Unfortunately, since I managed to break my main computer while upgrading it, there won’t be any new articles added until mid to late next week. However, by then we’ll have at least three new in-depth interviews lined up, and of course this column and the forums will remain active.
In the meantime, it’s worth reading about the problems involved in getting people to walk on Mars - both with the spacesuits, and with bone loss problems. The scientist featured in the story, Dava Newman, apparently intends to go to Mars; along with the three women who I know want to be the first human on Mars, it looks as if the first mission will be composed entirely of females…
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First the ISS, and now Mars? That’s what’s on the mind of the Canadian Space Agency, who want to participate in the NASA Mars 2007 ‘Smart Lander’ mission. The venture could cost Canada hundreds of millions of dollars if it gets the go-ahead, but would give the country’s scientists a chance to contribute experiments on the lander and perhaps make sure they can get their hands on samples of Mars soil future any future sample return missions.
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Despite continued troubles with their space launch projects, the Japanese have not been dissuaded from expanding their space industry. According to the Sankei newspaper, Japan may be spending up to $5.3 billion over 10 to 15 years on developing a reuseable space shuttle.
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To the British readers of New Mars: Have you signed up for the upcoming Mars Society UK Symposium? On January 19th, speakers including Dr. Robert Zubrin, Prof. Colin Pillinger and Charles Frankel will be presenting at the Milton Keynes National Hockey Stadium Conference Centre. Registration costs as little as
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New Mars would like to wish all of its readers a happy New Year!
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Airplanes like ‘airborne titanics’? 10,000ft runways with arresting wires? No, these aren’t the plans for the next US air carrier but the situation that would face those who want to fly on Mars. With an atmosphere less than 1% as thick as Earth’s and one third gravity, airspeed and inertia are real problems. Luckily, the X-Plane website is attempting to find answers…
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Today, New Mars features its first Mars book review of Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Martians. In the coming weeks, we’ll be featuring more reviews of Mars related books, movies and products. If you’d like to contribute a review, please email Adrian Hon.
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BBC News Online takes a retrospective look at space travel in 2001. Mir, space tourism and the ISS are all discussed - but Mars is glaring in its absence.
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Forget about the low gravity and life support issues, the largest hurdle for a manned mission to Mars might turned out to be the day length. According to a study by the NSBRI and NASA, the human internal clock cannot adapt to a Martian day of 24.65 hours. Read more about it on Spaceref.
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Once again, New Mars is back from a months-long hiatus with a complete redesign! The more observant (and perhaps cynical!) readers might have noticed that New Mars and its forums appear to undergo quite regular hiatuses. However, I’m sure that with this last overhaul, New Mars will be staying for quite some time.
Of course, along with a new look, New Mars also has added category index pages for ease of navigation and also this mini-weblog which will be updated every day or so with quick news and forum tips.
– Adrian Hon, Editor
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