[meteorite-list] Mars Focus of Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:49 2004
Message-ID: <200403132026.MAA27193_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

March 12, 2004

William Jeffs
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

Mary Cloud
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston
(Phone: 281/486-2143)

NOTE TO EDITORS: #J04-020

MARS FOCUS OF LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE

With robotic missions to Mars and recently announced plans to send humans
back to the Moon and to Mars stirring special excitement, hundreds of
leading scientists from around the world will meet in Houston next week for
the 35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.

The conference will be held March 15-19 at the South Shore Harbour Resort &
Conference Center in League City, Texas.

"This annual conference began during the Apollo moon landings as a method of
disseminating the information gained from those and other planetary
missions," said conference co-chair Eileen Stansbery, assistant director,
Office of Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science at Johnson Space
Center. "The events that have unfolded in the last few months, the recently
announced goals by the President for human exploration of the solar system,
the Stardust flyby of comet Wild 2 and the amazing findings on Mars by the
two rovers, make this year's conference especially timely."

A preliminary program and abstracts are available on the Web at:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2004/pdf/program.pdf

More information about conference events and registration forms can be found
on the Web at:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2004/lpsc2004.3rd.html

The 2004 conference is sponsored by NASA, Johnson Space Center and the Lunar
and Planetary Institute.

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Received on Sat 13 Mar 2004 03:26:17 PM PST


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