Members in attendance included Graham Mann, James Waldie, Adrian Brown, Andrew Wheeler, and Jonathan Clarke. Overseas members ofg the society were presented by Jennifer Heldmann from NASA Ames research centre Papers were given on MarsSkin, the Trinity Centre for Planetary and Space Science, Mars Oz, and Expedition two. A paper by Shannon Rupert and Edward Martinez on the biological results of Expedition two was also given on their behalf.

In addition to the oral presentations MSA had a large space in which to display several MarsSkins, a model of the Marsupial rover, and a range of posters and publications. The displays were well visited by the large number of university and high school students who attended the conference.

Other highlights of the conference included the several talks on the "Bees In Space" multi-school space science project. This major study is the brainchild of Professor Lachlan Thompson of RMIT, who is also its coordinator. The project will lead to the deployment of a small self sustaining and self pollinating greenhouse to Arkaroola. Similar greenhouses will also be sent to the Antarctic and eventually flown on the ISS and may pave the way to improve food production technologies of Martian and lunar settlements. MSA is a partner in this project.

MSA is already looking forward to having a presence at the next ASSC which will be held in Canberra in 2006.