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<p>Aaron: Added myself to the project member list</p> <hr /> <div>=Project Overview=<br /> <br /> Project aims to design a near-term feasible human Mars mission based on the concept of sending humans one way to Mars. This approach has a number of advantages compared to the tradition &quot;there-and-back&quot; exploration approach that all previous human space missions have followed, particularly with regard to the mass requirements of the mission. The humans on Mars would be re-supplied periodically and would have the tools and infrastructure for a mostly self-sustained existence. An emergency return capability based on the direct return approach could be provided to mitigate the effects of catastrophic equipment failure on Mars; it is one of the goals of the project to determine the cost of providing such a return capability. This initial Mars outpost could also be the nucleus of an initial Mars colony, growing over time through dispatching additional crew and infrastructure to the initial Mars outpost.<br /> <br /> ==Specific Objectives==<br /> <br /> *To determine what would be involved in implementing a sustained human presence on Mars in the near future<br /> *To investigate the cost of providing the colony with the capability for emergency evacuation back to Earth<br /> *To gain an understanding of the financial needs and the time phasing of a near-term Mars colonization program<br /> *To further develop the DevelopSpace infrastructure through identification of infrastructure needs<br /> <br /> ==Timeline==<br /> <br /> Under construction...<br /> <br /> =Project Team Members=<br /> <br /> *Chase Cooper<br /> <br /> *Emily Grosse (listening in)<br /> <br /> *Arthur Guest<br /> <br /> *Wilfried Hofstetter (project lead) wilfried.hofstetter@gmail.com<br /> <br /> *Alar Kolk<br /> <br /> *Ryan McLinko<br /> <br /> *Paul Wooster (advisor)<br /> <br /> *Aaron Schultz<br /> <br /> =Action Items=<br /> <br /> *Create project mailing list<br /> <br /> *Update your contact details / add yourself to the team<br /> <br /> *Project members need to identify task(s) they want to work on and put together an action plan for the task(s)<br /> <br /> *Review NASA Mars DRM 1.0, 3.0, Exploration Blueprint Data Book, and Mars Direct (see key references)<br /> <br /> =Project Documents=<br /> <br /> ==Telecon Notes==<br /> <br /> *[[:Image:MarsProjectTelecon_4-12-2008.pdf|Notes from the 4-12-2008 telecon]]<br /> <br /> ==Key References==<br /> <br /> * [http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19980037039_1998107111.pdf The Reference Mission of the NASA Mars Exploration Study Team, NASA/SP-6107 (PDF)] [July 1997]<br /> <br /> * [http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections/TRS/_techrep/SP-6107-ADD.pdf Addendum to the NASA Mars DRM, NASA/SP—6107–ADD (PDF)] [June 1998]<br /> <br /> * [http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections/TRS/_techrep/TP-2001-209371.pdf NASA Mars surface reference mission, NASA/TP—2001–209371 (PDF)] [December 2001]<br /> <br /> *[http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20000025321_2000013335.pdf Human Mars Mission Weights and Mass Properties, NASA CR-2000-209874 PT1 (PDF)] [Brothers, October 1999]<br /> <br /> *[http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20070025041_2007023230.pdf Exploration Blueprint Data Book, NASA TM-2007-214763 (PDF)] [Bret Drake, July 2007] Great source of NASA concepts for human exploration from the late 1990s and early 2000s<br /> <br /> *[http://www.lampsacus.com/documents/MARSDIRECTSPACEEXPLORATION.pdf Mars Direct - A Simple, Robust, and Cost Effective Architecture for the Space Exploration Initiative (PDF)] [Zubrin, 1991] Overview of the Mars Direct exploration architecture</div>

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