NASA Ames Research Center - Ames News: "March 25, 2004
Kathleen Burton
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650-604-1731 or 650-604-9000
Email: Kathleen.M.Burton@nasa.gov

NASA PRESENTS STAR-STUDDED MARS DEBATE

A group of science fiction writers, academic luminaries and NASA scientists will hold a lively debate about terraforming Mars at NASA Ames Research Center on March 30, 2004.
The debate is the first in a new series of discussions entitled 'Science Fiction Meets Science Fact.' This series is the result of a shared vision between NASA, Breakpoint Media and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, scheduled to open in summer 2004. The free, open-to-the-public debate will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. PST in the main tent on the Moffett Field parade grounds at NASA Ames.
'The series is an exciting collaboration between NASA's online Astrobiology magazine (www.astrobio.net) and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame,' said Dr. Michael Meyer, NASA's senior scientist for astrobiology. 'Terraforming has long been a fictional topic, and now, with real scientists exploring the reality, we can ask, 'What are the real possibilities, as well as the potential ramifications, of transforming Mars?' '
Terraforming is the deliberate alteration of an environment or climate on a planetary scale. "
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