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Mars News from the San Diego Chapter and More
Up one levelGerry William from the San Diego Chapter of the Mars Society assembles the most comprehensive set of Mars and related news that I know of. Here they are updated daily. We may also place other non Mars Society news here once in a while.
Plasma Rocket May Be Tested at Space Station
Irene Klotz, Discovery News
NASA Scientists Discover Unexpected Mineral on Mars
By Art Chimes Washington 07 August 2008
Cassini Prepares to Swoop by Saturn's Geyser-Spewing Moon
August 07, 2008
Denver Team Aims For Lunar Landing
A Denver-based team is part of an upcoming competition to simulate a landing on the moon, the nonprofit behind the competition revealed this week. According to the X PRIZE Foundation, Paragon Labs, headquartered in Denver, is one of ten teams which will be competing in the upcoming 2008 Lunar Lander Challenge. The X PRIZE foundation said that the challenge will award $2M to the team which can simulate a trip between the moon's surface and lunar orbit. The X PRIZE Foundation said that Paragon Labs was founded by Kevin Sagis, who has previously worked at Lockheed Martin supplying various NASA centers. The X PRIZE Foundation is the group which was behind the Ansari X PRIZE, which successfully challenged teams to create a suborbital launch vehicle. This year's event, the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, is also funded by the State of New Mexico and the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.
Gyroscopic space robot avoids negative reactions
18:10 07 August 2008 NewScientist.com news service Kurt Kleiner
MARTIAN CLAYS TELL STORY OF A WET PAST
Layers of clay-rich rock have been found in Mars' Mawrth Vallis, a potential landing site for future rovers. This work, published in the August 8 issue of Science, suggests that abundant water was once present on Mars and that hydrothermal activity may have occurred.
Pieces Coming Together for Next Space Shuttle Launch
By Tariq Malik Senior Editor posted: 7 August 2008 6:31 pm ET
Clays Shed Light on Water, Suggest Past Mars Microbes
By Andrea Thompson Senior Writer posted: 07 August 2008 02:00 pm ET
Space Company Hopes To Cut Cost Of Launches
by David Kestenbaum
Phoenix perchlorate kerfuffle
A. J. S. Rayl has an excellent article, with just the right balance of humor and fact, on the Phoenix perchlorate business here. I was waiting for her to post before I added any commentary about it. I'll just add a few other random facts that I got from the press briefing and from email and phone conversations afterward. (If you haven't checked out the recording of my Ustream presentation today, watching that might make the following discussion a bit clearer.)
Image of the day: I'm Ready for My Close-Up
The most detailed close-ups of the martian moon Phobos were taken by Mars Express during a flyby on July 23.
China Long March Booster Prepped for Third Piloted Flight
August 6th, 2008 Author Leonard David
NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 6 August 2008
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Source: NASA HQ - Comments
Google Lunar X PRIZE T-Shirt Design Competition!
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Source: X Prize Foundation - Comments
Perchlorate salts: a major find on Mars
The Phoenix wet chemistry laboratory. by Staff Writers Tucson (UPI) Aug 6, 2008
Mars Plus Water Plus Web Equals NASA Mess
Irene Klotz, Discovery News
New Gear to Boost Space Station Population
By Tariq Malik Senior Editor posted: August 6, 2008 7:00 am ET
NASA chief: ISS tests for super plasma space drive
Nuclear-powered Mars ships on drawing board
THE LATEST BUZZ FROM SPACE
Posted: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:05 PM by Alan Boyle
Eleventh International Mars Society Convention
Aerojet Emerging Space Exploration Space Systems Director Joe Cassady To Speak At 11th Annual International Mars Society Convention
