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[Mars related topics]

Good to hear from you Roy.

The recruiting ideas are good, when I was in MI we went to several events and set up a table to promote the Mars Society.  Every little bit helps, it just takes people willing to invest the time.  I belong to AIAA and follow their conferences and events.

An idea I have for a MDRS research project is to build and operate an ini-situ propellant production plant.  Zurbin and others have designed one years ago and tested it in the lab.  It would be interesting to test one in a Mars like environment, try to produce fuel, oxygen and water.  We would learn a lot trying operate and repair it in a space suit.  Anyone else interested?

Scott




On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Mars related topics wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm actually in New Mexico, but I'm quite interested in the subject!
>
> Has anyone seen high school competitions such as spaceset.org?  Getting
> behind a mars related competition might be a good idea - one problem
> that might be associated with such an effort is "advertising" or
> "getting the word out" - to as many potential participants as possible.
>
> I guess that can be a double edged sword, because more participation can
> require more funding to support it.  There are many possible ways to
> get/find the funding, including from for profit and non-profit
> companies... For instance, I am working with the company I work for to
> help financially support a regional competition for spaceset.org either
> the weekend before or the weekend after STAIF 2007.
>
> Another interesting organization to check out might be the AIAA
> (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) - they have
> references to all kinds of space competitions and conferences.
>
> I am an Electrical Engineer, currently holding an IT position supporting
> everything from embedded instruments, to high end Sun servers and large
>  linux clusters.  I'm interested (as well as capable of designing or
> deploying) in embedded systems, (automated)robotics, instrumentation,
> communications, life support either in transit to or on mars, solving
> the "dust" problem for an airlock, etc..
>
> Maybe looking at other successful recruiting programs other
> organizations would help give insight to how MS can recruit as well?
> Some possible ones could be the AIAA, IEEE, AUVSI and others..
>
> What do you think?
>
> -Roy Nielsen
>
>
> Mars related topics wrote:
>> The first question is, who else is on this list?  Can everyone respond so we can get a head count and indicate what area of the state
> you live in.
>>
>> I can help organize things, assuming there is some interest.  I would suggest a meeting near Titusville or Cocoa, I think there are a few space people in that area.
>>
>> In Michigan we had monthly meetings and tried to promote the Mars Society and its ideas.  This was done mainly by contacting Senators and Congressmen to convince them to support NASA in a mission to Mars.  We would also have a booth at events (such as science fairs) to let the general public know the MS existed and recruit new members.  Other ideas we could try, but take more time and effort are, going to schools to get the kids and teachers interested in Mars.
>>
>> If anyone is interested in going to MDRS we need to start planning soon, I think they start to assign missions soon.
>>
>> So lets hear from everyone and discuss interests.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Mars related topics wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Scott
>>>
>>> Mars related topics wrote:
>>>> Terry
>>>>
>>>> I am new to FL, but was involved with the Mars Society in Michigan.
>>> What sort of things did you do there?
>>>
>>>> Is there any interest in putting together a FL team to go to MDRS for
>>> Yes, I'm interested, there are probably others that would be as well.
>>>
>>>> 2 weeks?  Does the FL section have meetings or events, I live on the
>>>> east side of Orlando?
>>> Regular meetings would be good.  At this time I have had two meetings at
>>> which I was the only one to show up... That was before the conference
>>> though, at which I meet several FL people.
>>>
>>> There are now a few other people on this list, possible we can decide on
>>> a time and place to have a meeting?
>>>
>>> For anything to happen in an organization there must be a core group of
>>> a few people that make things happen and keep things on track and
>>> moving.  I am way to disorganized to do this by myself, so I am looking
>>> for some others that want to move a FL group forward.
>>>
>>> So, where shall we have our first meeting?
>>>
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