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Updated: 13 June, 2010.
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AMEC2010 Program Available - Register Now!
4th July, 2010
The program for the 10th Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC2010) is now available on the AMEC homepage. With only five days until the conference, we warmly invite any researchers or members of the general public to join us for a stimulating weekend of presentations. The conference will include a free public lecture on Friday evening by Dr Jennifer Heldmann and Dr Adrian Brown of NASA Ames Research Centre, then a two-day program of presentations over Saturday and Sunday, including a tour of the VSSEC Mars Chamber (shown above left) and a conference banquet on Saturday night at Young and Jackson's Hotel.
MSA AGM to be held at VSSEC
3rd July, 2010
Members are advised that the Annual General Meeting of the Mars Society Australia, Inc. will be held at the start of AMEC on Friday 9th July between 5.00pm and 6pm at VSSEC before the evening's public lectures. All financial members welcome, and non-financial ones if they join/re-join at the door.
AMEC2010 to Open With
Free Public Lecture
26th June, 2010
Members of the public and the research community are invited to attend the tenth Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC2010), which is being
held from 9-11 July at the Victorian Space Science Education Centre (VSSEC), Strathmore
Secondary College, Melbourne.
The curtain-raiser for AMEC2010: Living and Working on the Martian Frontier is a free public lecture delivered by NASA scientists Dr Jennifer Heldmann and Dr Adrian Brown at VSSEC at 6.30pm, Friday 9 July. Drs Brown and Heldmann, from NASA’s Ames Research
Centre, contributed to recent water-seeking missions on the Moon and on Mars.
Spaceward Bound 2010 Mojave Report Now Available
20th June, 2010
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Opportunities for teachers to participate in authentic scientific discovery are few and far between. Mars Society Australia with strong links with the NASA Spaceward Bound Project advertised and selected three science educators from Australia to work with world-renowned planetary scientists in the Mojave Desert in late March 2010.
The Spaceward Bound project provides vital opportunities for teachers to participate in the exploration of scientifically interesting activities, in remote and extreme environments on Earth, as analogs for human exploration of the Moon and Mars.
New Australian Mars Book
12th June, 2010
Guy Murphy, MSA director and former president and vice president, has a new book coming out shortly - Mars: A Survival Guide. It is being published by the ABC and Harper-Collins and there will be book signings and related events at AMEC2010 in July. The publication is a general introduction to living on Mars. You can read more and order your copy here.
