st 2003, The UCLA AstroBiology Society put on an extravaganza, free and open to all! Hundreds turned out for this awesome event!

   

The front-row seats await...
Laurel Methot & Jason Finley kick things
Wait, what were we supposed to say?
Thanking everyone for coming, etc
It was a long way from the founding of A
So excited my arm started coming off!
Saying a bit about the UCLA AstroBiology
Dedicating the event to the late Douglas
Dr. Ed Young, Director of UCLA's Center
Laurel, Jason, Bill Nye, and Dr. Jill Ta
Dr. Jill Tarter takes the stage
Dr. Tarter covers the origins of life on
Dr. Tarter speaks
Dr. Tarter speaks
"But life as we know it is a planetary p
Is Earth one among billions of similar p
"It started so fast on Earth that it see
Speaking about the SETI Institute
Bill Nye graciously signs an autograph f
Even though he was sick with the flu, he
What a trooper!
Intermission features all sorts of educa
An attendee checks out the free planetar
Fossils!
Ron Schmidtling, the Singing Paleontolog
An attendee examines the Douglas Adams m
Jason, Kyoo Choe, & Dan Fingal tinker wi
A rapt audience of hundreds prepares for
Evan Cholfin brings things to order
Bill Nye takes the stage and gets right
"Is anybody out there?"
I'm a speck standing on a speck, revolvi
Bill Nye speaking
This is mind-boggling stuff
A microphone stands ready for questions
Bill Nye tells us how we could change th
Bill takes time to sign autographs for a
Randy White & Jason... what can I say?
Bill & Jason: a job well done
Toni Lee, Jason, Dr. Tarter, Bill, Laure