Friday at 2:00 p.m. EDT the show Science Friday will discuss the Mars analog program being conducted in the arctic by the Mars Society and the NASA Haughton-Mars Project.
April 22nd, 2001
Fabrication Pictures of Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) spaceconstruction.com
The Mars Desert Research Station is being fabricated for the Mars Society by Built on Integrity (BOI), of Boulder City Nevada. Founded by Scott Fisher, of the Fisher Space Pen company, a longtime supporter of space exploration in general and the Mars society in particular, BOI has developed a proprietary construction technology combining a steel frame, foam core, and elastomeric skin to produce an ultra lightweight structure with extremely effective insulation properties. The MDRS will use this technology to produce a station that is the same size as the fiberglass honeycomb Flashline Station, but which weighs less than half as much. The Mars society intends to take advantage of the lightweight nature of the MDRS to make it mobile, moving it to support exploration at several different desert locations in the course of its operating lifetime.
April 20th, 2001
Spring Reconnaisance Expedition Returns From Flashline Arctic Station
A Mars Society spring reconnaissance expedition to Devon Island to assess the condition and effect improvements in the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station has just returned. Led by Project Scientist Pascal Lee and Project Manager Frank Schubert, the team landed on snow-covered Devon in Twin Otter aircraft equipped with skis for landing gear, and found the station to be in excellent shape after being left alone for an Arctic winter.
March 15th, 2001
Flashline Volunteers Selected for 2001 Field Season
In a meeting held in Denver, March 4th and 5th, the Flashline Management Committee completed selections of the volunteers slated for the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on Devon Island during the summer of 2001.
February 16th, 2001
Aerospace and Student Center project brings Mars to campus Georgia Tech
Last week, aerospace students and other campus space enthusiasts gathered in the Student Center to hear a presentation from Dr. Robert Zubrin. The presentation was made possible by a unique conglomeration of Student Center Programs Office and the School of Aerospace Engineering. John Parsons, Chair of the Ideas and Issues Committee, said that attendance at the presentation was extremely high. Part of the reason for the attendance was the dynamic nature of the Zubrin, who was described by students as “funny” and “intelligent.”
February 11th, 2001
Advocates Want Humans Sent to Mars
Lyle Kelly greets a visitor to his home in this Cincinnati suburb with a button proclaiming “Mars or Bust” pinned to his tan cardigan. As chairman of the Ohio chapter of the Mars Society, Kelly helps lead a drive to persuade the U.S. government to commit to human exploration and settlement of the red planet. The society, founded in 1998, boasts 3,000 to 4,000 members who this month launched a lobbying effort to visit or provide materials to every lawmaker in Congress. Robert Zubrin, president of the Mars Society, said the United States could have humans on Mars in 10 years at a cost of $20 billion. He said his group’s offensive has begun now, in part, to grab the attention of the incoming Bush administration.
February 6th, 2001
Hop to It! ‘Down Under’ Research Helps International Mars Effort Universe Today
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.
February 1st, 2001
Centre Convo to Present Plan for Humans to Mars Centre College
Lyle Kelly, president of the Ohio chapter of The Mars Society, and other members of the chapter will make a presentation, “Humans to Mars,” on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Young Hall, room 101. The convocation is free, and the public is invited to attend. Kelly and others will provide background information on Mars and explain why they, and other members of The Mars Society, believe human exploration and colonization of Mars is desirable. The group will then present a detailed plan for landing humans on Mars within the next 10 years.
January 15th, 2001
Pressurized Mars Analog Rover Project
Follow the progress of each team as status reports are posted twice month online. Last fall in a major step forward for the society, the Mars Society announced that three teams will receive funds to build Mars analog rovers. The first of these rovers could be ready by this years convention at Stanford.