Mars Exploration Phoenix Mission Site


Mars Exploration Rover Mission Site

About Mars Society Canada (new)

MSC Executives & Board of Directors (new)

Sponsorship, Membership and Donation (new)

MSC Events, Expeditions and Projects

ExMARS Missions

ExMATS Missions

Mars Analog Research Stations

Other

Mars Society Canada Chapters

Regional Contacts

MSC List of Links & Resources

Space Agencies

Conferences

Mars Missions

Organizations

News Sources

New Mars Magazine

NASA TV

International Mars Society Chapters



In Association with Amazon.ca

Mars Society Canada - R & D Projects

Current Projects

Updated March 19, 2005.

The MSC Research and Development Team is considering a long term plan for R&D, both related to our Mars Analog Expedition Research Program, and other projects supporting Mars research.

If you wish to become a part of any of the items below please contact anyone from the MSC-Board or if a name is already attached to the item you are interested in please contact one of the individuals below.

Some of our more recent projects:

On-going projects:

Project Name Contact
Expedition-Mars

Radio Free Mars

EVA Datalogger Project

Director of Projects: . Please send project proposals and updates to this address.


Attention University Students!

Updated March 8, 2004.

MSC is seeking to establish partnerships with student teams to design, build and test hardware and software for various projects at the Mars Desert Research Station and other Mars analog sites. Below are some suggestions for project you could start at your university.

  1. Version 3 of the Datalogger -- custom designing software for the iPAQ 4350 we have.
  2. Begin a spacesuit design project
  3. Revive the ARES rover project
  4. Tools to aid science operations.
  5. Robots of various kinds.
  6. Scouting for Mars analog sites in Canada.


MarsSociety.ca is owned by Mars Society of Canada, Inc.


17-Mar - Moon vs. Mars at Museum (ScienceInsider)
17-Mar - Bad News for Terraformers: Periodic Bursts Of Solar Radiation Destroy The Martian Atmosphere (Popular Science)
17-Mar - Martian Moon in Spotlight (MSNBC)
17-Mar - Martian Weather (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
15-Mar - Phobos flyby images (ESA)
15-Mar - Media opportunity: ESA presents European participants in 520-day simulated mission to Mars (ESA)
15-Mar - Leicester physicists part of team studying impact of solar wind on Mars atmosphere (University of Leicester)
15-Mar - SXSW ‘10: Putty Hill, Mars, Cold Weather (GreenCine Daily)
15-Mar - Water Oxidation Advance Boosts Potential for Solar Fuel (Emory University)
15-Mar - Mars Returns! (Thomas More College)
15-Mar - What NASA's Mars Orbiter Data Flood Means (Space.com)
13-Mar - Happy Birthday, Percival Lowell, First to Imagine Life on Mars (findingDulcinea )
13-Mar - Spectacular avalanche seen on Mars (Scientific American)
11-Mar - A Near Death Experience On A Spacewalk, In Exclusive Mars Clip (io9)
11-Mar - Russian Launch Issues Delaying China's First Mars Probe (SpaceDaily)
11-Mar - Mars glacier lubricant could fuel rockets (New Scientist)
11-Mar - Could the Tumbleweed Rover dominate Mars? (MSNBC)
11-Mar - Massive Mars Antenna to Undergo Delicate 'Surgery' (Softpedia)
11-Mar - NASA Launches Interactive Simulation (PhysOrg)
11-Mar - War Of The Worlds Mock Documentary Is Coming (SpaceDaily)
11-Mar - Inverted Crater on Mars ( National Geographic)
11-Mar - Giacchino to score ‘John Carter of Mars’ (MovieScore)
10-Mar - SXSW Preview: MARS (We Are Movie Geeks)
10-Mar - Roving Mars in Award-Winning Style (DiscoveryNews)
10-Mar - Indie romance in space! Check out 'Mars' starring Cynthia Watros from 'Lost' (Entertainment Weekly)
10-Mar - NASA Mars Orbiter Speeds Past Data Milestone (Scientific Computing)
10-Mar - ‘Mars Needs Moms!’ Opens March 11, 2011 (Disnology)
10-Mar - Gas on Mars Silent But Not Deadly (Miller-McCune)
08-Mar - President Obama to Host Space Conference in Florida in April (The White House)
08-Mar - This is your chance to go to Mars! (NASA)