Hey guys,
I'm also a member of this association. This is great stuff. It
combines both my profession and my hobby. I am forwarding this info
to see if any of my fellow BBAA's would like to attend this with me.
Let me know.
Eric
Egiles1@...
Hampton Roads AITP (Assoc. of Information Technology Professionals)
March Meeting Preview
Prasun Desai, NASA
Our March speaker will be Prasun N. Desai from the NASA Langley
Research Center. Mr. Desai will speak on "The Mars Exploration
Project."
Over the coming decade, NASA plans to send a multitude of missions to
the Red planet. The missions will consist of various types: Landers,
Orbiters, Rovers, and maybe even Airplanes. The goal of these
missions is to perform scientific investigations of Mars to help
determine and understand it's geologic, climatic, and mineralogic
history and identify where the conditions may have been favorable to
the preservation of evidence of pre-botic or biotic processes.
Simply stated, the motto of these missions is to "follow the water."
This presentation will include an overview of past missions that have
flown to Mars, current missions that are being developed, and future
mission the are being planned and their goals.
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Our Next Meeting is Tuesday, March 4th, 2003
Point Plaza Suites & Conference Hotel (formerly the Ramada Inn) at I-
64 & US 17, Newport News, Va.
Social Hour - 5:30 PM, Dinner - 6:30 PM, Program - 7:30 PM
Members - $16, Spouse/Significant Other - $19, Guests - $19,
Students - $13
If you will be joining us for the speaker and not for dinner, we
request a donation of $5.
For Reservations: Call Digital Applications Inc., at 827-1250 no
later than noon on the Friday preceding the meeting.
Full Newsletter is at www.aitp-hr.com
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Kent Blackwell