Feb 20, 2009

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