Donald Savage
Headquarters, Washington, DC                     August 9, 2000
(Phone:  202/358-1547)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N00-38

NEWS BRIEFING SET FOR AUG. 10 
TO DISCUSS MARS ROVER DECISION

      One Rover or two? Tomorrow NASA announces its decision if 
the agency will launch one or two large rovers to Mars in 2003. 
NASA managers and scientists also plan to discuss the goals for 
the mission. The announcement will be made at a press briefing 
scheduled for 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, August 10, in the James E. 
Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. S.W., Washington, 
DC.  

      Participants will be:

*  Dr. Edward Weiler, Associate Administrator, Office of Space 
Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
*  Mr. Scott Hubbard, Mars Program Director, NASA Headquarters, 
Washington, DC
*  Dr. Jim Garvin, Mars Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters, 
Washington, DC
*  Prof. Steven Squyres, Principal Investigator for the Athena 
science package, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

      The press briefing will be carried live on NASA Television 
with two-way question-and-answer capability for reporters covering 
the event from participating NASA centers. 

      NASA TV is broadcast on the GE2 satellite which is located 
on Transponder 9C, at 85 degrees West longitude, frequency 3880.0 
Mhz, audio 6.8 MHz. Audio of the broadcast will be available on 
voice circuit at the Kennedy Space Center on 321/867-1220. 

      The briefing also will webcast live via links at:

                     http://www.nasa.gov


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