[Bioundgrd] Fwd: Mars Gravity Biosatellite recruiting

[Kathleen Long]

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>Work to enable manned space travel to Mars! 
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>With the recent success of the Mars Rovers and the announcement of 
>the President's new space exploration goals, interest in Mars has 
>skyrocketed, and you too can get involved!
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>Students at MIT, the University of Washington, and the University of 
>Queensland in Australia are leading an effort to design, build, 
>launch, and recover a small low-Earth orbit research satellite to 
>study the effects of Martian gravity on mammals. This Mars Gravity 
>Biosatellite will become home to fifteen mice for the five weeks it 
>is in orbit, spinning to create the first prolonged artificial 
>gravity environment in space.  To learn more about the mission, 
>please visit our website at www.marsgravity.org 
><http://www.marsgravity.org> , or email info at marsgravity.org 
><mailto:info at marsgravity.org> .      
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>Our team is currently seeking interested students to participate 
>during the Spring term in the areas of Project Management, Business 
>Development, Science Research and Hardware Development, and 
>Engineering Design and
>Prototyping.  Students with experience in mechanical and electrical 
>engineering (especially with machine shop training and prototyping 
>experience), computer science, systems engineering, biochemistry, 
>fundraising and publicity, graphic design, and project management 
>are in particular need, though individuals of all experience levels 
>and areas of study are welcome. 
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>Working with the Mars Gravity team is an exciting opportunity for 
>students to collaborate with one another in a real-world, 
>multidisciplinary environment while being in close contact with the 
>project's many faculty, industry, and government advisors.If you are 
>interested in becoming involved, please email audreys at mit.edu 
><mailto:audreys at mit.edu>  and plan to attend one of the following 
>informal meetings in 33-218 
>(http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=33&Buildings=go 
><http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=33&Buildings=go> ):
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>Thursday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m.
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>Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m.
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>Wednesday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m.
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>If you are unable to attend, please email audreys at mit.edu 
><mailto:audreys at mit.edu>  if you'd like to learn more.    
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>See you soon!
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>-Audrey Schaffer
>Deputy Program Manager
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>p.s. If you know of someone else who may be interested in this project,
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>please do pass this email along.
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>Audrey Schaffer
>Deputy Program Manager,
>Mars Gravity Biosatellite
>www.marsgravity.org
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>audreys at mit.edu <mailto:audreys at mit.edu>
>617.817.8500
>MIT, Class of 2005
>Aeronautics and Astronautics
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