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of Mars, astronomy, space news, and space exploration.
planetary candidates. With these discoveries it is more important than ever
If you are interested in a presentation by a member of
to explore and settle Mars. Some may say Mars is a frozen wasteland with
the Education Task Force ([email protected]) or a
robots slowly churning through a dusty and rocky landscape. However,
member of the Speakers Bureau, please contact us (info@
we like to think of Mars as the new frontier of raw desert. She is waiting,
marssociety.org ). To learn more about The Mars Society
wonting, patiently orbiting her parent star while we decide when to step
or for volunteer opportunities, please visit our main page
foot on her precious soil. The time is now.
(http://www.marssociety.org/ ) or contact us ([email protected] ) for more information.
The character of the human race will be measured
by whether or not we have taken responsibility for our
own future. We must build our character by responding
to what is happening around us. What is happening is;
we are outgrowing the Earth. It takes a worldwide community of “Martians” to collaborate and reach the goal
set forth by Dr. Robert Zubrin in the late 1990’s. The goal
is to send humans to Mars. We wish to accomplish this
by pooling our resources as a worldwide community.
On April 17, 2014, NASA announced that the
Top Image: Mars Sunset- NASA
Middle: Mars Landscape- NASA JPL
Below: Youth Rover
Bottom Right: URC2
Kepler Space Telescope (KST) has discovered the first
Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of its parent
star. Although this planet is 500 light years away, it only
begs the question, “When will we find an Earth-sized exoplanet within reach of a generation of explorers?” The
answer is most likely within the next decade. The KST
has confirmed 966 extrasolar planets with another 3,845
Astro Nerds June 2014
Astro Nerds June 2014