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Mars and the Mojave Festival, March 9 -11, 2012.

Featuring scientist and National Park Service interpreter guided field trips to analog sites, evening keynote speakers and panels, star-gazing, and an expo including mini-rover demonstrations and a 1/10th-scale model of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover.

Co-sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center, the Death Valley National Park, the SAM Team at NASA Goddard, and the SETI Institute. Lucinda Land, Executive Director of the Mars Society, will be in attendance on behalf of the organization. NASA festival information

Program photo credits for this photo - Steve Hall, Mars Hill and NASA. NPS festival information
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Field trip to Mars analog site of Badwater with Dr. Susanne Douglas.
Field trip to Mars analog site of Badwater with Dr. Susanne Douglas.
Field trip to Mars analog site of Badwater with Dr. Susanne Douglas.
Field trip to Mars analog site of Badwater with Dr. Susanne Douglas.
Field trip to Mars analog site of Mars Hill with Dr. Aaron Zent (left).  Dr. Zent received his Ph. D. in Geology from the University of Hawaii in 1988, and has been at NASA Ames ever since.  He has been involved with several Mars missions, most recently the 2008 Phoenix lander.  His research focuses on the physical and chemical interactions between planetary atmospheres and their surfaces.
Mars Hill has been used to test engineering solutions to entry, descent, landing and trafficability problems of scientific craft bound for the planet Mars. In practice, this means that the rocks on the surface of Mars Hill are comparable in size, shape and abundance to those at the two Mars landing sites. Mars Hill and some of the Mars landing sites, particularly during the Viking 1 and Pathfinder missions, share a similar geologic origin. For instance, the evolution of alluvial fans in windy environments, like Death Valley, has produced a very good analog to the surface roughness of the Mars landing sites. Examples of alluvial fans, desert pavement, ventifacts and sand tails almost identical to those on Mars will be examined as field trip participants explore Mars Hill.
Field trip to Mars analog site of Mars Hill with Dr. Aaron Zent (left).
Mars Hill.
Expo: Booths from NASA and other organizations, Furnace Creek Visitor Center.
Expo: Booths from NASA and other organizations, Furnace Creek Visitor Center.
Expo: Booths from NASA and other organizations, Furnace Creek Visitor Center.
Expo: Booths from NASA and other organizations, Furnace Creek Visitor Center.
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Keywords: sam mars badwater nasa rover research astronomy universe planets ubehebe seti death valley mars hill nasa ames chris mckay seti institute tyler nordgren andrea jones mars analog rosalba bonaccorsi susanne douoglas aaron zent stephanie kyriazis nasa goddard
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