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Red Colony
Twelfth International Mars Society Convention
University of Maryland, College Park
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NEW! Purchase your own print of the convention poster by Michael Carroll! |
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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS:
| Dr. Jim Garvin (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Sciences and Exploration Directorate Chief Scientist) |  |
| Dr. John Mather (NASA Senior Astrophysicist; Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope; Nobel Prize winner) |  |
| Dr. Steve Squyres (Cornell; Principal Investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers) |  |
| Don Hassler (Principal Investigator, Radiation Assessment Detector on the Mars Science Laboratory) |  |
| George Butler (Director - Roving Mars; Pumping Iron; Shackleton) |  |
| Dr. Chris McKay (NASA Astrobiologist) |  |
| * Dr. John Grunsfeld (NASA Astronaut) |  |
| Miles O'Brien (Formerly of CNN) |  |
| Michael Carroll (artist/author) |  |
| Andrew Chaikin (historian/author) |  |
| * Dr. Carolyn Porco (Cassini imaging team) |  |
| Dr. Roger Launius (Chief Space Curator, Smithsonian Institute) | |
| Dr. Mario Livio (Space Telescope Science Institute) | |
| Bertram Ulrich (Curator, NASA Art) | |
| Dr. Lou Friedman (The Planetary Society) | |
| Dr. Larry Young (MIT) | |
| Joe Cassady (Aerojet) | |
| Dr. Robert Zubrin (President, The Mars Society) | |
* Not yet confirmed
Programs
In addition to updates on current the Phoenix Mars Lander, Spirit, Opportunity, Mars Express, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter missions now exploring the Red Planet as well as Mars Society programs, we will also be featuring some special programming. All are guaranteed to be informative and exciting!
| Exploration: An Historical Perspective We will examine the history of exploration on Earth and discuss how historical lessons might be able to be applied to space exploration. |
The Second Great Mars Blitz! We will be sending over 100 conference participants to Capitol Hill to talk to Congressional offices about why they should support human missions to Mars. |
| The Art of Space We will have panel of artists discuss the importance of he arts to promote and document space exploration. |
Media and Space Panel discussion on the role of media in space exploration. |
| NASA Goddard Tour A tour of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, which is near to our conference site, will be held on July 29 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. There will be a $10 fee to cover transportation costs to the Mars Society. |
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Twelfth International Mars Society Convention
Brookhaven National Laboratory Publication Features FMARS
