Author: Earl White

The Mars Society Australia (MSA) is pursuing a bold programme to contribute to the international effort to plan, facilitate and promote human missions to the Red Planet. MSA requires volunteer engineers in Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide with at least one year of professional experience to assist with and manage projects. We are looking for both dynamic young engineers with minimal experience and senior engineers with more substantial experience.

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The Mars Society Australia has just presented the first annual Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC) in Melbourne on the weekend of 12th & 13th May, 2001. Click here for more information about the program held.

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We plan to identify and conduct Mars surface simulations in Mars analog environments in Australia. This will include scouting expeditions to South Australia and construction, transport, erection and operation of MARS-2, the Mars Australian Research Station.

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The Mars Society Australia will receive a grant of US$10,000 (AU$19,000) to begin construction on a prototype vehicle, part of an international effort to put humans on the planet Mars. The prototype, designed by a team based at the University of Queensland, is known as the ‘HOP’ (Human Operations Prototype), and will allow researchers to undertake weeklong excursions in Australian Mars-like locations.

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The Mars Society Australia (MSA) will become a primary user of the Joint Australian Engineering Satellite (JAESAT) which is to be launched in late 2002. If successful, JAESAT could become the first Mars Society orbital payload. SAFMARS will allow Earth-based Mars analogue field workers to send and receive messages to and from the Internet using portable terminals.
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Project Marsupial, the MSA’s analogue rover construction project, has received a giant boost with the news that Starchaser Industries, a UK aerospace firm, will fully fund Stage 2 of the innovative project. Starchaser has donated A$41,000 and secured naming rights to the rover, which will henceforth be called the Starchaser Marsupial Rover.
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An addendum to the MarsOZ proposal document has been prepared by Project Manager Dr Jonathan Clarke, and is now available online. Jonathan has included updated information on systems, equipment and fitout of MARS-OZ, as well as some new plans and drawings, which are the first step towards building our own Mars analogue research facility in the Australian Outback.
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Memberships of MSA can now be filled out and paid for using our secure online form. It makes renewal a much easier process and you can buy a membership for a friend or relative as a gift. Support MSA’s work and outreach effort by becoming a member or keeping your membership current. Members get lots of benefits, including preferential rates for the annual conference (AMEC), a regular newsletter and exclusive members email list.
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Can’t think what to get that Mars enthusiast for Christmas? Your worries are over! MSA’s Mars General Store is stocked full of goodies and waiting to take your orders.
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Radio Free Mars is an hour long radio broadcast produced by MarsNews.com. The RFM broadcast covers the Planet Mars and all the news, issues, and views surrounding the Red Planet.

In the 1st Broadcast (commencing Oct 24 2002), James Burk, Editor-in-chief provides an overview of the Mars Odyssey mission and an analysis of some of the issues surrounding the available data and images.
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