Sessions For The 11th Annaul International Mars Society Convention
Presentations for the convention are invited dealing with all matters (science, engineering, politics, economics, public policy, etc.) associated with the exploration and settlement of Mars. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent by June 30th 2008 to: The Mars Society, PO Box 1312, Big Piney WY 83113 or via email to: Marsabstracts@aol.com (email submission preferred).
Conference Sessions
| The Question of Life on Mars | The Mars Desert Research Station |
| Latest Findings from the Mars Probes | The Spaceward Bound program at MDRS |
| Plans for the Missions of 2009 and Beyond | Rovers, robots and mobile agents; technology to assist human exploration |
| Concepts for Future Robotic Mars Missions | Independent Study - reports from student groups |
| Plans for Human Mars Missions | The benefits of Space Exploration for humanity |
| Advanced Propulsion | Public Policy for Mars Exploration |
| Launch Vehicles for Mars Exploration | Concepts for Privately Funded Mars Missions |
| Long Range Mobility on Mars | International cooperation and agencies |
| Life Support and Biomedical Factors | Law, Governance, and social systems for Mars |
| Human Factors and Crew Composition | Moonbase: Making the moon work for Mars |
| In-situ Resource Utilization | Why Mars? |
| Habitat construction and industrial infrastructure | Philosophical Implications of Mars Exploration |
| Martian agriculture/aquaculture and greenhouse/greenhab technology | Educating the next generation of Marsnauts |
| The First Martians, a permanent base on Mars | Political Action |
| Terraforming - Creating an Ecology for Mars | Chapter tools and outreach strategies |
| How Martian technology can help life on Earth | Proposed Projects for the Mars Society |
| Getting really far out, technologies for getting beyond the solar system | Song contest, art gallery, literature reading and more |
| Analog Studies Relating to Mars Exploration | The Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station |
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent by June 30th 2008 to: The Mars Society, PO Box 1312, Big Piney WY 83113 or via email to: Marsabstracts@aol.com (email submission preferred).
