Have you ever wondered what it would be like to build a community on Mars? Well, a group of students from a HUD Neighborhood Network Resource Center found out! They participated in NASA's "Imagine Mars" project and worked with engineers, scientists, and architects from their local community to design and create their own Mars community. See the first HUD Neighborhood Network Imagine Mars Communities here.

Did they have buildings, cars, robots, gardens, or...?
Tune in on August 4 to learn how they did it, see their designs, hear some of the students talk about their experiences, and find out how to get involved. If you have questions during the webcast, click here to submit your questions - we'll be answering your questions LIVE! Then, after the webcast, take a survey and log in to our live web chat to ask any questions we missed during the program.

Panelists:

Kobie Boykins Mechanical Engineer

Geoff Lake Engineering Student

How do I participate?

Get RealPlayer: Please download the free RealPlayer well in advance of the webcast

Test RealPlayer: After installing the RealPlayer, test your connection by viewing an archive of the 2001 Odyssey webcast.

If you have difficulties viewing the test, please refer to Real's service and support page.

After the webcast, don't forget to take the online survey and tune into the online chat to ask questions and chat with NASA engineers and kids from the Housing and Urban Development Neighborhood Networks.

Want to learn more about Mars, space, and robotics? Check out the following NASA websites:

Imagine Mars: http://imaginemars.jpl.nasa.gov
Robotics Education Project: http://robotics.nasa.gov
Mars Kids Page: http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/funzone_flash.html
JPL Kids Page: http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/k12/kids.html
NASA Kids Page: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html
Space Place: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
NASA Quest: http://quest.nasa.gov/
Athena Kids Page: http://athena.cornell.edu/kids/