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Email our Mars Experts in the Field!

The Jarntimarra-1 field expedition currently in central Australia is composed of some leading experts in Mars related research, including:

  • Dr Carol Stoker, NASA Ames Research Centre – Mars Pathfinder Scientist
  • Dr Larry Lemke, NASA Ames Research Centre – Advanced projects engineer currently working on Mars airplane
  • Prof Vic Gostin, University of Adelaide – Geology of central Australia, paleo-geology and meteorite impacts
  • Dr Jonathan Clarke, Australian National University – Geology of central Australia, Mars geology
  • Dr Graham Mann, Murdoch University – Robots for Mars an


The Jarntimarra-1 field expedition currently in central Australia is composed of some leading experts in Mars related research, including:

  • Dr Carol Stoker, NASA Ames Research Centre – Mars Pathfinder Scientist
  • Dr Larry Lemke, NASA Ames Research Centre – Advanced projects engineer currently working on Mars airplane
  • Prof Vic Gostin, University of Adelaide – Geology of central Australia, paleo-geology and meteorite impacts
  • Dr Jonathan Clarke, Australian National University – Geology of central Australia, Mars geology
  • Dr Graham Mann, Murdoch University – Robots for Mars and Mars missions
  • Jason Hoogland – MSA technical programme including HOP, Marskin, SAFMARS,Mars-Oz, Jarntimarra, Operation Red Centre
  • James Waldie, RMIT – Mechanical Counter Pressure suits

You can send an email question and our experts will send a reply via satellite, subject to their busy schedule in the field. In addition, Sydney based MSA member Michael West will be available to respond to queries of Sydney-siders on getting involved in the MSA technical programme. Watch for your Q&A’s on this website in the coming days!

Simply email your question to:tech@marssociety.org.au with your name, age and occupation, or the school you’re from if you’re a student. Please keep questions to no more than 5 lines of text.

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