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Mars Society Australia 2000. "Project Marsupial Human Operations Prototype (HOP)." (Download above.)

Hoogland, J. 2000. "An entry in the Mars Society's Mars Analog Rover Design Competition (Marsupial-Wombat)." (Download above.)

Cairns, B., Fenton, A., and Hoffman, N. "Progress Towards Mars Rover Simulations in the Australian Outback". Abstract for the 32nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, March 2001. (Download above.)

Mann, G.A. "Design, Construction, and Operations Plan for the Marsupial Rover". Exploring the Red Planet: Proceedings of the Second Australian Mars Exploration Conference, University of Sydney, Sydney Australia, July 2002.

Mann, G. A. and Clarke, J. D. A. 2003. "First comparative field test of pressurised rover prototypes." Abstracts of the 3rd Australian Mars Exploration Conference, Trinity College, Perth, August 2003.

G.A. Mann, N.B. Wood, J.D.A. Clarke, S. Piechocinski, M. Bamsey and J.H. Laing. (2004) "Comparative Fields Tests of Pressured Rover Prototypes" (AAS 03-319. In Cockell, C. (Ed.), Martian Expedition Planning, AAS Science and Technology Series, Vol 107, Univelt Publishing, San Diego, California, 2004, pp. 313-327.

(also reproduced as) G.A. Mann, N.B. Wood, J.D.A. Clarke, S. Piechocinski, M. Bamsey and J.H. Laing. (2004) "Comparative Fields Tests of Pressurised Rover Prototypes", Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, (Vol 57, No. 3/4, February 2004), British Interplanetary Society, pp. 135-143.

Mann, G.A. Trials and Tribulations of the Starchaser Marsupial Rover. Proceedings of the 4th Australian Mars Exploration Conference, University of South Australia, July, 2004.