Club News and Notes

Help Wanted: TVS Editor


   
This newsletter seeks a new editor, pronto! For at least the next six months, Alane will be unable to edit Prime Focus. We need someone who can collect club news and write the articles from July through December of this year. Sure, the pay is lousy, but the job satisfaction is unbeatable.

   If you have ever felt the urge to put pen to paper, or you have considered other directions for the newsletter, now is your chance. We currently produce
Prime Focus in two versions, print and electronic. Signe and Jim McIntire handle the mailing and distribution, so the editor need not worry about stamps and staples. (Thank you, Signe and Jim.) Dave Anderson provides each month's "What's Up," and much of the content comes from the board meeting. To volunteer for this great position, contact president Chuck Grant at charleswgrant home.net, or Alane Alchorn at 925/455-4139.

Long the subject of wild speculation and controversy, the "Face on Mars" now turns out to be a fractured mesa, heavily scarred by a process similar to earthly erosion. This very high-resolution image reveals geology and geography that may prove far more interesting than the original alien- monument speculation. (Malin Space Science Systems, MGS, JPL,  NASA.)

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