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Posted by: AlexBlackwell Mar 21 2006, 10:00 PM

http://www.geo.su.se/Lockne2006
June 8-14, 2006
Östersund, Sweden

Posted by: dvandorn Mar 24 2006, 04:13 AM

Great! This is a good discipline that needs a little more establishing, I think. Since impact processes seem to have dominated crustal development on *every* rocky or icy body (at some point in its lifetime, anyway), this is a discipline that's truly required if we're to understand planets very well.

-the other Doug -- Senior Member

Posted by: The Messenger Mar 24 2006, 06:25 AM

Can we send Emily? I would like a good play-by=play, but I would not want to sit through the meetings

Posted by: ljk4-1 Mar 29 2006, 05:44 PM

Jonas Dino
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. March 28, 2006
Phone: (650) 207-3280/604-9000
E-mail: jonas.dino@nasa.gov

RELEASE: 06-18AR

THE MOON GETS SPOTLIGHT AT ASTROBIOLOGY CONFERENCE

WHO: The moon, our constant companion, has once again become a focus of the scientific community as NASA prepares to fulfill the Vision for Space Exploration. Scientists at the NASA Astrobiology Science Conference will discuss the moon's role in shaping life on Earth and what secrets it can tell us about the formation of the solar system. The session will also discuss the future of lunar exploration missions. The NASA Astrobiology Science Conference is being held in Washington, March 26 through 30.

Panelists:

o Norm Sleep - Moon as Biological Tape Recorder
o Paul G. Lucey - The Science of the Lunar Polar Volatile Deposits
o James B. Garvin - The Moon as a Natural Laboratory for Cosmic Collisions in Astrobiology
o Lynn Rothschild - The Role of the Moon in Shaping Life on Earth
o G. Scott Hubbard- Exploration Science at the Moon: Links to Understanding Life in the Universe
o Bernard H. Foing - International Lunar Missions: Results and Implications for Astrobiology

WHEN: The session will be held on Wednesday, March 29, at 3 p.m. to 5:40 p.m. EST.

WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.

Session location: Reagan Amphitheater

For more information about the NASA Astrobiology Science Conference, visit

http://abscicon2006.arc.nasa.gov/

Posted by: AlexBlackwell Mar 29 2006, 06:21 PM

ljk4-1, perhaps your post would be more appropriate in the http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=2242 thread?

Posted by: ljk4-1 Mar 29 2006, 07:49 PM

QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Mar 29 2006, 01:21 PM)