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

International Space Exploration Meetup Day is September 7th, and groups are forming up across the country to meet & discuss Moon-Mars.

September 7, 2004

Location: Around the country

For More Info: http://space.meetup.com/