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July 2009

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University Rover Challenge

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Political Action
Taskforce



to find blue hope
just scratch
the red surface

-- Bettina Davis
May 2002


OTHER LINKS

SUGGESTED READING

THE MARS
MOVIE GUIDE


Paper Model Kit of FMARS/MDRS Habitat by Mike Hungerford

Archimedes
Mars Balloon

Astrocamp

Bad Astronomy

Ray Bradbury Online
-author-

California Space Authority (CSA)

CalSpace-California Space Institute

China National Space Administration (CNSA)

Chronicling Mars: The 2008 Eaton Conference

Comic-Con International Convention

ConDor Sci-Fi Convention

Conjecture Sci-Fi Convention


DART
San Diego's
Model Rocketry Club

ESA - Mars Express
-Mars Orbiter-

ExploreMars.org

Explore Mars Now

Geology of Mars

Google's Mars Map

HiRISE/MRO
-Mars Orbiter-

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

- JPL -
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Killer Pizza
From Mars

Korolev RSC Energia - Martian Mission

Lego Mars Exploration Rover

Maestro Headquarters
-MER Software-

Malin Space Science Systems
- Mars Orbital Cameras -

Astronomer
Dennis Mammana

Mars Daily

Mars Direct-Manned Mars Mission

MarsDrive Consortium

Mars Homestead Project

MarsNews.com

MarsToday.com

NASA Human Exploration of Mars

NASA Centennial Challenges Program

NASA/JPL MARS EXPLORATION

NASA/JPL -
Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) Orbiter


NASA/JPL -
Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)

"Spirit" & "Opportunity"

NASA/JPL -
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

NASA/JPL -
Mars Science Laboratory
"Curiosity"

NASA/JPL -
Phoenix Mars Mission-


National Space Society

Organization for the Advancement of Space Industrialization and Settlement - OASIS

Palomar Observatory

The Planetary Society

Project ASTRO
San Diego

Radio Free Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson
-author-

Red Colony.com

Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA)

Sally Ride
Science Festivals


San Diego Air & Space Museum


San Diego Astronomy Association

San Diego
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Meetup Group


San Diego Science Festival


San Diego
Space Society

San Diego
Vintage Sci-Fi

Film Group

SpaceShipOne

SpaceShipTwo

SETI@HOME - Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

SoCal
Science Cafe

Space.com

Space Daily

SpaceDev

Spacefest

Space Frontier Foundation

SpaceRef

Students For The Exploration and Development of Space - SEDS


THEMIS
Thermal Emmission
Imaging System
MARS 2001 ODYSSEY

-Daily Mars Orbital Photos-

"To Touch The Stars" Music CD

Univelt Inc.
AAA Publishers

Unreal Science
& Math

X Prize Foundation

Yuri's Night
World Space Party


THE MARS SOCIETY - SAN DIEGO
(TMS-SD) CHAPTER

"The Earth is the Cradle of Mankind,
but one does not live in the cradle forever."

-- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, 1895


CALENDAR / UPCOMING EVENTS: 2010 and Beyond

Due to greatly overlapping interests and resources,
THE MARS SOCIETY - SAN DIEGO has merged with
the SAN DIEGO SPACE SOCIETY.

Please visit the SAN DIEGO SPACE SOCIETY website
for the combined Calendar/Upcoming Events for 2010.

Our monthly Mars Movie Nights schedule can be found
at the MarsMovieGuide.com website.




HISTORY & NEWS: 2009

- DECEMBER 2009 -


Saturday
December 26. 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continued its 9th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of a NASA Spaceward Bound student Crew #86 for a one week rotation.


Friday
December 18, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- WORLD PREMIER of "Edgar Rice Burroughs' PRINCESS OF MARS" (2009)


Saturday
December 12, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continued its 9th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #85 for a two week rotation.


Saturday
December 12, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continued its 9th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #85 for a two week rotation.


Friday
December 11, 2009
The TMS-SD held our Holiday Dinner Celebration at the Acapulco Restaurant in Old Town San Diego.


Wednesday
December 2, 2009
The San Diego Astronomy Association's (SDAA) "STARS IN THE PARK" public telescope viewing event was CANCELLED


- NOVEMBER 2009 -


November 29, 2009
The San Diego Space Society and TMS-SD met for a combined Project Build Day.


