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Addendum * Elaine Walker won't be performing after all. * There's a searchable campus map at <http://www.stanford.edu/home/map/search_map.html>. on 8/12/01 2:28 PM, Eli Goldberg at eli@prometheus-music.com wrote: > The Mars Society's annual conference is being held at Stanford this > year. > > One conference event of interest to members of this list will be the > Wednesday night music programming, organized by Bill Weitze with a bit of > help from Alan Thiesen. > > On Wednesday August 22nd from 8:00-11:00 PM, Kathy Mar, Joey Shoji, and > Elaine Walker will be performing songs of interest to space enthusiasts. The > concert be outside Tresidder Union at Stanford University. (like, literally > outside. Dress accordingly.) > > The public at large is freely invited (no convention membership > required) both to this event, and the Thursday night panel. > > And, yes, the it really is the 22nd --- it's the early registration > night before the conference starts. > > A map of the Stanford campus is at > <http://www.stanford.edu/gifs/campus.1620-63-4.gif>. > > Directions for mass transit and private motorcar users are at > <http://www.stanford.edu/home/visitors/directions.html>. > > > Later, > > Eli > > > --- > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > MARS SOCIETY HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION > > Scientists and enthusiasts from all walks of life gather to discuss the > human exploration and settlement of Mars. > > Stanford, CA -- The Mars Society is hosting its Fourth International > Convention here, August 23rd through the 26th, to provide a forum for > promoting and discussing the technology, science, and social implications of > Mars exploration and settlement. > > The Mars Society is an international grassroots organization created to > further the goal of the exploration of the planet Mars. With 100% private > funding, the Society has developed a research facility in the Canadian > Arctic, called the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station, which is as near > to a "Mars-on-Earth" environment as possible. This station, soon to be > joined by a new facility being built in the American Southwest, serves as a > test-bed for technologies and practices that will be needed for pioneering > the Red Planet. > > Kids age 8 and up are invited to join Space Camp and the Mars Society's free > interactive Mars workshop, to be held on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. > Come learn more about our neighboring Red Planet with Space Camp, one of the > Nation's leaders in space education for kids. Create your own Mars Rover, > design and act out a mission to Mars, operate a remote controlled Mars > Rover, and more. Come early to receive a special Mars gift! > > "How can an ecosystem built on Mars save the Earth?" The answer to this > question and more, will be discussed by a panel that includes award-winning > science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson, NASA scientist Chris McKay, and > others. The panel discussion is free and open to the public, and will be > presented Thursday evening from 8 to 10 p.m. > > Visit the Mars Society web site at http://www.marssociety.org for more > information about the upcoming convention, plus a wealth of other > information and on-line resources. Find out why Mars is the place to be in > space! > > > >