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Mars Society Represented at President’s Moon/Mars Commission
Monica Ice
Mars Society Ohio Chapter
March 7, 2004

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www.marssociety.org.

Last week, the Mars Society was represented at the second public
hearing of the President’s Commission on Moon, Mars, and Beyond.
Present were Ohio Chapter members Lyle Kelly, Monica Ice, and Craig
Jarratt. The hearing was held in the Missile Silo in the Air Force
Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio. The
Commission is holding a series of public hearings to collect
information for a 120 day report with recommendations for the
implementation of the President’s space policy. The hearing started
at 1pm Wednesday 3 March and concluded at 4:30pm Thursday. Witnesses
to the Commission were previously invited and public comments were
not heard except by a lottery drawing at the close of the second day.

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Posted on March 9th, 2004 under Space Policy. Comments Off

Zubrin, O’Keefe, Beckwith to Debate Hubble on CNN Tonight
March 9, 2004
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www.marssociety.org.

Mars Society President Dr. Robert Zubrin, Space Telescope Science
Institute Director Dr. Steve Beckwith, and NASA Administrator Mr. Sean
O’Keefe will discuss the Hubble Space Telescope on CNN tonight. At
issue is Mr. O’Keefe’s controversial decision to desert the
space telescope. Both Dr. Zubrin and Dr. Beckwith oppose Hubble abandonment.

The show will air twice, first within the Anderson Cooper newshour
beginning at 7 PM EST, and then again during the Aaron Brown newshour
which starts at 10 PM EST.

Since there doesn’t appear to be any streaming video of this, I’ll have to wait for others who have cable to tell me how it went.

Posted on March 9th, 2004 under Mars Society. Comments: 5