The full program and details of speakers for AMEC2008 have been released, and can be seen on the AMEC homepage. The exciting weekend of events begin with a public lecture by Professor Russell Boyce titled ‘Australian Hypersonic Research and the Road to Mars’ at 7.30pm next Friday evening, followed by drinks at the Federal Bar and Café at the Mercure Grosvenor Hotel.
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The Spaceward Bound Australia One Expedition (SBA1) departed Adelaide this morning for a week long journey through the South Australian outback. Participants include international guests Dr Liza Coe of NASA, and Artemis Westenberg, President of the Mars Society Netherlands and Director of the Mars Society (US). The expedition follows the successful conclusion of the 8th Australian Mars Exloration Conference at the University of South Australia over the weekend.
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The Victorian branch recently held its first meeting for this winter at Southbank on 25th June. Those present included former MSA President Guy Murphy, who has just returned to Melbourne after living in the UK for several years. The pizza was great! All Victorian members are invited to the next gathering – keep checking your inbox for further details.
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The Spaceward Bound Australia 2008 expedition has been successfully completed. Thirteen people from the US, Europe, and Australia took part in this preliminary trip examining sites and facilities for next year’s full Spaceward bound expedition for Australian and US teachers and researchers. Notable participatnts included Dr Liza Coe, Deputy Chief of NASA Ames Education Division, and Artemis Westenburg, Director of International relations of the International Mare society Steering Committee.
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The Association of Mars Explorers, the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology invite you to visit the beautiful volcanic vistas of northwestern New Mexico, USA. This trip consists of 2 days of intensive investigation of all aspects of lavatubes on Earth with reference to their analogous relationships to the Moon and Mars, with in their presence & geology, detection methods, astrobiological significance and potential human utilization.
Join Dr Jason Held of Saber Astronautics in Canberra on Tuesday 16th September for a technical seminar and learn about the how a ‘systems of systems’ approach can be applied to measuring the performance of lunar and Mars base designs. Dr Held will share the results of a recent space base design workshop and discuss how scenarios such as space weather events, power outages, structural breeches and life support system failures impact upon the design of bases for planetary exploration. FREE PIZZA will be provided prior to the seminar.
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The Mars Society Australia and the NASA based Spaceward Bound (SB) project is seeking expressions of interest from school teachers and scientists to take part in another expedition in 2009. This expedition will be an invaluable opportunity for Australia’s school teachers to work with NASA and MSA scientists in the field, learning how to bring new teaching methods on Space Science to their students.
Find out more about the expedition and how to apply here.
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Fascinated by the latest images from Mars? Curious about how impact craters have shaped the Moon? Want to know how the rocky bodies in the Solar System formed? Always wanted to see a meteorite up close? Join Dr. Jonathan Clarke for a FREE introductory course on planetary geology on 18 November that will cover the different processes that resulted in the formation and current state of the Moon, Mars and other rocky bodies in our Solar System.
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MSA would like to congratulate and welcome the 5 Australian educators who have been selected and have accepted to participate in Spaceward Bound Australia 2009. After receiving a large range of submissions from very highly qualified, experienced and motivated teachers from all over Australia late last year, and a lengthy review process, the successful teacher candidates were recently informed about their selection.
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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.
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