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STA and SpaceRef Sponsor Human Exploration Forum on Capitol Hill

For Immediate Release
31 January 2003

Contact:
Keith Cowing
kcowing{at}reston.com
703-787-6567

SpaceRef Interactive Inc and the Space Transportation Association 
(STA) are pleased to announce their sponsorship of a "Human 
Exploration Forum" to be held on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on 
March 4th, 2003.

The aim of this space policy event is to afford representatives from 
national space agencies an opportunity to describe current and future 
space exploration efforts aimed at the human exploration of space.

The intended audience for this event includes members of Congress and 
their staff; representatives of industry; members of the press; 
professional and space advocacy organizations; and citizens interested 
in what may lie ahead in space - both in the United States - and 
elsewhere in the world.

This event is open to the public up to the seating capacity of the 
room. No pre-registration is required.

What: Human Exploration Forum
When: 4 March 2003 10:00 to 12 Noon
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2318, Washington DC

Participants:

- Gary Martin, Space Architect, NASA Headquarters
- Shannon Lucid, Chief Scientist, NASA Headquarters,
- TBA, Canadian Space Agency (participation confirmed)
- TBA, European Space Agency (participation confirmed)

About the Space Transportation Association

The Space Transportation Association (STA) represents the interests of 
organizations and people who are engaged in developing, building, 
operating, and using space transportation vehicles, systems, and 
services to provide reliable, economical, safe, and routine access to 
space for private users and government, civil, and military users. For 
more information please visit http://www.spacetransportation.org

About SpaceRef Interactive

SpaceRef Interactive Inc. (http://www.spaceref.com) provides detailed 
space news and reference information to a world wide audience. Among 
SpaceRef's products are SpaceRef.com, SpaceRef.ca, and 
Astrobiology.com - all of which provide a daily collection of news 
stories, press releases and status reports - all housed in one of the 
the world's largest online searchable database of space news items and 
websites. SpaceRef also believes in giving something back to its 
audience and the space community which utilize its resources.  Since 
its founding in 1999,  SpaceRef  has made a practice of providing 
monetary, hardware, and personnel support to research efforts such as 
the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP). Our latest contribution to HMP 
is the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse erected on Devon Island in 2002.

Keith Cowing, Editor
- http://www.spaceref.com
- http://www.marstoday.com
- http://www.astrobiology.com
- http://www.nasawatch.com
- http://www.mars.tv

AOL IM:  keithlcowing

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