= Steve McDaniel Presentatation =
== About the Event ==
 * Guest Speaker - [http://www.technologylitigators.com/fp_ps.html 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 [http://www.marssociety.org/mdrs/index.asp Mars Desert Research Station] which is a project of [http://www.marssociety.org 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 ==

http://www.robotgroup.net/eric/mcdaniel/McDaniel1.jpg Dr Mc''''''Daniel in front of the unofficial flag of Mars colored red, green and blue.

http://www.robotgroup.net/eric/mcdaniel/McDaniel2.jpg Standing Room Only Crowd

http://www.robotgroup.net/eric/mcdaniel/McDaniel3.jpg More Spectators

http://www.robotgroup.net/eric/mcdaniel/McDaniel4.jpg In addition to video and large maps of Mars, Dr Mc''''''Daniel also brought 2 Mars globes that were passed around.

http://www.robotgroup.net/eric/mcdaniel/McDanielBanjo1.jpg Aside from his scientific and legal talents, Dr Mc''''''Daniel is an accomplished musician.

http://www.robotgroup.net/eric/mcdaniel/McDanielBanjo2.jpg Playing an instrumental piece composed aboard the Mars Desert Research Station

http://www.robotgroup.net/eric/mcdaniel/McDanielBanjo3.jpg Performing a song composed jointly with the station crew and remote musicians.

== Videos ==

Dr Mc''''''Daniel plays samples of music that he and the Mars crew composed while serving aboard the Mars Desert Research Station.

[http://www.robotgroup.net/eric/mcdaniel/McDanielSings1.mpg Clip 1] (1.3 MB mpg)

[http://www.robotgroup.net/eric/mcdaniel/McDanielSings2.mpg Clip 2] (3.7 MB mpg)