Might be interesting

NASA Administrator Dr. Mike Griffin has agreed to speak at the 9th
International Mars Society Convention, which will be held August 3-6,
2006 at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington DC. Dr. Griffin's talk
will be the opening plenary address of the conference, and will run
from 9 AM to 10 AM on the morning of Thursday, August 3.
Several other very high level NASA officials, as well as many leading
scientists, engineers, and exploration strategists have also agreed
to talk at the conference. Announcements of their talks will be made
as soon as their time schedules are finalized.
http://www.marssociety.org/

Philip
http://mars-literature.skynetblogs.be/

Update:
9th Annual International Mars Society Conference
August 3-6, 2006
L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
Washington, D.C.

Join us at the 9th Annual International Mars Society Conference in
Washington D.C. this August. The conference is shaping up to be one
of the "Can't Miss" events of the year. We already have a spectacular
lineup of speakers coming together. Confirmed speakers include:

* Michael Griffin (NASA, Administrator)
* Scott Horowitz (NASA, Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems)
* Brian Chase (NASA, Associate Administrator for Legislative Affairs)
* Elon Musk (CEO and Founder - Space X)
* Chris McKay (NASA Ames Research Center)
* Penelope J. Boston (Complex Systems)
* Linda Robeck Fuhrman (Draper Laboratory)
* Robert D. Braun (Georgia Institute of Technology)
* Robert Zubrin (Pioneer Astronautics, The Mars Society)

In addition, the conference will include the latest results from the
Spirit, Opportunity, Mars Express, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
missions now exploring the Red planet, as well as reports from the
seventh field season of the Devon Island Flashline Mars Arctic
Research Station, and the fifth season of the Mars Desert Research
Station.

Mars Society, isnt that the guys who strongly advocate manned space travel and especially that we colonise Mars preferably a week ago?
With that in mind I read you post in the same way as a person would react to having a warning claxon go off at full blast right beside your head.

Yes, and I, for one (and likely some others here) agree with them.

This forum is NOT to be a repository for people who want to bash manned space flight and do everything they can to to bring it to an end. I thought Doug was awfully, awfully clear about that a couple of weeks ago.

-the other Doug

Yes - just because this is called Unmanned Spaceflight, it doesnt not mean it's Anti Manned Spaceflight - and anyone caught being persistantly ranting in that tone will be asked to 'refrain' so to speak

Doug

Peace. Just as long as the manned flight folks stay on their side of the dotted line running through NASA's budget.

Just wanted to remark that Dr Zubrin is amso supporting unmanned exploration of Mars (e.g. remember the Mars 'air'plane or drone ? )

My post was a joke for crying out loud! (Perhaps not the best I made, so feel free to remove it)

No problem
http://mars-literature.skynetblogs.be/
Philip