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Our first meeting of the Spring 2004 semester took place on
January 27. Our guest speaker for the evening was Dr. Hans Mark, who
spoke about human exploration of Mars. After giving a brief history
of past proposals to visit Mars, he described a plan that he had helped develop. The plan includes phases for a return to the Moon as well
as a Mars excursion. The plan also
takes advantage of water that is believed to exist inside craters at the Moon's poles
to fuel spacecraft. Dr. Mark included slides showing
the timelines and performance specifications that had been
calculated for the plan.
In addition, the following were announced before the presentation:
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The new UT AIAA T-shirts and ever-popular Rocket
Scientist bumper stickers will be on sale at the next meeting
(February 10) |
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Membership dues are $5/semester for local membership
and $20/year for national membership |
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Movie night will be held on February 2 |
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E-Week is scheduled for February 20-27 |
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Engineering Day at the mall will be held on February
21 |
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If you wish to join Rube Goldberg, contact Marcin
Lenart or Ronald Lum |
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DBF |
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An attendance dinner will be held at the end of the
semester for the members who show up to the most meetings |
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Dr. Mark speaks to members before his
presentation
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Suzanne signs members in while Rodrigo
looks on
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AIAA members pack WRW 113
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Laura gives her first presentation as AIAA student branch
President
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Dr. Mark describes a timeline for the Lunar mission phase
of the Mars exploration proposal
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New t-shirt design for Spring 2004 |
