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Welcome to the Schaumburg, IL chapter of the Mars Society

The purpose of the Schaumburg Chapter of the Mars Society is promote the exploration and settlement of Mars. This will be done by:

1. Sponsoring programs that educate and inform the community about the benefits of missions to Mars.

2. Working with area civic groups, schools and museums to host Mars-related programs.

3. Supporting an aggressive approach to the funding of Mars exploration programs around the world.

4. Conducting Mars exploration on a private basis.

If you are the leader of a civic group, school, astronomy club, or museum that is located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, please contact the Mars Society of Schaumburg to learn how we can provide you with educational programming about Mars.

See the presentations "Mars As Art" at the following locations: 8:00pm, Friday March 11, 2005 Skokie Valley Astronomers at the Ryerson Nature Center, 21950 Riverwoods Rd., Riverwoods, IL 60015 7:30 pm, Friday March 25, 2005 Northwest Suburban Astronomers at the Vogelei Park Barn Hoffman Estates Park District 650 W. Higgins Rd Hoffman Estates, IL 60195-3402 NOTE: You can only enter the parking lot for the Vogelei Park Barn while going west on Higgins. If you miss the entrance the firs time you will have to loop around and come back.

The presentation "Mars As Art" looks at the planet Mars on an artistic level using digital images of the planet taken by the Mars Global Surveyor. Included is an overview of the MGS mission and camera, a selection of processed images of the martian surface, and a selection of the digital art created by the speaker out of several MGS images.

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