[meteorite-list] NASA Hosts Teleconference on Status of Mars Program Options

[Ron Baalke]

Sept. 24, 2012

Dwayne Brown 
Headquarters, Washington            
202-358-1726 
dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-190

NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ON STATUS OF MARS PROGRAM OPTIONS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference 3 p.m. EDT 
Tuesday, Sept. 25, to provide details of a summary report provided by 
the Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG). 

The MPPG was established to aid with planning for the agency's future 
Mars Program within available future budgets. 

The teleconference participants are: 
-- John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator for NASA's 
Science Mission Directorate, Washington 
-- Orlando Figueroa, MPPG team lead 

Media representatives can request dial-in information by sending their 
name, affiliation and phone number to stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov by 2:30 
p.m. Sept. 25. 

The summary report will be posted an hour before the teleconference on 
NASA's MPPG webpage, at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/marsplanning/home/index.html 

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio 

For information about NASA's Mars Program, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/mars 
	
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