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From: "AAS Press Officer Dr. Rick Fienberg" <rick.fienberg at aas.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:19:00 
To: <Rick.Fienberg at aas.org>
Subject: STFC: Media Invited to 5th Appleton Space Conference

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 23 November 2009
 
 ** Contact data appear below. **
 
 5th APPLETON CONFERENCE EXPLORES
 FUTURE SPACE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
 
 The very latest developments in current and future space activities
 will be presented by leading figures in the field at the Appleton
 Space Conference. The event will take place just two days after the
 expected launch date for Virgin Galactic's White Knight Two and will
 feature a talk from the company's President Will Whitehorn.
 
 Date: Thursday, 10 December 2009
 Registration time: from 9:00 a.m.
 Start time: 9:25 a.m.
 Location: STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK
 
 The 5th Appleton lecture on NASA's Plan for Exploring the Moon and
 Mars will be given by Dr. Chris Scolese, Associate Administrator,
 NASA.
 
 Other speakers include:
  * Lord Drayson, Minister of State for Science & Innovation
  * Dr. David Williams, Director General BNSC
  * Martin Ditter, ESA's Harwell Project Manager
  * Professor Matt Griffin, Cardiff University
 
 Members of the media are also invited to tour Rutherford Appleton
 Laboratory's Space Science and Technology Department which is the
 largest in Europe. It is from here that spacecraft instruments such as
 MIRI, one of the instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope, have
 undergone thermal calibration and that flagship missions such as SOHO
 are commanded.
 
 The full program for the day can be viewed here:
 http://www.sstd.rl.ac.uk/5th_Appleton_Conference/ <http://www.sstd.rl.ac.uk/5th_Appleton_Conference/> 
 
 Some presentations may be webcast; check the conference website for details.
 
 Contact:
 Sarah Smart
 STFC's Space Science & Technology Department
 +44 (0)1235 445742 / +44(0)7909 553495
 sarah.smart at stfc.ac.uk
 
 Note for Editors
 
 For further information and to register your interest in attending any
 part of the day, and to get the most out of your participation, please
 contact Sarah Smart well in advance of the conference.
 
 Directions to STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory can be found here:
 http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About/Conts/Find/RAL/Introduction.aspx <http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About/Conts/Find/RAL/Introduction.aspx> 
 
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