All...

link to the session schedule and abstracts
http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/sessions5?meeting=fm07&sec=P

Our esteemed fellow member rlorenz is giving the Sagan Lecture, this one on Titan
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/fm07-sess.../fm07_P45A.html

Mucho sessions on Mars... many on our favorite Saturn moons, Enceladus, Titan, and Iapetus... a lot on Europa and follow on missions..... and much more.... encourage all to take a look at the abstracts....

Craig

Go, Ralph! Looks like a great lecture...heck, looks like a terrific agenda!

Emily, is TPS planning to cover this conference?

NASA plans some press briefings during it. These are all audio call-in media briefings.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/agu2007_press.html

So look for space news next week..... plus I believe COROT team was planning some planet announcements next week as well.

NASA PRESS BRIEFING LIST

AIM SATELLITE CAPTURES BRIGHTEST MYSTERIOUS "NIGHT-SHINING CLOUDS" DURING 2007 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER
TIME: Mon., December 10, 12 p.m. EST (9 a.m. PST)

VOYAGER 2 PROVES THAT THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS SQUASHED
TIME: Mon., Dec. 10, 2 p.m. EST (11a.m. PST)

MARS ROVERS SURVIVE THE DUST, FOLLOW THE WATER
TIME: Mon., Dec. 10, 6 p.m. EST (3 p.m. PST)

NEW FRONTIERS IN PREDICTING PRECIPITATION
TIME: Tues., Dec. 11, 1 p.m. EST (10 a.m. PST)

NASA THEMIS SPACECRAFT MAKE NEW DISCOVERIES ABOUT NORTHERN LIGHTS
TIME: Tues., Dec. 11, 12 p.m. EST (9 a.m. PST)

NEW MARS ORBITER REVEALS DETAILS OF CANYON SYSTEM AND 'SPIDERS'
TIME: Tues., Dec. 11, 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST)

CHANGES IN THE ARCTIC
TIME: Wed., Dec. 12, 12 p.m. EST (9 a.m. PST)

THE SECRET LIFE OF CLOUDS: NEW FINDINGS FROM NASA'S CLOUDSAT AND A-TRAIN
TIME: Wed., Dec. 12, 2 p.m. EST (11 a.m. PST)

EARTH'S "TIPPING POINTS": HOW CLOSE ARE WE?
TIME: Thurs., Dec. 13, 12 p.m. EST (9 a.m. PST)

SATURN'S RECYCLING RINGS
TIME: Wed., Dec., 12 at 2 p.m.

I can't go, unfortunately. I do plan to call in to some of the press conferences, so at least I can hear those. (Anybody reading this, if you're attending and want to volunteer some contributions to the blog, please PM me.)

--Emily

AGU abstracts are short, not like Lunar and Planetary conferrence "extended abstracts", but at least the AGU has gotten a clue and you can download clean, printable, multi-abstract single-session pdf files. No Muss, No Fuss!.

All....

ugre ya to listen to the Whipple Lecture given, this year, by Ray Arvidson (he receives this years Whipple Award)

excellent synopsis of the state of current Mars revelations (from MGS, MOY, MER, MEX,and MRO), with overview of things to come (Phoenix, etc.). Well worth listening to and some great graphics.

goto
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/

and click on "The Importance of a Program of Mars Exploration".

Warning note... I had to "End Task" this after it was over. Window would not close (I have a pc with Windows XP).

Craig

belleraphon1 - thanks so much for that link - very enjoyable!

PS - worked fine on a Mac with Firefox

Ditto OSX + Safari and/or Camino - great talk by Ray.

Yes, very nice video & audio of Ray's talk that I watched live. The viewgraphs weren't advancing on my SUSE Linux machine, so I'll try this later on with my laptop running Windows. Nice that we can watch it after the fact as well.

lyford... your welcome.

Love review articles, releases, speeches.... too many Worlds out there, and missions, to keep ones full attention on.
Never TOO MUCH of a good thing, in this case.

Thank Goodness for UMSF!!!!

Craig