November 28, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continues its 9th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #84 for a two week rotation.

TMS-SD members provided Mission Support.


Sunday
November 15, 2009
The "Innovations Academy Charter School" in Mission Valley sponsored a School Choice Fun Fair. TMS-SD members were there for public outreach activities with our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas. Our newest rover, a Lynxmotion system donated by Project ASTRO San Diego made its debut.


November 14, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station begins its 9th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #83 for a two week rotation.

TMS-SD members provided Mission Support.


November 13, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "MONSTER X STRIKES BACK: ATTACK THE G8 SUMMIT" (2008)


November 4, 2009
The San Diego Astronomy Association (SDAA) hosted their "STARS IN THE PARK" public telescope viewing event outside the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.

It coincides with "THE SKY TONIGHT" Planetarium show in the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.

TMS-SD members were there for public outreach activities with our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


- October 2009 -


Sunday
October 25, 2009
The San Diego Space Society and TMS-SD met for a combined Project Build Day.


Friday
October 16, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "SPACED INVADERS" (1990).


October 7, 2009
The San Diego Astronomy Association (SDAA) hosted their "STARS IN THE PARK" public telescope viewing event outside the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.

It coincides with "THE SKY TONIGHT" Planetarium show in the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.

TMS-SD members were there for public outreach activities with our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


- September 2009 -


September 29, 2009
The San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas made a Mars Rover Run and presentation, "Invasion from Earth: The Robotic Exploration of Mars" at the Georgina Cole Public Library from 3:30pm to 4:30pm.


September 27, 2009
The San Diego Space Society and TMS-SD met for a combined Project Build Day.


September 18, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 4th KIND: INFESTATION FROM MARS" (2004)


September 2, 2009
The San Diego Astronomy Association (SDAA) hosted their "STARS IN THE PARK" public telescope viewing event outside the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.

It coincided with "THE SKY TONIGHT" Planetarium show in the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.

TMS-SD members were there for public outreach activities with our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


- AUGUST 2009 -


August 22, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "DESTINATION: MARS!" (2002)
NOTE: This film was held in conjunction with the Julian Starfest 2009


August 15, 2009
Project ASTRO is a national program of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, to improve science education in grades 3-9, by creating partnerships between scientists and the schools in their communities. Through multiple classroom visits and hands-on, inquiry-based astronomy and space-themed activities, teacher and students get to know their own "classroom scientist" as a resource and a mentor. The 2009 Project ASTRO Teacher/Astronomer Workshop was a great success. TMS-SD members were there as presenter and for outreach activities with our interactive display table along with the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


August 5, 2009
The San Diego Astronomy Association (SDAA) hosted their "STARS IN THE PARK" public telescope viewing event outside the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. It coincides with "THE SKY TONIGHT" Planetarium show in the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. TMS-SD members were there for public outreach activities, with our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


- JULY 2009 -


July 27 to
31, 2009
Come explore Mars at the San Diego Air & Space Museum's Aerosummer 2009 Summer Camp Destination Mars: Learn the history of our fascination with the Red Planet, build a Martian colony and a Martian lander, search for life, and build and launch an aquarocket. For children in Grades 3-4.

TMS-SD participated during this event with a multimedia presentation, our interactive display and the San Diego Mars Rover and Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


July 26, 2009
The San Diego Space Society and TMS-SD met for a combined Project Build Day.


July 10, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "THE X FROM OUTER SPACE" (1967).


- JUNE 2009 -


June 28, 2009
The San Diego Space Society and TMS-SD met for a combined Project Build Day.


June 19, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "E.Y.E.S. OF MARS" (1993)


June 12, 2009
The GENERAL MEETING of TMS-SD was an informal summer barbecue celebrating our chapter's 9th year of operation.


June 3, 2009
The San Diego Astronomy Association (SDAA) hosts their "STARS IN THE PARK" public telescope viewing event outside the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. It coincides with "THE SKY TONIGHT" Planetarium show in the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. TMS-SD members will be there for public outreach activities with our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


June 1, 2009
TMS-SD participated in the "The Learning Choice (TLC) Academy's Science Festival "Inventors and Inventions" at the Hall of Champions in Balboa Park. TMS-SD members were there for public outreach activities with our interactive display table, our Mars Surface Simulation Spacesuit and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


- MAY 2009 -


May 31, 2009
The San Diego Space Society and TMS-SD met at for a combined Project Build Day.


