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TMS-SD MEETING NOTES FOR 09 DECEMBER 2005



This meeting was attended by Jesse Clark, Dave Rankin, and Gerry Williams.


- PAST EVENTS -

Sat 11-12 -- SDAM Rover Run

Sun 11-13 -- Sally Ride Science Festival at UC Irvine

Wed 11-16 -- Wally Schirra & Moon Rock Event at SDAM - Gerry Videotaped, talked with Wally about Mars, Wally wants to see "Case for Mars"

Fri 11-18 -- Mars Movie Night-"Star Trek Goes to Mars", Voyager & documentary, Enterprise rescheduled

Sat 11-19 -- Armstrong biographer at SDAM

Sun 11-20 -- Armstrong biographer at RHFSC

Tues 12-06 -- Rosa Parks Elementary Outreach-NASA Explorer School

Wed 12-07 -- Stars in the Park

Fri 12-09 -- TMS-SD Meeting


- UPCOMING EVENTS THIS MONTH -

Saturday 12-10 Serenity screening at 6:00pm

Wednesday 12-14 King Kong -- as group?

Thursday 12-15 Miller Elementary Outreach 2

Friday 12-16 Mars Movie Night-Project Shadowchaser 3000

Sunsay 1-01 MDRS Crew 41: Shannon crews, TMS-SD is Mission Support

Wednesday 1-04 Stars in the Park

Friday 1-13 TMS-SD Meeting


- OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS -

?? -- Mars documentary screening date?

Saturday 1-14 -- SDAM Rover Run

Wednesday 2-8 -- Rosa Parks Elementary Outreach

Thursday 2-9 -- Chabad Hebrew Academy Outreach

Sunday 2-12 -- Sally Ride Festival UCSD

Saturday 2-25 -- TMS-SD Annual Banquet

3-17/20 -- RHFSC Robot Competition

Saturday 5-6 -- RHFSC Astronomy Day

7-31/8-4 -- RHFSC Robot Summer Camp


- PROJECT STATUS REPORTS -

Mars Lander Project: CAP Cadets/Colleges; Naming, Evaluation & Planning Meeting; New name - MARSpod.

Mars Rover RC Model: Rebuild Status; Improvements & fidelity; Lego Rover fixes

Mars Suit Taskforce Completion Work - helmet, backpack, etc.

Public Relations: Local press release for Shannon's Crew?

New Display: Jesse's designs -- large format injet printer, 48" wide; Gerry's Board update.

Website Updates: Up to date, but meeting notes are lagging. Mail Groups: Yahoo Group - 138 members (+2); This Week In San Diego - 321 members (+1).


- OTHER ACTIVITIES AND ITEMS -

Mayan Mars book by UCSD Professor; review copy & postcards to pass out.

Treasury & Finance: Done

Hartmann Book Sales: None

MS Political activities: None

TMS-SD Podcasting: January technical meeting.

Personal Projects: Nothing to report.

New TMS-SD Events & Activities: MarsCamp, Low-tech Suits.

MS Conference 2007 for San Diego? Not without more active members.


- OPEN DISCUSSIONS -

What's happened to CalSpace? Lost funding. :-(


- WRAP UP ACTIVITIES -

Latest MER Photos and Videos



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