This year, the Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC 2003) is to be held at Trinity College in Perth, Western Australia. Full details including a Call For Papers and secure Online Registration are now available. Further details will be added as they come to hand, check back from time to time as this exciting event unfolds.News
AMEC 2003 - Call for Papers and Registrations Open
Thursday, 30 January 2003
This year, the Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC 2003) is to be held at Trinity College in Perth, Western Australia. Full details including a Call For Papers and secure Online Registration are now available. Further details will be added as they come to hand, check back from time to time as this exciting event unfolds.Yakka Supports Project MarsSkin
Monday, 20 January 2003
Yakka Australia has generously agreed to supply coveralls for Australian members of Mars Society Australia to wear while participating in Expedition One at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah.Expedition One is a month-long project, involving testing of equipment, processes and technology which could be used in Mars mission planning in the future. These coveralls will act as a dust layer in MarsSkin analogue suits which will be used when working in the South-Western desert, and can also be used in the Australian Outback.
Mars Society Australia thanks...
Join MSA Online
Monday, 25 November 2002
Memberships of MSA can now be filled out and paid for using our secure online form. It makes renewal a much easier process and you can buy a membership for a friend or relative as a gift. Support MSA's work and outreach effort by becoming a member or keeping your membership current. Members get lots of benefits, including preferential rates for the annual conference (AMEC), a regular newsletter and exclusive members email list.
Mars General Store Now Open For Business
Tuesday, 19 November 2002
Can't think what to get that Mars enthusiast for Christmas? Your worries are over! MSA's Mars General Store is stocked full of goodies and waiting to take your orders. The online store stocks dozens of items, including MSA polo shirts and baseball caps, best-selling books such 'The Case for Mars' and the new book 'On to Mars' by Mars Society founder Robert Zubrin, and videos like 'NASA: The Big Missions.' 'On to Mars', is hot off the press, and includes a segment on our Victorian Chapter Coordinator Felix Dance and his Halkyut Prize winning letter, as well as the inside story of the deployment of the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on Devon Island. Payment online through Mars General...
Aussie Astronaut Calls On Australian Involvement In Mars Exploration
Sunday, 10 November 2002
Australian astronaut Dr. Andy Thomas opened the new facility at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University in November with a powerful speech urging Australia to set up a national space agency and take an active part in space exploration activities. He pointed out that "Mars is the great exploration of the 21st century, but Australian kids will see no Australian role. This is not a healthy legacy to leave the next generation." A copy of his notes of the speech can be found at http://aca.mq.edu.au/andy.html
Australian Palaeonlogist To Lead NASA Astrobiology Institute
Saturday, 2 November 2002
Australian palaeontologist Dr. Bruce Runnegar has been selected as the next director of NASA's Astrobiology Institute (NAI). As director of the Institute, Runnegar will lead efforts to answer the three big questions central to astrobiology: How does life begin and evolve? Does life exist elsewhere? What is life's future on Earth and beyond? Some of the answers to these questions may be found by exploring Mars. Mars Society Australia wishes Dr. Runnegar well with his new appointment.
MarsOZ - Check Out the Latest Proposal
Monday, 28 October 2002
An addendum to the MarsOZ proposal document has been prepared by Project Manager Dr Jonathan Clarke, and is now available online. Jonathan has included updated information on systems, equipment and fitout of MARS-OZ, as well as some new plans and drawings, which are the first step towards building our own Mars analogue research facility in the Australian Outback. People with engineering, architectural or technical experience who are keen to assist with the project are encouraged to contact Jonathan with ideas and suggestions. Download the addendum document (pdf) here
Interested potential sponsors of the MarsOZ habitat should contact Jennifer Laing for further information...
Interested potential sponsors of the MarsOZ habitat should contact Jennifer Laing for further information...
Tune in to Radio Free Mars
Thursday, 10 October 2002
Radio Free Mars is an hour long radio broadcast produced by MarsNews.com. The RFM broadcast covers the Planet Mars and all the news, issues, and views surrounding the Red Planet.In the 1st Broadcast (commencing Oct 24 2002), James Burk, Editor-in-chief provides an overview of the Mars Odyssey mission and an analysis of some of the issues surrounding the available data and images. Also included, is an excerpt from Burk's radio interview with Mexican journalist Jamie Maussan regarding the red planet. Program runs 40 minutes without commercials and includes Dustin Green's Five Minute Mars newscast. It also features music from Holst's "The Nine Planets: Mars, Bringer of War" .
Read more and tune in by clicking here.
Prototype MCP Analogue Suit Debuts at AMEC
Thursday, 18 July 2002
The first prototype of the MarsSkin analogue Mechancial Counter Pressure (MCP) suit was presented at AMEC2002 by project manager James Waldie. The suit is intended to be used used in Mars analogue research projects undertaken in Australia and internationally, and includes a special helmet system being developed by students at the University of Sydney.
Read more at the MarsSkin homepage.
Read more at the MarsSkin homepage.
AMEC2002 An Outstanding Success
Thursday, 18 July 2002
Over 130 delegates gathered at Sydney University over the weekend of July 12-14 for the largest Mars conference held in Australia, AMEC 2002 (the Second Australian Mars Exploration Conference). Highlights of the weekend included the opening address by former Apollo 17 astronaut Dr Harrison Schmitt, the first public display of the Australian MarsSkin analogue suit, and the announcement of the winner of the Undergraduate Prize, Yon Wui Ng.
More reports will be posted shortly.
More reports will be posted shortly.
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