[meteorite-list] NASA Discusses Mars 2020 Plans in July 9 Teleconference

[Ron Baalke]

July 8, 2013

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

MEDIA ADVISORY M13-107

NASA Discusses Mars 2020 Plans in July 9 Teleconference

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday,  
July 9 to provide details about a report that will help define science  
objectives for the agency's next Mars rover.

The report, prepared by the Mars 2020 Science Definition Team (SDT) NASA  
appointed in January, is an early, crucial step in developing the mission and  
the rover's prime science objectives.

The teleconference participants are:

-- John Grunsfeld, NASA's associate administrator for science, Washington

-- Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters,  
Washington

-- Jack Mustard, SDT chair and professor of geological sciences, Brown  
University, Providence. R.I.

-- Lindy Elkins-Tanton, SDT member and director of the Carnegie Institution  
for Science's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington

News media representatives may request dial-in information by sending their  
name, affiliation and telephone number to dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov by 2:30  
p.m. July 9.

The Mars 2020 Science Definition Team report will be posted an hour before  
the teleconference at:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/m2020/ 

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

Graphics for the teleconference will be posted online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/mars/telecon20130709 

The teleconference and graphics will be streamed on the Web at:

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2


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