----- Original Message ----- From: The Planetary Society Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 7:55 PM To: Planetary Society Subject: What's New at Wild About Mars WHAT'S NEW AT
WILD ABOUT MARS
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GREAT NEWS! DEADLINE EXTENDED
You now have until Monday, December 22 to purchase
your Wild About Mars tickets at the special
advanced prices. A 15% savings!
Purchase your tickets at:
http://store.yahoo.com/planetarysociety/wam-member-advance-tickets.html
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JUST ADDED . . .
*ON THE GIANT SCREEN
Bounce to Mars with the Mars Exploration Rover . . .
Fly through a Comet with Stardust . . .
Sail into space with Cosmos 1: The First Solar Sail . . .
Ride on the outside of a rocket with real
launch video from Ecliptic Enterprises, RocketCam!
See all this breathtaking footage and more
projected on our Giant -- 18' x 24' -- Screen.
Read more about the Giant Screen at:
http://planetary.org/wam/giantscreen.html
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*SPECIAL GUESTS
Bill Nye, The Science Guy will do a live show
about Mars, sundials, and science.
A book signing with Bill Hartman, planetary scientist,
artist, and author of the recently released book,
A Traveler's Guide to Mars.
Don Brownlee, Stardust Project Scientist
Franklin Chang-Diaz, Space Shuttle astronaut
Tom Duxbury, Stardust Project Manager
Robert Picardo, actor
Donna Shirley, Planetary Society Advisory
Council Member and former Jet Propulsion
Laboratory aerospace engineer
Stay tuned, more guests are added all the time.
http://www.planetary.org/wam/guests.html
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*SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Readings from the works of Ray Bradbury done by
stars of stage and screen.
A lively discussion of possible directions for
future human exploration of Mars.
Read the full schedule at:
http://www.planetary.org/wam/schedule.html
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*EXHIBITS
Cosmos 1: The First Solar Sail
See a technology that will likely fly missions
throughout the solar system and to the stars.
The Planetary Society and Cosmos Studios will
display a replica of one of the eight 47-foot
blades that make up the Cosmos 1 Solar Sail
spacecraft, which is slated to launch
in spring 2004.
Michael Carroll, Space Artist
See Michael Carroll's massive 16-panel mural
depicting all phases of humanity's quest to know
the universe we live in, beginning with the
Viking longships and culmninating with our
exploration of Mars. Watch Mr. Carroll complete
the final panel at Wild About Mars by
painting Spirit's landing. Sponsored by
Lockheed Martin Astronautics.
Read about more exhibits at:
http://www.planetary.org/wam/exhibits.html
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Haven't booked your hotel yet?
Friday, December 19 is the last day to reserve your
room at the Sheraton Pasadena at the special Planetary
Society rate.
http://www.planetary.org/wam/localinfo.html
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The Planetary Society's Wild About Mars Weekend
gets more exciting everyday.
Keep updated on this historic event at:
http://planetary.org/wam
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Thank you to our generous sponsors.
Read more about our sponsors at:
http://planetary.org/wam/sponsor.html
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