JPL Envisions Public Use of Mars Images, Deep Space Network

Posted by tourdemars to Interplanetary Internet at July 15, 2002 12:00 PM

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) believes that if you can’t put people on Mars, the next best thing is bringing Mars to the people. William Weber, director of JPL’s Deep Space Network (DSN), wants to use NASA’s interplanetary communication system to excite the public about space exploration, and says JPL is looking for partners outside the traditional space industries. “Public participation in planetary exploration is a fraction of what it could be,” Weber said at the JPL Industry Briefing last month, sponsored by the National Space Club’s West Coast Committee.