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Title Slide. WHAT IS THE MARS SOCIETY?. Dedicated to promoting the human exploration of space, specifically Mars, through scientific, technical, political and educational means. To further the exploration and eventual settlement of the Red Planet.

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  2. WHAT IS THE MARS SOCIETY? • Dedicated to promoting the human exploration of space, specifically Mars, through scientific, technical, political and educational means. • To further the exploration and eventual settlement of the Red Planet. • Introduce and popularize pioneering Mars by broad public outreach. • Support of government-funded Mars exploration programs worldwide. • Conduct privately-funded and financed exploration of Mars. • The San Diego chapter is a local grass-roots group supporting these goals. • "The Earth is the Cradle of Mankind, but one does not live in the cradle forever."-- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, 1895

  3. The Mars Society – An International Organization The Mars Society – An International Organization SAN DIEGO —

  4. Space Exploration Alliance Space Exploration Alliance • Aerospace Industries Association • Aerospace States Association • American Astronautical Society • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics • California Space Authority • Florida Space Authority • The Mars Society • National Coalition of Spaceport States • National Space Society • The Planetary Society • ProSpace • Space Access Society • Space Frontier Foundation • Federation of Galaxy Explorers • Global Space Travelers • Moon Society • NASA Alumni League • ShareSpace Foundation • Space Generation Foundation • Space Studies Institute • X PRIZE Foundation

  5. Mars Direct - Zubrin & Case for Mars Dr. Robert Zubrin and “The Case for Mars”

  6. MARS: Mars Analog Research Stations-Original Concept M.A.R.S.: Mars Analog Research Stations - Original Concept

  7. FMARS-11 - 4 months FMARS Crew 11 - May-August 2007 On Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic – 900 miles from the North Pole

  8. MDRS Complex M.A.R.S.: Mars Analog Research Stations - Desert Near Hanksville and Capitol Reef National Park in Utah – Active November through April

  9. San Diego Members to MDRS Dave Rankin Lawyer MDRS Maintenance Crew Shannon Rupert-Robles Biologist MDRS Crews 4/14/21/36/41 Commander MDRS 14/21/36/41 FMARS Crew 9 Mars-OZ Expedition 2 MDRS Maintenance Crews Katheryn Bywaters Biologist MDRS Crew 42 MDRS Crew 58 FMARS Crew 11 Jonathan Butler Biologist MDRS Crew 14 Gerry Williams Filmmaker MDRS Crew 2 MDRS Maintenance Crews Melinda Capes Biologist MDRS Crew 23 Vuong Nguyen Biologist MDRS Crew 14 San Diego Goes to Mars! John Stone Electrical Engineer MDRS Maintenance Crew

  10. PAST MONTHS EVENTS May 2007 5-9 TMS•SD Rover at Steele Canyon High School April 2007 4-25 TMS•SD lecture “Mars Exploration Rovers–Year 3” for OASIS 4-20 TMS•SD Mars Movie Night: “War of the Worlds–Second Invasion” (1988) March 2007 3-23 TMS•SD Rover at St. Columba School for Project Astro 3-17 TMS•SD Rover at SDSA’s “Expanding Your Horizons” 3-16 TMS•SD Mars Movie Night: “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” (1965) 3-9 TMS•SD Meeting 3-9 TMS•SD Rover at La Jolla Elementary School 3-5TMS•SD shows “The Mars Underground” at Rancho Bernardo Library 3-2/4 TMS•SD at ConDor XIV Sci-Fi Convention

  11. THIS MONTH EVENTS May 2007 5-12 “Space Day” at San Diego Air & Space Museum 5-17 TMS•SD Rover at Steele Canyon High School 5-18 TMS•SD Mars Movie Night: “Martian Successor Nadesico” (1986) 5-19/20JPL Pasadena Free Open House 5/25-28 International Space Development Conference ISDC 2007 at Dallas TX June 2007 6-6 SDAA’s “Stars in the Park” outside the RHFSC 6-8 TMS•SD Meeting & Summer Barbecue 6-15 Mars Movie Night – “Lifeform” (1996)

  12. PROJECT STATUS REPORTS Project Status Reports - SDMarsRover San Diego Mars Exploration Rover Replica Local San Diego Mars Outreach to Schools, Museums, Conventions

  13. PROJECT STATUS REPORTS MARSpod- Construction space, CAP & college volunteers

  14. Think Interplanetary, Act Locally

  15. a presentation of The Mars Society • San Diego Presentation of TMS-SD http://MarsSanDiego.org

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