May 28-30, 2009
The Mars Society's University Rover Challenge (URC) 2009 was a competition for college students to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers that will work alongside astronauts in the field. Teams square off every June at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) near Hanksville, Utah.

May 15, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "MISSION MARS" (1968)


May 11, 2009
The San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas made a Mars Rover Run and Mars Exploration lecture at the Jamul Intermediate School for Ms. Frey's 4th and 5th grade classes in conjunction with the San Diego Space Society.


May 9, 2009
The San Diego Air & Space Museum hosted its 6th Annual Space Day celebration, featuring demonstrations, giveaways, and hands-on activities with local and national space experts. Invited Presenters included NASA, San Diego Space Society, Virgin Galactic, San Diego Astronomy Association, JPL, The Mars Society-San Diego, Sally Ride Science, SETI, UCSD EarthKAM, The Planetary Society, SPAWAR, Space Port Academy, OSSE (Organization to Support Space Exploration) and many others.

TMS-SD participated with our interactive display table, our simulated Mars surface excursion suit, the San Diego Mars Exploration Rovers and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.

May 6, 2009
The San Diego Astronomy Association (SDAA) hosted their "STARS IN THE PARK" public telescope viewing event outside the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. It coincides with "THE SKY TONIGHT" Planetarium show in the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. TMS-SD members were there for public outreach activities, with our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


- APRIL 2009 -


April 26, 2009
The San Diego Space Society and TMS-SD met for a combined Project Build Day.


April 26, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station concluded its 8th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the departure of MDRS Crew #81. MDRS will host the 2009 University Rover Challenge on May 28-30th 2009, and will reopen for the 9th Field Season in December of this year.


April 17, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "MARTIAN CHILD" (2007)


April 15, 2009
The San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas made a 2-hour Mars Rover Run and Mars Exploration lecture at the Warren-Walker School for Ms. Pashkow's 5th and 6th grade classes.


April 11, 2006

Yuri's Night World Space Party celebrates the anniversary of the first human in space, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. TMS-SD celebrated this event locally with the San Diego Space Society, and other groups at the Killer Pizza From Mars in Oceanside, CA. Special guest speakers included Virgin Galactic space agent Scott Borden, author Francis French from the San Diego Air & Space Museum, and astronomer Rica Sirbaugh French from MiraCosta College.


April 11, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station wraps up its 8th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #81 for a two week mission. TMS-SD members provided Mission Support services.


Saturday
April 4, 2009
The San Diego Science Expo Day was the grand finale of a month of science at Balboa Park from 10:30am to 6:00pm. There were over 200 different organizations creating over 300 different hands-on activities. TMS-SD members were there with our interactive display table, our simulated Mars Surface Excursion Suit, the San Diego Mars Exploration Rovers and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas operating in a Mars Yard.


- MARCH 2009 -


March 28, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continued its 8th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #80 for a two week mission. TMS-SD member Maria Catalina was be commander of this mission! TMS-SD members provided Mission Support services.


March 20, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "THE ALPHA INCIDENT" (1977)


March 14, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continued its 8th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #79 from Georgia Tech for a two week mission. TMS-SD members provided Mission Support services.


March 13, 2009
The GENERAL MEETING of TMS-SD was an informal dinner meeting celebrating our chapter's 9th year of operation at the Acapulco Restaurant in Old Town San Diego


March 10, 2009
Count Down to Blast Off! R U going 2 Mars? Discover facts about space technology with NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador and TMS-SD member Maria Catalina, Commander of The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) Crew 80. At the San Marcos Branch Library


March 4, 2009
The San Diego Astronomy Association (SDAA) hosted their "STARS IN THE PARK" public telescope viewing event outside the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. It coincided with "THE SKY TONIGHT" Planetarium show in the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. TMS-SD members were there for public outreach activities with our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


- FEBRUARY 2009 -


February 28, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continued its 8th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #78 for a two week mission. TMS-SD members provided Mission Support services.


