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January 11, 2012

Dr Chris McKay to Open AMEC2009 Tonight with Free Public Lecture

One of the world’s leading planetary scientists Dr Chris McKay of NASA Ames will open this year’s Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC2009) tonight (Friday 17th July) with a free public lecture.

One of the world’s leading planetary scientists Dr Chris McKay of NASA Ames will open this year’s Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC2009) tonight (Friday 17th July) with a free public lecture. Titled ‘Results of the Phoenix Mission to Mars and Analog sites on Earth’, he will report on the findings of NASA’s recent Phoenix Mission. The talk will commence at 7.30pm at the Centenary Building, Level 3 – Room 16 (C3-16), University of South Australia, City East Campus, (Corner North Terrace and Frome Roads, Adelaide. (Download a pdf map).

AMEC registration will be possible on the morning of Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th if you have not had time to book ahead. Read more here.