On January 8th, the 7th ELSI International Symposium Public Lecture "The Forefront of Solar System Exploration -Seeking New Encounters-" was held at the Digital Hall of Tokyo Institute of Technology. About 160 audience gathered.

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At first, Dr. Yasuhito Sekine (ELSI, Tokyo Institute of Technology) gave a lecture titled "Searching for life beyond Earth in the Solar System".

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Then, Dr. Linda T. Elkins-Tanton (NASA/Arizona State University) gave a lecture titled "The NASA Psyche mission: Journey to a Metal World".

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The audience asked many interesting questions during Q&A time. What's more, after the lectures, many audience stayed long to talk with both of the speakers, which meant they were deeply interested in the lectures.

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public lecture

ELSI will hold such lectures from now on. Please look forward to them.