The links between the ‘Red Planet’ and the Red Centre are stronger than you might imagine, with a team of young Australians actively helping international research efforts aimed at sending human beings to Mars. Jennifer Laing talks to Guy Murphy, National Coordinator of the Australian Chapter of the Mars Society, about the work they are doing to develop prototype vehicles for testing in the outback. As a keen student of early Australian history, Guy Murphy, National Coordinator of the Australian Chapter of the Mars Society doesn’t think it’s unusual that Australia should play a role in paving the way for human exploration of Mars.