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Australian Space Research Conference 2024

Sunday, 29 September 2024

The Australian Space Research Conference is being held at the University of NSW on the December 2-4, 2024

This conference is organised by the National Space Society of Australia, Mars Society Australia, and members of the Australian space research community with a heritage of organising 16 successful ASRC meetings to date.

The organising committee extends a warm invitation to space scientists, engineers, educators, and industry, government, and NGO personnel.

Key dates are:

Abstracts Accepted: 20 September 2024

Registrations Open: 30 September 2024

Draft Program Release: 14 October 2024

Conference Start: 2 December 2024

Conference End: 4 December 2024

For more details visit;

https://www.nssa.com.au/asrc2024

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MSA Annual General Meeting - Sunday 29th September 2024

Sunday, 1 September 2024

The 2024 Annual General Meeting for the Mars Society Australia will be held at 5pm on Sunday 29th Septemeber 2024.

Zoom Meeting ID 8959761238

The meeting password, President's report, Financial report, and agenda will be forwarded to members prior to the meeting.

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Call for Abstracts 23rd Australian Space Research Conference - December 2 to 4, 2024

Sunday, 1 September 2024

The 23rd Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC) is planned as a 3 day conference to be held in Sydney over December 2 to 4, 2024 at the University of NSW (Kensington Campus).

This conference is organised by the National Space Society of Australia, Mars Society Australia and members of the Australian space research community with a heritage of organising 16 successful meetings to date.

The ASRC is the primary annual meeting for Australian space research.

It welcomes researchers, engineers, educators, business and policy, and other workers from across the university, industry and government parts of the space sector, and is not limited to Australian-based research. International participants are most welcome.

Researchers who submitted abstracts for the cancelled Perth conference, have been contacted by the organising committee, and hopefully still be able to present their work in December to their peers.

We are now...

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock

Friday, 26 July 2024

Very intersting comment by former astronaut and head of NASA Bill Nelson on Twitter/X this week. Does it point towards ancient life on Mars?

He said:

"What a fascinating find by NASA's Perseverance Rover. We have much more to learn, but our six-wheeled geologist came across a rock with indications that it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago."

The rock nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” by NASA’s Perseverance rover team has qualities that fit the definition of once being host to ancient life. It's from an area that was long ago covered by running water and the rock has chemical signatures and...

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MSA Board - Call for Nominations

Sunday, 2 June 2024

The Mars Society Australia (MSA) is calling for nominations for directors. Directors are appointed for an initial term of two years and half the board is elected every year.

MSA is an organisation of like-minded people that provides educational and public outreach, engineering projects and scientific research related to the planet Mars. You can read more about the MSA here:

https://marssociety.org.au/about

Our board of directors help run day to day operations as well as strategically plan and mange the society's endeavours.

If have an interest in Mars and would like to contribute to the MSA, please consider nominating as a director. While professional experience in business and science is highly regarded, formal qualifications are not required. The MSA's board is typically made up of people with differing professional experience and interest who share one thing - a passion to better our understanding of Mars...

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