Mars Odyssey has emerged from behind Mars after orbital insertion at 1pm 24 Oct 2001 Eastern Australian Time. View the latest press release (pdf) on Mars Odyssey and the Mars Society Australia. See also the NASA press kit (pdf) on Mars Odyssey.
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Download the newly released official Jarntimarra press kit (pdf), which contains information about all aspects of the expedition. The expedition itinerary can be found here. Any media inquiries can be directed to public relations director Jennifer Laing at pr@marssociety.org.au. or by telephone on (0417 135 113).
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The Mars Society Australia has announced that a scientific team including experts from a number of Australian universities as well as several NASA researchers will travel to outback South Australia and the Northern Territory on October 27 to examine sites suitable for analogue research activities.
Undertaken as part of Project Jarntimarra, the expedition is being sponsored by U.K.
In 2000, Mars Society Australia (MSA) commenced its first technical project, Marsupial, following an award of US$10,000 from the international Mars Society. You can now follow the evolution of a simulation platform designed to represent a real Mars pressurised rover online!
The Project JarntimarraDatabase (JNT-DB) is now publicly available online. The database is a growing catalogue of Mars analogue sites in various locations throughout central Australia. MSA believes that Australia is become one of the best places in the world for undertaking field simulation testing of real Mars mission equipment and forplanning human missions using analogue equipment. The Australian outback resembles in many ways the barren Martian surface.
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A revised preliminary programfor the Mars Society’s 4th Annual Convention in Stanford, California, August 23-26, 2001, shows a number of Australians delivering papers on Mars-relatedactivities. Australian scientist Katy Quinn, one of the crew members on theFlashline Mars Arctic Research Station, will speak on ‘Remote Sensing for HumanExploration’, Dr.
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Mars Society Australia Technical Director Jason Hoogland was interviewed on Channel 9’s Today Show on Tuesday 31 July about a proposed analogue researchfacility for the Australian outback and our work on an analogue Mars rovervehicle. Jason spoke of the way this type of facility could be used to further research aimed at sending humans to Mars. Requests for media interviews or appearances to discuss Mars Society Australia projects or activities should be sent to Jennifer Laing, PR Director, at pr@marssociety.org.au.
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The August issue of Australasian Science magazine has just hit the newsagents and focuses on Mars. You’ll find lots of interesting articles to look at, including articles on Australians involved in Mars-related research, the ‘White Mars’ theory, and details of the proposed Mars Society Australia analogue research facility to be located Down Under -Mars Oz! Many of the people involved in Mars Society Australia research projects are featured in this issue. Check it out now.
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Dr Robert Zubrin has just offered the Australian Mars Society the opportunity to participate in an international program developing the technologies necessary for human exploration and colonisation of Mars. We have been offered one of four prototype Mars habitats as part of the Mars analogue program,to be set up in the Australian desert.
More details can be found in this press release and in the Mars Society’s Analogue Stations Program document.
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