Message posted by Norio Hayakawa on February 27, 2001 at 17:28:51 EST:

The San Gabriel Valley Section of AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) will give a special presentation entitled: "Human Missions To The Red Planet" on Thursday, March 15, 2001 in Pasadena, California.

Dr. Benton Clark will be speaking on the technological and operational barriers to sending astronauts to Mars, and how we can overcome them.

Dr. Benton C. Clark is the chief scientist of Flight Systems and has LMA Project Scientist responsibility for the Mars Global Surveyor, Stardust and Mars Surveyor programs. He is also the director of the Advanced Planetary Studies group, and serves as co-investigator for the Surface Science Package (SSP) experiment on the Huygens probe for the Cassini mission.

Dr. Clark was previously the project manager for the Manned Mars Systems Study for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center from 1987 to 1990. From 1990 to 1991 he directed studies of Space Station accommodation and the servicing of a Lunar Transfer Vehicle and Mars nuclear propulsion systems for NASA's Langley Research Center. He was the LMA's technical director of the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) from 1989 to 1991.
Dr. Clark currently chairs the External Advisory Committee at the University of California in San Diego and the Salk Institute.

6 p.m. Social Hour
7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Dinner and Program
at
Beckham's Place Restaurant
77 W. Walnut St., Pasadena (626) 796-3399
Choose from beef, chicken or fish entrees.
$2.50 for valet parking
$17 for AIAA members, $10 for students; non-members are welcome
Call for reservation or information: (800) 683-AIAA
deadline for reservations: Monday, March 12, 2001.

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