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[mars loon]

September 13, 2005:

Celebrate 600 Sols and get together if you're in the neighborhood by traveling to Princeton NJ for a lecture I have arranged by the RAT designer, Dr Stephen Gorevan, on Sep 13, 2005 at 8 PM.

All Forum Members and Friends are cordially invited to Stephen's lecture which is sponsored by The Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton (NJ) at its monthly meeting. This free lecture is on the campus of Princeton University, in the lecture theatre of Peyton Hall on Ivy Lane.

For more info please check this topic :

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=1380

and this website:

http://www.princetonastronomy.org/

Stephen's outstanding mission contributions are highlighted in Steve Squyres new book:

"Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of the Red Planet"

All forum members and friends are welcome to attend.

thanks,

Ken

Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton (AAAP)
Program Chair
mailto:ken@princetonastronomy.org



PS: I'll be presenting a Mars rover lecture/display at the Franklin Institute Science Museum (Philadelphia, PA, USA) on Sat Oct 1 for their Astronomy Day event. My display will include some of the beautiful panoramas created by the extremely talanted forum members (with credit).

please check this website in a week or so after details are posted:
http://www.fi.edu/

[CosmicRocker]

Thanks for the interesting report. Did he mention how many spare bits MSL would carry, and how deeply it would sample/core?

[Airbag]

You are welcome!

He did not mention how many bits, but his slides showed an "enhanced performance to that of the RAT and the [Mars Sample Return] Mini-Corer". The latter was to have samples 2.5cm in length and 0.8cm diameter.

He had to run to catch a train so there was not much time for questions at the end of his talk, unfortunately. It thought it was very generous of Dr. Gorevan to do his presentation is his own evening time though, and the audience seemed to appreciate his talk very much.

Airbag

[mars loon]

[QUOTE]He did not mention how many bits, but his slides showed an "enhanced performance to that of the RAT and the [Mars Sample Return] Mini-Corer". The latter was to have samples 2.5cm in length and 0.8cm diameter.

It thought it was very generous of Dr. Gorevan to do his presentation in his own evening time though, and the audience seemed to appreciate his talk very much.

Airbag

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Thank you Airbag for the nice comments and that well written report and the pictures from the outstanding and informative lecture by Steve Gorevan. Glad that you enjoyed the lecture and glad I posted it. I hope more forum members may be able to attend future AAAP astronomy meetings in Princeton.

Steve very generously loaned me his scale model RAT to show at my upcoming Mars rover lecture/display at the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia on Oct 1 as part of "World Space Day", which will also include a few panoramas, etc from several of the very talented forum members
http://www.fi.edu/

ken