Feb. 20, 2009

Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1756/0668
ashley.edwards-1{at}nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1{at}nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-029

NASA-INDUSTRY LUNAR SURFACE SYSTEMS WORKSHOP SET FOR FEB. 25-27

WASHINGTON -- NASA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Space Enterprise
Council will hold a workshop on lunar surface system concepts to
support human and robotic exploration on the moon by 2020. The
workshop will take place Feb. 25 - 27 at the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, 1615 H Street, NW, in Washington.

The forum will provide a status of NASA's lunar surface exploration
architecture and share results of recent innovative NASA, industry,
and university lunar studies performed for NASA's Exploration Systems
Mission Directorate and Constellation Program. NASA also will seek
feedback from U.S. industry and other interested parties.

The workshop will highlight recently completed lunar surface study
contracts administered by the Constellation Program. Topics will
include habitat designs and packaging options, innovative energy and
thermal storage concepts, lunar regolith moving methods, and avionics
and software solutions.

Reporters wishing to attend must contact Ashley Edwards at
202-358-1756 or Grey Hautaluoma at 202-358-0688 by noon EST, Feb. 24.
For more information and a workshop agenda, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/library/lss_systems_concepts_workshop.html

For more information about NASA's Exploration programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/exploration

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