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[Guest_AlexBlackwell_*]

Workshop on Martian Sulfates as Recorders of Atmospheric-Fluid-Rock Interactions
October 22–24, 2006
Houston, Texas

First Announcement

As an aside, has anyone ever wondered about the proliferation of these planetary sciences-related conferences? Don't get me wrong, I think they're great. However, they seem to crop up like mushrooms; in fact, more frequently than, say, "NASA advisory committees."

So, what's next? A "Workshop on Martian Sulfates as Recorders of Atmospheric-Fluid-Rock Interactions for Left-Handed People Born After 1968 Who Happen to Reside East of the Mississippi River"?

[Guest_BruceMoomaw_*]

Oh, come on, Alex, that would be unscientific. What we're really going to see is "Workshop on Martian Sulfates as Recorders of Atmospheric-Fluid-Rock Interactions on the Northeast Upper Slope of Lowell Crater During the Last Quarter of the Hesperian Era". THAT'S the sort of thing that would bring in NASA money.

[Bill Harris]

Don't knock sulfates... they kept a lot of prokaryotes running before there was enough oxygen to run the eukaryotes.

--Bill

[Guest_AlexBlackwell_*]

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned but the final program and abstracts have been posted.