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Local Genius Awards 2009

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2009 Local Genius Awardees


Byrd Baylor, author/activist   Sherwin Bitsui, poet   Robert Colescott, painter   Suzana Dávila, chef/entrepreneur   Howe Gelb, musician/songwriter   Peter Smith, optical scientist/space explorer
Peter Smith, optical scientist/space explorer

Longtime Tucsonan, Principal Investigator of the NASA Phoenix Mars Scout Mission, Lunar and Planetary Lab at the University of Arizona. Smith’s innovative camera designs and engagement with Mars over the last fifteen years have produced compelling images and unique data of the Red Planet.  Phoenix, the current mission, is focused on locating evidence of liquid water, and thus evidence of life, on Mars.

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