From: bweimann@exit109.com
Subject: Re: Press Briefing on 1996 Mars Missions Set for October 16
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 17:25:44 -0400 (EDT)
Errors-to: mail-mgr@quest.arc.nasa.gov Dear Jan, or anyone else who might know the answer to my question, Will there be a rebroadcast of the NASA press conference?? I am very upset. I began taping the NASA press conference re: the Mars missions today, but then had to leave my room when the next teacher came in. I turned down the volume (all the way down) on the tv so it wouldn't bother the incoming class/teacher, and just left it quietly taping the news conference. I mentioned to him that I was hoping I would be taping the sound even though I had turned it down on the tv because it was an important program on the Mars missions which I was taping for my class, and it was important that I didn't miss anything. I left the room hoping it would record ok. When I returned 45 mins later, I was shocked to see that the teacher had turned off the tv, AND the vcr after my departure, so I lost 45 mins of the program. QUESTION: Does anyone know if NASA will run a repeat of this press conference?? OR Is CNN going to broadcast it. CNN did broadcast the last big press conference re: the rock. I would love to get a recording of the whole conference. I came back into my room and turned the tv back on as Matt Golembeck was speaking, but I missed the beginning of his talk (got the end). If I can get the time of a NASA repeat, I can ask our AVA man to tape it for me. He can NOT tape things on the spur of the moment or without advance notification. I tried to get him to do that today and he couldn't. Thanks in advance for any schedule info. Barb in NJ At 04:22 PM 10/15/96 -0500, you wrote: >Errors-to: mail-mgr@quest.arc.nasa.gov >Dear discuss-lfm members, > >For anyone who missed this announcement, tomorrow is >the NASA Press Briefing on the 1996 Mars Missions! > >Jan Wee, Co-Moderator and Education Outreach > Coordinator for Passport to Knowledge > >***************************************************** > > >Douglas Isbell >Headquarters, Washington, DC October 10, 1996 >(Phone: 202/358-1547) > >Diane Ainsworth >Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA >(Phone: 818/354-5011) > >RELEASE: 96-205 > >PRESS BRIEFING ON 1996 MARS MISSIONS SET FOR OCTOBER 16 > > NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and a panel of >senior space scientists and engineers will discuss NASA's >plans for the robotic exploration of Mars and, specifically, >the two U.S. missions set for launch to the planet this fall, >during a press briefing on Wednesday, October 16, at NASA >Headquarters, Washington, DC. > > Administrator Goldin is scheduled to open the briefing >at 11:30 a.m. EST with remarks on NASA's vision for Mars >exploration. Dr. Wesley Huntress, NASA Associate >Administrator for Space Science, will speak at 1 p.m. on the >goals of the space agency's long-term Mars Surveyor Program >and on NASA's cooperation with Russia in the Mars '96 >mission. Dr. Michael Carr of the U.S. Geological Survey then >will discuss the state of scientific knowledge about Mars, >and what major questions the upcoming missions will help answer. > > This will be followed by a panel of speakers focused on >detailed discussions of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) >orbiter and Mars Pathfinder lander missions, featuring: > >- Glenn Cunningham, MGS project manager >- Dr. Arden Albee, MGS project scientist >- Anthony Spear, Mars Pathfinder project manager >- Dr. Matthew Golombek, Mars Pathfinder project scientist. > > MGS is due for launch on November 6 and Mars Pathfinder >is due for launch on December 2, both on Delta II launch >vehicles, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, FL. An on-time >launch of Mars Pathfinder would result in its landing in the >Ares Vallis region of Mars on July 4, 1997. MGS arrives in >orbit around Mars in September 1997 and after several months >of aerobraking in the upper atmosphere of Mars, will begin >its primary mapping mission in March 1998. > > The press briefing will be broadcast on NASA TV, with >interactive question-and-answer capability at participating >NASA centers. In addition, the NASA TV Video File on that >day will be dedicated to Mars, barring any breaking news events. > > NASA Television is located at Spacenet 2, Transponder 5, >Channel 9, C-Band, located at 69 degrees West longitude, with >horizontal polarization. Frequency will be on 3880.0 >megahertz, with audio on 6.8 megahertz. > > Further information on NASA's plans for robotic Mars >exploration can be accessed on the Internet at the following URL: > > http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mars/ > > -end- > > >