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Steve McDaniel Presentatation
About the Event
* Guest Speaker - Dr. Steve McDaniel (confirmed) * Date: Thursday, November 21, 2002 * Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm CDT * Dr Mc'Daniel is a local Austin attorney with an MSc in Genetics, a Phd in Biochemistry, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr Mc'Daniel is also a huge advocate for the human exploration of Mars. As such, he served as team biologist for the Mars Desert Research Station which is a project of The Mars Society. Dr Mc'Daniel told me: "You might be very interested to hear, in view of the purpose of The Robot Group, that Rotation 6 is a split mission. Three crewmembers are accomplished musicians, and will be interacting telemetrically with several recording studios to test the feasibility of composing, creating, and broadcasting music simulated in the Martian environment. A number of different musical groups including Devo will be involved on a remote basis."
The event was a big hit with members in this standing room only event.
Photos
Dr Mc'Daniel in front of the unofficial flag of Mars colored red, green and blue.
Standing Room Only Crowd
More Spectators
In addition to video and large maps of Mars, Dr Mc'Daniel also brought 2 Mars globes that were passed around.
Aside from his scientific and legal talents, Dr Mc'Daniel is an accomplished musician.
Playing an instrumental piece composed aboard the Mars Desert Research Station
Performing a song composed jointly with the station crew and remote musicians.
Photos from BrooksColeman
Videos
Dr Mc'Daniel plays samples of music that he and the simulated Mars crew composed while serving aboard the Mars Desert Research Station.
Clip 1 (1.3 MB mpg)
Clip 2 (3.7 MB mpg)
