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From: NASANews@hq.nasa.gov
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 12:06:26 -0500 (EST)
Fwd Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 10:39:33 -0500
Subject: New Data and Status of 'Past Life on Mars' Briefing

Don Savage
Headquarters, Washington, DC                   March 14, 1997
(Phone:  202/358-1547)

Linda Copley
Johnson Space Center, Houston TX
(Phone:  281/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N97-18

PRESS BRIEFING TO PRESENT NEW DATA AND STATUS OF
'PAST LIFE ON MARS' DEBATE SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 19

       Seven months after NASA's initial announcement
suggesting that a Martian meteorite shows life may have
existed on ancient Mars, a panel of science experts will
present new data and deliver a progress report on the
continuing "Past Life on Mars" discussion at a press briefing
scheduled for 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, March 19, in the media
briefing room at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, TX.

       Douglas P. Blanchard, Ph.D., Chief of JSC's Earth
Science and Solar System Exploration Division, will moderate
a six-person panel of co-authors of each of the six abstracts
on the Mars issue that are scheduled for presentation later
that day during a special plenary session of the Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference in the adjacent Teague
auditorium at JSC.

       The briefing will be carried live on NASA Television
with two-way question and answer capability from
participating NASA centers.  As of March 15, NASA Television
will be broadcast at a new satellite location.  The new
satellite is GE-2, Transponder 9C at 85 degrees West
longitude, frequency 3880.0 MHz, audio 6.8 MHz.

       The text of complete abstracts to be presented may be
obtained in advance of the event by contacting the web site
for the 28th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference at URL:

http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/LPSC97

     The conference  will be held March 17-21, 1997 in
Houston.  Sessions will be held at JSC and the Lunar and
Planetary Institute (LPI), 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX.

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