Local event promises Skype chat with Israeli rocket scientists

UW-Green Bay students, staff and faculty might be interested to learn that at 9:45 a.m. this Sunday morning (Feb. 26), the Congregation Cnesses Israel, 222 S. Baird St., is hosting a Skype conversation with scientists in Israel who are competing for the $20 million Google-sponsored prize for sending a rocket to the moon. Questions will be communicated to Team Israel. Refreshments will be served. All space enthusiasts are welcome. The conversation will be projected on a large screen. This event is being co-sponsored by Congregation Cnesses Israel and the Moon Group of the National Space Society. For further information, please contact Leah Abrahams, Cnesses Israel liaison, at LAbrahams@new.rr.com.