[meteorite-list] NASA'S John Grunsfeld Speaks With Media About New Mars Mission

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 14:14:50 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201212042214.qB4MEola026373_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Dec. 04, 2012

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov


MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-234

NASA'S JOHN GRUNSFELD SPEAKS WITH MEDIA ABOUT NEW MARS MISSION

WASHINGTON -- NASA's associate administrator for science, astronaut
John Grunsfeld, today announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars
program, including a new robotic science rover to launch in 2020.
Grunsfeld will host a media briefing on these plans at 7 p.m. EST (4
p.m. PST) today at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical
Union meeting in San Francisco.

The briefing will be held in the Moscone Convention Center West, 747
Howard St., Room 3000. Reporters attending must be registered as
press for the meeting.

The briefing will be streamed live online and reporters will be able
to ask questions via an online chat. Instructions are available from
the meeting website at:

http://go.nasa.gov/QEQeAU

Media also may e-mail questions in advance of or during the briefing.
Send e-mails with name and media affiliation to Steve Cole at

stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov.

The briefing will also be broadcast via UStream at:

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

For information about NASA Mars activities, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/mars
        
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Received on Tue 04 Dec 2012 05:14:50 PM PST