Subject: NASA Press Conference Tomorrow To Discuss New Images Suggesting Liquid Water On Mars
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:42:46 -0000 (GMT)
From: Dean Calahan |
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Hi everyone. JUST in case you haven't seen this, there will be a press
conference tomorrow.
> NASA will hold a press conference tomorrow, Thursday, June
> 22, at 11 a.m. EDT, to discuss the recent discovery of evidence of
> liquid water on Mars using NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft
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> Below is forwarded message about the NASA conference tomorrow. Don't
forget
> to watch it!
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> Vesna
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> Donald Savage
> Headquarters, Washington, DC June 21, 2000
> (Phone: 202/358-1727)
>
> Mary Hardin
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
> (Phone: 818/354-0344)
>
> NOTE TO EDITORS: N00-26
>
> NASA PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW TO DISCUSS NEW IMAGES
> SUGGESTING PRESENT-DAY SOURCES OF LIQUID WATER ON MARS
>
> NASA will hold a press conference tomorrow, Thursday, June
> 22, at 11 a.m. EDT, to discuss the recent discovery of evidence of
> liquid water on Mars using NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft,
> with a paper to be published in the June 30 issue of Science
> magazine. Because some press reports over the past two days on
> the subject have been incorrect in significant areas, NASA has
> arranged to hold the press conference earlier than originally
> planned so that the Principal Investigators, Drs. Michael Malin
> and Ken Edgett, can discuss their findings in person. Also,
> Science Magazine will release the paper at 10 a.m. EDT tomorrow in
> advance of the press conference. The briefing will be held at the
> James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St., SW,
> Washington, DC.
>
> Panelists will be:
>
> * Dr. Ed Weiler, Associate Administrator, Office of Space
> Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
>
> * Dr. Michael Malin, principal investigator for the Mars
> Orbiter Camera on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft,
> Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS), San Diego, CA
>
> * Dr. Ken Edgett, staff scientist at MSSS and co-author of the
> paper in Science
>
> * Dr. Mike Carr, Planetary Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey,
> Menlo Park, CA
>
> * Dr. Bruce Jakosky, Director, Center for Astrobiology,
> University of Colorado, Boulder
>
> * Dr. Jim Garvin, Mars Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters,
> Washington, DC
>
> NASA Television is broadcast on GE-2, transponder 9C located
> at 85 degrees West longitude, with vertical polarization.
> Frequency is on 3880.0 MHz, with audio on 6.8 MHz.
>
> Reporters also can listen to the press conference by calling:
> 321/867-1220, 321/867-1240, 321/867-1260, 321/867-7135,
> 321/867-4920, 321/867-4003.
>
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