[meteorite-list] NASA Hosts Lunar and Martian Exploration Workshop

[Ron Baalke]

01.28.05

Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321/867-2468 

RELEASE: 10-05

NASA HOSTS LUNAR AND MARTIAN EXPLORATION WORKSHOP

NASA's future exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond will involve 
utilizing natural resources at the many destinations. To gain a 
better understanding of the properties and behaviors of lunar and 
martian environments, NASA's Kennedy Space Center is hosting the 
"Granular Materials in Lunar and Martian Exploration" workshop Feb. 2 
and 3 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. 

Presenters are available to meet with the news media at 5 p.m. Feb. 2. 
Media may also arrange to attend individual workshop sessions. 

Scientists, engineers, researchers and mission managers from 
throughout the nation will join together to identify key challenges 
and the research and technologies needed to further the Vision for 
Space Exploration. 

Returning the Space Shuttle to flight, and completing the 
International Space Station, are the first steps in the Vision for 
Space Exploration, an affordable, stepping-stone strategy toward new 
exploration goals. Using the Station to study human endurance in 
space and to test new technologies and techniques, NASA will prepare 
for the longer journeys to the Moon, Mars and beyond. 

Media interested in participating should contact Tracy Young at 
321/867-2468 or by e-mail at Tracy.G.Young at nasa.gov by Feb. 1. 

For more information about the workshop on the Internet, visit: 


http://weboflife.nasa.gov/regolith.htm  For more information about 
NASA and Agency programs on the Internet, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov  

	
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