The MIT Mars Gravity Project
-A Private Initiative to Study the Effects of Martian Gravity on Mammals

The MIT Mars Gravity Project began when the Mars Society resolved to commit its resources to initiate the Translife Mission as its first spaceflight mission project. The MIT Mars Society and MIT Aero/Astro department are currently working on the project of desigining this mission. The Translife Mission will consist of a Mars-level (0.38 g) artificial gravity spacecraft carrying a crew of mice or rats in low Earth orbit for a period of roughly two months. During this period, they will be allowed to reproduce with their young developing into adults. The spacecraft will then be brought down to Earth, and both the original crew and their progeny will be examined.