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FMARS 2009 A Scientific Mission by the Mars Society

FMARS 2009 A Scientific Mission by the Mars Society. W. Vernon Kramer – DMC Geology Instructor FMARS 2009 Commander. Mars Society. An international organization devoted the studies of sustaining a human settlement on Mars. MDRS near Hanksville, UT.

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FMARS 2009 A Scientific Mission by the Mars Society

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  1. FMARS 2009 A Scientific Mission by the Mars Society W. Vernon Kramer – DMC Geology Instructor FMARS 2009 Commander

  2. Mars Society An international organization devoted the studies of sustaining a human settlement on Mars

  3. MDRS near Hanksville, UT This is done by performing simulated Mars missions where participants live in a Mars habitat and work outside in simulated space suits

  4. The Mars Society maintains a second habitat near Resolute on Devon Island

  5. About 600 miles North of Arctic Circle Largest uninhabited island size of West Virginia

  6. Haughton Crater ~ 30 MY old meteor crater; ~23 km in diameter; Arctic desert An ideal environment for a Mars simulation

  7. Stop for a moment to meet the crew of FMARS 2009

  8. Meet at Resolute, Nunavut on July 28, 2009

  9. Population less than 500

  10. Home for the month of July for six Mars settlers 25 feet in diameter and ~ 20 feet high Outside in “simulation”

  11. Travel by ATV and all outside activity with suits

  12. Just like on Mars

  13. All mapping: UTM NAD83/WGS84 bordering Zone 16 using Tule, Greenland 10 meter contours FMARS at 8373.621 N; 420.731 E Haughton Crater IOL – Inuit Owned Lands

  14. Geologic map

  15. Notice the red dots Hydrothermal pipes

  16. Of the more than 70 pipes, most were found by walking over the terrain (without a space suit) Examples of a hydrothermal pipe

  17. Then we will further test these with EM geophysics Our mission is to “find” these various types of “pipes’ with a UAV and sample the pipes for useful minerals (all within a space suit, helmet and thick gloves!

  18. Remotely controlled Prioria Maveric UAS with GPS, with cameras that can take high resolution color and infrared photos

  19. All sampling will be GPS tagged with Nikon donated cameras Nikon CoolPix P6000 with geotagging

  20. All field data will be collected using a DMC loaned Trimble GeoXM (with training by John Nelson - DMC) A variety of other GPS units will be used for navigation (including loaners from DMC) And all GPS data will be integrated using ARCMAP (from DMC IT, with training by DMC John Nelson)

  21. Traverse of an unmanned rover for a couple of months

  22. The reality of Mars, a +1,000 M hill of sulfate mineralization

  23. By men in space suits in a few days

  24. We must find usable minerals on Mars for this to happen!

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