[tt] Fwd: [Artemis] Fwd: NASA to Release Enhanced Radar Imagery of Lunar South Pole

[Bryan Bishop]

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Subject: [Artemis] Fwd: NASA to Release Enhanced Radar Imagery of Lunar 
South Pole
Date: Saturday 23 February 2008
From: Ian Randal Strock <irs at panix.com>
To: artemis-list at asi.org


>Feb. 22, 2008
>
>MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-039
>
>NASA TO RELEASE ENHANCED RADAR IMAGERY OF LUNAR SOUTH POLE
>
>WASHINGTON -- NASA scientists have obtained the highest resolution
>terrain mapping to date of the moon's rugged south polar region and
>will discuss the imagery Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the 3rd Space
>Exploration Conference in Denver.
>
>Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.,
>generated the imagery using data collected with the facility's
>Goldstone Solar System Radar. The news media briefing is scheduled
>for noon MST in Room 506 of the Colorado Convention Center.
>
>Panelists for the briefing are:
>- Doug Cooke, deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems
>Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington
>- Scott Hensley, principal investigator, Lunar Image Team, JPL
>- Eric de Jong, principal investigator, Solar System Visualization,
>JPL
>
>For reporters who are unable to attend, a call-in line will be
>available. Call-in information is available by contacting Stephanie
>Schierholz at 202-834-0548.
>
>At noon MST on Feb. 27, terrain maps of the moon's south pole and
>other images will be available online at:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/mmb/022708.html
>
>For more information about NASA's program to return to the moon,
>visit:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/exploration
>
>The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will host the
>conference Feb. 26-28 in Denver. Media may register to attend by
>contacting Sharon Grace of AIAA at 703-264-7532 or sharong at aiaa.org.
>For more information about the conference, visit:
>
>http://www.aiaa.org/events/exploration
>
>-end-

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