February 28, 2009
TMSD-SD members participated in the Expanding Your Horizons Conference for 6th to 10th grade girls at USD.


February 27 to
March 1, 2009
TMS-SD members participated in the ConDor XVI Sci-Fi Convention at the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley with our interactive display table, as well as provide several programming events:

"2008 Phoenix Mission to Mars" - The Phoenix Mars Mission touched down in the north polar region on Mars last year for an extended five month mission. We'll take a look at how this Mars Lander explored the Red Planet for signs of water and the building blocks of possible life. With TMS-SD member Gerry Williams.

"The Mars Society - Not Your Every Day Pro-Space Advocacy Organization" - The Mars Society currently operates two Mars Analog Research Stations on planet Earth where professional and amateur space explorers, scientists, and engineers learn how to live, work, and survive on the surface of the Red Planet, paving the way for a time when human beings regain the courage to boldly go where no one has gone before. TMS-SD member Gerry Williams presents an inside view of what the Mars Society is all about.

"What If There IS Life on Mars?" - A pannel discussion with James Hay, Lynn Maudlin, and TMS-SD members David Rankin and Gerry Williams.


February 20, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "DAS HIMMELSKIBET" aka "A TRIP TO MARS" (1917)


February 19-21, 2009
Spacefest 2009, the largest gathering of pioneer astronauts in the area, as well as some of the most compelling, charismatic and expert astronomy speakers on the planet. 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing by Apollo 11 in 1969, and also Apollo 9, Apollo 10, and Apollo 12 successfully flew that year. Spacefest 2009 was held at the Town and Country resort in Mission Valley. TMS-SD members participated, along with our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


February 15, 2009
Thanks to TMS-SD member Joel Brinton who now works as an avionics engineer at SpaceX, TMS-SD and San Diego Space Society members have been offered a behind-the-scenes tour of the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne CA to see the Falcon 9 rocket in development.


February 14, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continued its 8th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #77 from the European Space Agency's (ESA) "Euro/Geo/Mars" Team 2 for a two week mission. TMS-SD members provided Mission Support services.


February 8, 2009
The San Diego Space Society held their monthly general meeting. TMS-SD members presented a multimedia look at the five active spacecraft at Mars.


February 4, 2009
The San Diego Astronomy Association (SDAA) hosted their "STARS IN THE PARK" public telescope viewing event outside the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. It coincided with "THE SKY TONIGHT" Planetarium show in the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. TMS-SD members were there for public outreach activities with our interactive display table and the San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas.


- JANUARY 2009 -


January 31, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continued its 8th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #76 from the European Space Agency's (ESA) "Euro/Geo/Mars" Team 1 for a two week mission. TMS-SD members provided Mission Support services.


January 24, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continued its 8th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of a prep crew from the European Space Agency (ESA) for a one week preparation mission for upcoming MDRS Crews #76 and #77, "Euro/Geo/Mars". TMS-SD members provided Mission Support services.


January 21, 2009
The San Diego Mars Rover and our Mars Sojourner Rover replicas will make a 2-hour Mars Rover Run at the La Jolla Elementary School at 10:45am for Ms. Akiyama's 3rd Grade class.


January 16, 2009
TMS-SD MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- "GHIDORAH: THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER" (1964)


January 10, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continues its 8th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of Crew #75 from Toronto, Canada for a two week rotation.


January 3, 2009
The Mars Society's MDRS - Mars Desert Research Station continues its 8th Field Season in the Utah Desert near Capitol Reef National Park with the arrival of another NASA Spaceward Bound student Crew #74 for a one week rotation.

TMS-SD members provided Mission Support services.




HISTORY & NEWS ARCHIVES: 2008
HISTORY & NEWS ARCHIVES: 2007
HISTORY & NEWS ARCHIVES: 2006
HISTORY & NEWS ARCHIVES: 2005
HISTORY & NEWS ARCHIVES: 2004
HISTORY & NEWS ARCHIVES: 2003
HISTORY & NEWS ARCHIVES: 2002
HISTORY & NEWS ARCHIVES: 2001

CALENDAR / UPCOMING EVENTS: 2009

CALENDAR / UPCOMING EVENTS: 2010



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