On September 26, 2018, the National Science and Technology Medals Foundation will host Are We Going to Mars? An Evening With Trailblazers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Join us for a conversation about the theoretical, practical, and business aspects of reaching the red planet. The panel will focus on our ability to reach Mars in the near future. The event will bring together panelists who can speak to the practical, theoretical, and business aspects of this landmark achievement. Dr. Ellen Ochoa, the former director of the Johnson Space Center, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, president of RPI and recipient of the National Medal of Science, Dr. James Gates, renown theoretical physicist and recipient of the National Medal of Science, and Thomas Zelibor, CEO of the Space Foundation, will be participating.