http://www.marssociety.org/portal daily 1 2005-11-18T21:45:23Z http://www.marssociety.org/portal/c/Conventions/2008/MattMountain2008Convention Matt Mountain, the Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, will be speaking at the 11th Annual International Mars Society Convention in Boulder. Dr. Mountain will be part of a special program at the Convention focusing on the Hubble Space Telescope. The timing of this program couldn't be any better. The HST servicing mission will be taking place just weeks after the convention. schnarff 2008-05-15T18:53:16Z Newsletter http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/CNNSpacePolitics A piece run this weekend on CNN covering the state of space policy in the 2008 U.S. presidential election featured commentary from Mars Society President Dr. Robert Zubrin. schnarff 2008-04-30T02:46:12Z News Item http://www.marssociety.org/portal/c/urc/college-teams-prepare-for-mars-face-off-at-university-rover-challenge Nine teams of college students from 3 countries are preparing to prove that they have what it takes to build the next generation of Mars rovers at the 2008 Mars Society University Rover Challenge (URC). The contest, to be held June 5-7, 2008 at the Mars Desert Research Station near Hanksville, Utah, will be sponsored by Raytheon. The 2008 URC will require the students to place their robotic creations through a series of four difficult tasks that will feature capabilities expected of future Mars rovers. kfsloan 2008-05-03T01:27:34Z Newsletter http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/AETeacherAward Making use of materials including the History Channel's "The Universe: Mars, the Red Planet" and a Mars globe donated by the Mars Society, member John Heasley has created an award-winning educational program called "Making Martians" that will be included in an upcoming A&E channel magazine. schnarff 2008-04-24T14:33:05Z News Item http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/TimeMagazinePicOfWeek The Mars Desert Research Station is currently running in Time Magazine's "Pictures of the Week" section. schnarff 2008-04-15T19:14:14Z News Item http://www.marssociety.org/portal/c/Conventions/2008/ConventionAnnouncement If you've never been to a Mars Society Convention or if it has been a long time since you've been to one, this is the year to attend. The Mars Society is on the move again, and we are planning a tremendous program this year. schnarff 2008-04-15T21:09:23Z Newsletter http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/MemorialRichardSylvan Richard Sylvan, Lifetime Mars Society Member, has died in his Georgia home. tczarnik 2008-04-10T04:35:03Z News Item http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/NewBoardMembers The Mars Society is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Scott Horowitz and Richard Heidmann to our Board of Directors. These two distinguished gentleman will join an already prestigious Board that includes Dr. Robert Zubrin, Dr. Penelope Boston, and Declan O'Donnell. schnarff 2008-04-09T02:10:05Z Newsletter http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/GoogleAprilFools Just in time for April Fool's Day, Google has rolled out a supposed collaboration between Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin designed to "lead hundreds of users on one of the grandest adventures in human history: Project Virgle, the first permanent human colony on Mars." schnarff 2008-04-01T20:22:24Z News Item http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/ChapterSpotlight It is our intent to highlight the activities of our numerous chapters around the world. They are all doing extraordinary work and are helping immensely in our effort to promote the concept of humans to Mars. At least once a month, we will highlight a chapter that has been maintaining a high level of activity or whose members have otherwise distinguished themselves. schnarff 2008-04-04T18:56:26Z Newsletter http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/MDRSCrew69 The following is the summary report of Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) Crew 69, which recently completed its operations in southern Utah. A complete report on this year's field season at the MDRS will be given at the 11th International Mars Society Convention, which will be held at the University of Colorado, Boulder, August 14-17, 2008. Registration is now open at www.marssociety.org. schnarff 2008-03-31T18:37:40Z Newsletter http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/MIRIAMFinalTestSuccess Another important milestone towards MIRIAM's planned June 14 launch was achieved yesterday with the successful completion of the vacuum primary functionality and system qualification test of MIRIAM's inflation systems deck here at the Institute of Space Technology at the UniBw. hgriebel 2008-03-26T19:33:55Z News Item http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/CSMMDRSCoverage The Christian Science Monitor, a major international daily newspaper, is currently running a prominent feature on the Mars Desert Research Station as the top item in its "Learning" section. schnarff 2008-03-26T15:01:00Z News Item http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/WeWantYouBack Ten years have passed since the founding convention of The Mars Society in Boulder, Colorado. In that decade thousands of people have joined our ranks to promote the goal of getting humans to Mars. However, in the last few years, we have lost a number of you. Some have simply let their membership lapse, even though they are active members in their chapters. Others have let their membership slip because they felt that we were not responsive enough to our membership. Regardless of the reasons, WE WANT YOU BACK. schnarff 2008-03-25T02:02:17Z Newsletter http://www.marssociety.org/portal/Members/schnarff/ZubrinOnClarke I knew Arthur Clarke, albeit from a distance, but on the basis of our limited acquaintance I can only support all the many commentaries from his closer friends as to what a truly fine man he was. Certainly, I shall always be grateful to him for his generous spirit in stepping forward and volunteering to write the preface to The Case for Mars, an endorsement which was substantially responsible for launching me into my current role. rzubrin 2008-03-20T20:44:50Z Newsletter