Astro Nerds Astronomy Magazine (June 2014) Issue 1 | Page 8

8 MSL Curiosity program leader Adam Steltzner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y3VK9dF5eo ), Mars Exploration Rover Principal Investigator Steve Sqyures (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKbr9CEjI6c ), and many more. 9 This station houses volunteer crews of six Marsonauts, who live and do research as if they were on the surface of Mars. An upcoming and unprecedented mission, called the Mars Arctic 365 (http://ma365.marssociety.org/ ), will be a one-year Mars surface simulation expedition in the Canadian High Arctic. We also dare college students to participate in the University Rover Challenge (URC) (http://urc.marssociety.org/ ) IMAGE: MRDS If you have ever heard the saying, “It takes a village….,” well we at The Mars Society are utilizing that concept to where they build robotic rovers and compete until a winner is crowned. In step with the URC we also sponsor the Youth send