[meteorite-list] NASA Invites Media to Asteroid Initiative Industry and Partner Day

[Ron Baalke]

June 14, 2013

Allard Beutel/Sarah Ramsey 
Headquarters, Washington                                    
202-358-1600/1694 
allard.beutel at nasa.gov / sarah.ramsey at nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-096

NASA INVITES MEDIA TO ASTEROID INITIATIVE INDUSTRY AND PARTNER DAY

WASHINGTON -- Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and other senior NASA 
officials will discuss the progress being made on NASA's mission to 
capture, redirect, and explore an asteroid June 18. 

They also will outline engagement opportunities for industry, 
international partners and the general public at the event, which 
will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EDT in the James Webb 
Auditorium of NASA Headquarters at 300 E St. SW in Washington. 

Media representatives are invited to attend. Garver and Associate 
Administrator Robert Lightfoot will be available to answer reporters' 
questions immediately after the meeting. 

In addition to Garver and Lightfoot, mission directorate associate 
administrators William Gerstenmaier, John Grunsfeld, and Michael 
Gazarik will give an overview of the work being done on NASA's 
asteroid mission. Jason Kessler, representing the agency's chief 
technologist, will talk about how NASA plans to increase partnerships 
and citizen science participation in NASA's effort to find and plan 
for all asteroid threats. 

The event will be webcast live at: 

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-hq 

For more information about NASA's asteroid initiative, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/asteroidinitiative 
	
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