Uncategorized

An initiative between Trinity College in East Perth and Mars Society Australia,  will see an innovative new Centre for Planetary and Space Studies set up at the East Perth school this year, bringing Mars research to the heart of the Western Australian capital.  Mars Society Australia’s Vice-President and Outreach Director, Mr David Cooper, believes that this Centre may well be the first space research laboratory to be established in a secondary education institution in Australia, and speaks enthusiastically about the g
(more…)

In a speech to NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C., U.S. President George W. Bush has announced an inspiring new course for human space exploration through the 21st century. As he notes, in the past 30 years, human beings have not set foot on any other world, nor ventured farther upward into space than 386 miles. This is about to change. Mars Society Australia applauds this bold vision and calls on the Australian Government to do what it can to support the United States in achieving this ambitious goal, which has enormous ramifications for mankind.
(more…)

Mars Society Australia has released version 1 of the Australian Mars Analogue Research Station (Mars-OZ) proposal document. The Lake Frome Plains to the east of Arkaroola was selected for the site of (Mars-OZ) during the Jarntimarra Expedition, which was undertaken in October-November 2001.
(more…)

The University of Queensland will be participating in a landmark private space mission announced by the Mars Society (US). Known as the Translife Mars Gravity Biosatellite, the privately funded, pioneering mission will study the effects of prolonged exposure to Martian gravity on mammals, a vital step on the road to human exploration of Mars. Also participating in the project are MIT (Cambridge, MA) and the University of Washington (Seattle, WA).
(more…)

ABSTRACTS DUE 30 APRIL 2002

Mars Society Australia will be holding its annual conference AMEC – the Australian Mars Exploration Conference – in Sydney on July 12-14, 2002. Those interested in speaking at the conference should forward a short abstract (less than 300 words) detailing your proposed topic to Jennifer Laing pr@marssociety.org.au, on or before 30 April 2002.

(more…)

Mars Society Australia will be holding its annual conference AMEC – the Australian Mars Exploration Conference – in Sydney on July 12-14, 2002. Undergraduate students are encouraged to submit a paper on issues which have direct or potential application to a future human mission to Mars or Mars related research. The winner will be invited to attend AMEC 2002 and have their award presented by Dr. Harrison Schmitt – Apollo 17 astronaut and geologist.

For more information click here.
(more…)

You can now follow the progress of the MSA’s analogue space suit project MarsSkin and its communications projects on newly launched homepages.
(more…)

The Mars Society Australia’s analogue Mars rover project Marsupial is moving ahead, following the project’s relocation to Fremantle, Western Australia. The design phase of the vehicle is nearing completion, after which time construction will commence at Byfield Engineering, at Riverton, WA. Find out more about the project on its newly updated homepage
(more…)

The Second European Convention of the Mars Society will be held 26-29 September in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. During this event internationally renowned scientists will meet interested laymen in a three day long festival of lectures, expositions, panel discussions, demonstrations and more informal activities.
(more…)

The opening of a new exhibition in Canberra on the search for the origin of life across the solar system has focused attention on Australian involvement in future human exploration of Mars, said Mars Society Australia President Guy Murphy yesterday.

To Mars and Beyond: Search for the Origins of Life opens at the National Museum of Australia on 13 December 2001 and continues until 26 May 2002.

(more…)