The President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond, chaired by Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge, will hold its second public hearing in the soon-to-be-completed Missile Gallery of the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, on March 3 and 4, 2004.
The first day of testimony will begin at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, and continue until 5:00 p.m. that evening. On Thursday, the hearing will reconvene at 9:00 a.m. and adjourn at 4:00 p.m. From 3:30 to 4:00 p.m., audience comments will be addressed. And at 4:15 p.m., a news conference will be held.
To date, public response to the Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond -- as measured by "hits" and responses to the website -- has been significant. As of February 17, over 1.3 million people logged on to the site, and almost 4,000 emailed their comments. A health care consultant from Pennsylvania said: "I no longer dream of personally leaving this earth as I once did as a child ... but can only hope our children will have this opportunity."
Chairman Aldridge strongly encourages public comment: "I want to be sure the American taxpayer, the one who pays the bill, is part of the process," he said.
Everyone interested in commenting on the work of the Commission and U.S. Space Exploration Policy should log on to www.moontomars.org.
The President's Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy (Moon, Mars and Beyond) is charged with providing recommendations to the President regarding moon research activities, increasing young people's interest in space science, and bringing in industry and other countries as space partners.
Event runs 03/03/04 -03/04/04
Location: U.S. Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH, US
For More Info: http://www.moontomars.org/
Media are invited to attend a briefing for industry representatives by managers from NASA's new Office of Exploration Systems (Code T) on Wednesday, March 3, 2004, beginning at 10:00 a.m. EST.
The briefing will be in the NASA Headquarters James Webb auditorium, 300 E Street SW, Washington. Reporters attending the briefing will have an opportunity to ask questions at the conclusion of the briefing.
NASA's Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Craig Steidle and his staff will brief. They will explain the organizational structure and management priorities established to achieve the exploration goals in human and robotic technology and transportation systems in NASA's Vision for Space Exploration.
The presentations will be restricted to the concept of operations governing Code T activities. Specific status about on-going or contemplated contract actions will not be discussed. Charts from the presentations will be available on the NASA Web site prior to the briefing.
For information about NASA and agency programs on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
Location: NASA Headquarters - 300 E Street SW, Washington, DC
For More Info: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
10:00 a.m.
Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building
For More Info: http://www.house.gov/science/
2:30 PM
Location: SR - 253, Washington, DC, US
For More Info: http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witnesslist.cfm?id=1101
For centuries Mars has captured our attention, fired our imagination and beckoned us to a frontier unlike any that humanity has yet encountered. Across time and cultures Mars has been part of our science, religion, literature and art. Join us at CONTACT 2004 for up-to-the-minute presentations from project scientists on the Mars Exploration Rover mission. Explore with us the fact, fiction, myth and history... the art and science... the past, present and future of the red planet.
Conference runs 03/12/04 - 03/14/04
Location: NASA ARC, Moffett Field, CA, US
For More Info: http://www.contact-conference.com/
This year the Microsymposium will focus on Mars and the topics of geological evidence for climate change throughout its history and models for climate evolution. Recent results from Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions have provided abundant evidence for Amazonian climate change and a range of surficial deposits that may reflect this change. In addition, these same data are now providing clues as to where water might be sequestered, both mineralogically bound and as buried deposits. Combinations of altimetry, images, and physical, chemical and mineralogical properties are now being used to address ancient Hesperian and Noachian-aged climates on Mars.
Location: Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston, Texas
For More Info: http://www.planetary.brown.edu/planetary/international/An_39.html
Third public hearing for Moon, Mars, and Beyond Commission.
Event runs 03/24/04 - 03/25/04
Location: Atlanta, GA, US
For More Info: http://www.moontomars.org/
The space industry will be seeing stars at the upcoming 20th National Space Symposium, as the superstars of civil, commercial and national security space converge in Colorado Springs to address topics ranging from "The Moon, Mars and Beyond" to "50 Years of Space & Missiles - From the Past to the Future." From the titans of the commercial space industry to the explorers of deep space to the commanders of U.S. military space, they all come together for the Space Foundation's signature event March 29 - April 1, 2004, at The Broadmoor.
Event runs March 29 - April 1
Location: The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO
For More Info: http://www.spacesymposium.org
Astrobiologist Penny Boston, Ph.D. will speak at the Association of Mars Explorers dinner on the subject of 'Exploring Martian Caves'. Penny Boston is a veteran of the Mars exploration community. As a founder of the Mars Underground, she has had a long term interest in the exploration of the surface of Mars. Her scientific interests have been focused on subsurface life and the exploration of the caves of Earth as analogs for extraterrestrial habitats for subsurface life.
The Association dinner will be held at the Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California (170 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113) on MARCH 30, 2004. A bar will be available at 6:30pm. Dinner (three courses) will start at 7:30pm. Guests of members welcome. The dinner is informal - Dress casual/smart. Cost is $30 per person payable on the night. The dinner is subsidized by the outgoing President.
TO BOOK : Send an email to dinner@mars-club.org with the expected number or reply to this email with confirmation of attendance. Please inform the club if this number changes. Please inform us of any dietary requirements (vegetarian etc.)
For further information go to www.mars-club.org under 'Events'
DINNER EVENTS :
Dinner Talk by Penny Boston, Ph.D.
'Exploring Martian Caves'
Brief hand over from the outgoing (Charles Cockell, Ph.D.) to the new President - Andrew C. Schuerger, Ph.D.
The dinner will be held during the NASA Astrobiology Conference at the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, just five minutes drive from Mountain View, providing an extra reason for attendees of the dinner to visit the area. The web site of the conference is at: http://abscicon.arc.nasa.gov
Just one hour drive from San Francisco, San Jose is an ideal location to visit the other attractions of Northern California, including the wine growing regions of the Napa Valley, the Monterey Aquarium and the Golden Gate Bridge. A good place to look at tourism possibilities is: http://www.northerncalifornia.worldweb.com/
Contact: Charles Cockell (charles.cockell@btinternet.com)
Location: Fairmont Hotel - 170 South Market Street, San Jose, CA
For More Info: http://www.mars-club.org
