THE MARS SOCIETY - THIS WEEK IN SAN DIEGO

Monday-Friday, July 7-11, 2008

The San Diego Air & Space Museum's Aerosummer SUMMER CAMPS 2008 in Balboa Park presents DESTINATION MARS for Grades 3-4 from 9:00am to Noon.

Come explore Mars with us! Learn the history of our fascination with the Red Planet, learn how to drive a rover on Mars, search for life, and build and launch an aquarocket.

  http://www.aerospacemuseum.org/education/aerosummer.html

TMS-SD members will be on-hand for multimedia presentations: "A Close Look at Mars" on Monday, and "Invasion from Earth: The Robotic Exploration of Mars" on Wednesday. We'll bring our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.

  http://chapters.marssociety.org/sandiego/rover.html
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Wednesday-Thursday, July 9-10, 2008

The International Mars Sample Return Conference will be held at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France auditorium in Paris, France. An International Conference co-hosted by ESA and CNES in cooperation with NASA and the International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG).

  http://www.congrex.nl/08a16/

No TMS-SD participation is planned for this event.
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Friday, July 11, 2008

The REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING of TMS-SD will be our annual Summer Barbecue Event to be hosted by Jesse Clark beginning at 7:00pm. This will be a potluck event -- bring a dish and drinks to share. Open to the public!

  http://chapters.marssociety.org/SanDiego/Images/ChezJesse.jpg
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

The "San Diego Air & Space Museum's Family Day" offers building activities, take-home projects, and hands on learning about favorite topics for adults and kids to explore together -- fun for the whole family!

  http://www.aerospacemuseum.org/education/familyday.html

No TMS-SD participation is planned for this event.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

The San Diego Space Society holds their monthly meeting starting at 3:00pm to 5:00pm at the Serra Mesa-Kearney Mesa Branch Library.

  http://sandiegospace.org/

TMS-SD member Gerry Williams will show a multimedia presentation update on the six active spacecraft at Mars, including the Phoenix Lander.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2005

TMS-SD members, along with the San Diego Mars Rovers, will provide a 2-hour Mars Exploration lecture and outreach at the Santa Sophia Academy in Spring Valley beginning at 8:30am.

  http://www.santasophia.org/

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For more information regarding The Mars Society - San Diego, please visit our website at:

   http://MarsSanDiego.org


And if you're interested in keeping up with all the latest Mars news as well as reports on human and space flight progress, please subscribe to TMS-SD's News and Message Board at:

   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarsSocietySanDiego/

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