Date
3-6-1968
Series
Condon lectures
Length
1 hour 35 minutes
Original Description
Requested by: "Standing order from Science" "Planetary Exploration"
Notes
This lecture by Carl Sagan, an American astronomer, astrophysicist, and popularizer of science, was published under the title Planetary Exploration by the Oregon State System of Higher Education in 1970. The Condon Lectures, named for Oregon's first professor of geology Thomas Condon, were delivered annually at PSU, UO, and OSU.
Transferred and preserved by Portland State University Library’s Special Collections with the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.
Subjects
Solar system, Outer space -- Exploration
Original Format
Reel to reel, 3.75 ips, 1/2 track, mono
Rights
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11236
Recommended Citation
Sagan, Carl, ""Planetary Exploration (Lecture Two)"" (1968). Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers. 48.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11236
Description
Transcript added June 15, 2020.
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