Posted by tourdemars to Mars Society at August 1, 2009 11:02 AM

The University of Maryland is hosting the 2009 Mars Society Convention in College Park this weekend. The four-day conference -- sponsored in part by the university's A. James Clark School of Engineering -- features presentations by scientists from the nearby NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, roundtable discussions with noted authors on Mars and a tour of the Clark School's facilities that are dedicated to human space exploration.