ONLY 13 PLUS THE SPEAKER ATTENDED THIS HIGHLY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.  THE FOOD WAS CERTAINLY DELICIOUS.  THE HIGH NUMBER OF NO-SHOWS CAUSED QUITE A DRAIN ON THE SECTION TREASURY.




Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)


When: Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Where: Chin's Seafood & Grill, 858-536-2300, 9355 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego, 92126 (Miramar Rd and I-15 in the Holiday Inn)

Subject: Design considerations for controlling depth of focus in the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) during the extreme temperature variations while in orbit around Mars.

(Abstract--The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) science investigation used 3 instruments: a narrow angle camera that obtained grayscale (black-and-white) high resolution images (typically 1.5 to 12 m per pixel) and red and blue wide angle cameras for context (240 m per pixel) and daily global imaging (7.5 km per pixel).  MOC operated in Mars orbit between September 1997 and November 2006.  It returned more than 240,000 images spanning portions of 4.8 Martian years.)

Speaker: Dr. Michael A. Ravine of San Diego's Malin Space Science Systems

(Bio--Dr. Ravine is an Advanced Projects Manager at Malin Space Science systems.  He has extensive experience in spaceflight systems and lunar and planetary imaging.  For a complete CV, please follow link above.)

Time: 5:30 pm registration; 6:00 pm cocktails (no host bar); 6:30 pm dinner; 7:30 pm program; 8:30 pm Q&A.

Price: $30.00 for ASME member & guest; $25 for student ASME member; $35 for non-members.

Dinner selections (served family style) include:  Snow Flake Seafood Soup, Egg Roll, Fried Shrimp, Paper Wrapped Chicken, Honey Walnut Shrimp, Kung Pao Chicken, Lin Ko Steak,  Wu Xin Spareribs, Szechwan Braised String Beans, and Steamed Rice.

RSVP to: tfrankie@tns.net before November 18.  (The room will be limited to 24 people.  The overflow can eat in the main dinning area and then move into the room for the program.)

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