January 13, 2004

Glenn Mahone/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1898/1600) 

NOTE TO EDITORS: n04-003

PRESIDENT BUSH ANNOUNCES SPACE EXPLORATION GOALS

President George W. Bush joins NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe 
Wednesday afternoon to announce the space exploration objectives for 
the agency. 

This special event is scheduled to begin at approximately 3 p.m. EST 
in the main auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. 

Due to limited seating and security considerations, media 
representatives, who are U.S. citizens and want to attend the event, 
must report to the registration table in the main lobby at NASA 
Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, from 1:15 p.m. to no later than 1:45 p.m. 
EST. Please have your media credentials and a second form of picture 
identification available for verification. Only a limited number of 
media will be permitted in the auditorium. Other media will be 
allowed to watch the event from a conference room. 

The event will be carried live on NASA Television and can be seen on 
the Internet at: 

http://www.nasa.gov 

NASA TV is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 
degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is 
vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. For information about 
NASA TV on the Internet, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html  

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Internet, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov 

	
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