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The Mars Society is a volunteer-driven space-advocacy non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the human exploration and settlement of the planet Mars. Inspired by "The Case for Mars" conferences which were hosted by The Mars Underground at the University of Colorado Boulder, the Mars Society was established by Dr. Robert Zubrin and others in 1998 with the goal of educating the public, the media and government on the benefits of exploring Mars, the importance of planning for a humans-to-Mars mission in the coming decades and the need to create a permanent human presence on the Red Planet.〔(Mars Society Purpose )〕 ==History== The Mars Society was formally established in August 1998, when over 700 delegates – astronomers, scientists, engineers, astronauts, entrepreneurs, educators, students and space enthusiasts – attended a week-end of talks and presentations from leading Mars exploration advocates. Since then, the Mars Society, guided by its Steering Committee, has grown to over 5,000 members and some 6,000 associate supporters across more than 50 countries around the world. Members of the Mars Society are from all walks of life and actively work to promote the ideals of space exploration and the opportunities for exploring the Red Planet. The Mars Society's goals aren't purely theoretical. Its aim is to show that Mars is an achievable goal through a practical series of technical and other projects, including: *Further development of the Mars Direct mission plan to send humans to Mars〔(Penn State - Mars Direct )〕 *The Mars Analog Research Station Program (MARS) – analogues of possible future Mars habitation units, located in Mars-like environments. Established stations include the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) and the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) *The Mars Society Analogue Pressurized Rover – a competition to design a pressurized rover vehicle that could be used on Mars that was won by the Michigan Mars Rover Team.〔(Mars Society Pressurized Rover )〕 *The Mars Gravity Biosatellite - a program to design, build, and launch a satellite rotated to artificially provide partial gravity of 0.38g, equivalent to that of Mars, and hosting a small population of mice, to study the health effects of partial gravity, as opposed to zero gravity; this originated as a Mars Society initiative and is now supported by the (YourNameIntoSpace ) web portal *The Mars balloon mission (ARCHIMEDES ), due to launch in 2018 (conducted by the German Chapter of Mars Society)〔(Archimedes Balloon Project )〕 *Tempo3 The Tethered Experiment for Mars inter-Planetary Operations, a CubeSat based satellite that will demonstrate artificial gravity generation using two tethered masses In addition, the Society: * gives talks and presentations on Mars Direct to schools, colleges, universities, professional bodies and the general public * promotes the teaching of science, astronomy and spaceflight-related subjects in schools * campaigns for greater investment on the part of individual countries in space research and development * hosts the largest annual conferences on Mars exploration in the United States, Europe and Australia 〔The Mars Society's 13th International Convention will be held in Dayton, Ohio from August 5th - 8th, 2010 - For more information about the convention and to register please visit http://www.marssociety.org〕 * actively supports NASA, ESA and other space agencies in their on-going exploration of Mars The current board of directors of the Mars Society includes Robert Zubrin (chairman) and James Heiser.〔(Mars Society Board Listing )〕 Notable members of its steering committee include Buzz Aldrin and Peter H. Smith. Notable former members of the board of directors or steering committee of the Mars Society include Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael D. Griffin, Christopher McKay, and Pascal Lee.〔(Mars Society Steering Member Listing )〕 The Society is an organization member of the Alliance for Space Development. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mars Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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