From: DragonFun@aol.com
Subject: Mars Colony #1
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:25:16 -0400 (EDT)
Yassoo Mars Colonists, Yassoo is a Greek word expressing joy and good spirits. It can also mean "hello," especially at Greek festivals and in Greek tavernas where people are dancing, singing, eating, drinking, enjoying life. Hello and welcome to Professor Richard Zimmer's--and your--Mars Colony course in the Hutchins School at Sonoma State University. The Mars Colony course is an adventure in learning. Most of your learning resources are not in paper form. Instead they are in electronic form at SSU or on the Internet. Much of your interaction with Professor Zimmer, mentors Eric Burgess and Bob Albrecht, and remote mentors anywhere will be via the Internet. This email is an example. First, two quotations from Laran Stardrake. "Soon, Gaia's children will begin moving outward, colonizing near space, the solar system, beyond. Space, an expanding frontier for the people of Earth, Gaia's children." -- Laran Stardrake "NASA's Teacher Resource Centers are bountiful sources of the right stuff for teachers at any grade level. You will find a plethora of educational materials at all grade levels related to physical science, life science, earth science, math, art, social science, careers, spaceflight, aeronautics, technology, et cetera, et cetera. Be sure to bring videotape and copy some terrific public-domain videos." -- Laran Stardrake Here are links to Internet places that will help you survive and thrive while enjoying the Mars Colony course. Hopefully, you will see site names below as "hot links" in blue underlined text that you can click to go there immediately. Below each link is the URL (Uniform Resource Locator). Think of it as the address of the site. Perhaps your most important Internet resource is <A HREF="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars">NASA Live from Mars</A> http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars To stay informed of the latest in Live From Mars, join NASA's * discuss-lfm teachers' forum email list, and * updates-lfm email list. To subscribe to discuss-lfm 1. Send email to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov 2. In the message body, write: subscribe discuss-lfm To subscribe to updates-lfm 1. Send email to: listmanager@quest.arc.nasa.gov 2. In the message body, write: subscribe updates-lfm Because YOU will design a mission to Mars, visit <A HREF="http://www.marsacademy.com/">The Mars Academy</A> http://www.marsacademy.com/ In the Mars Academy home page, scroll down and click (or click below) <A HREF="http://www.marsacademy.com/walkthru.htm">What is the Mars Academy</A > http://www.marsacademy.com/walkthru.htm To whet your appetite, below is a snippet from What is the Mars Academy: Mars Academy snippet ------------------------- Steps in the design of a manned mission to Mars 1.Introduction 2.Mission Goals 3.Landing Site 4.Crew Selection 5.Trajectory 6.Propulsion 7.Life Support 8.Mission Design Introduction Designing a manned mission to Mars is obviously an extremely complex task, and one that requires knowledge on various disciplines. Trajectories have to be calculated, rockets designed and selected, life support systems integrated into the spacecraft to provide nourishment and a survivable environment to the astronauts that will be selected to make the journey. Real life solutions to all these problems exceed the scope of the Mars Academy project, which is intended for high school/college students and the general public. However, in our mission design we will use existing and foreseeable technology (for example, the existence of the International Space Station) to approximate and integrate solutions to all the design problems into a Mars mission. After a complete plan for the journey is put together, a web based simulation of the mission based on the adopted solutions will be run. End Mars Academy snippet ---------------------- You'll be reading Kim Stanley Robinson's great book *Red Mars.* Here are three interviews with the author: <A HREF="http://www.casfs.org/connote/features/interview/5_1/marsin3colors.sh tml">Mars In 3 Colors: Interview Kim Stanley Robinson</A> http://www.casfs.org/connote/features/interview/5_1/marsin3colors.shtml <A HREF="http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/voyager/intervws/060596/">KSR Intervi ew</A> http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/voyager/intervws/060596/ <A HREF="http://www.midnight.com.au/eidolon/issue_13/13_stan.htm">Issue Thirt een: Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson</A> http://www.midnight.com.au/eidolon/issue_13/13_stan.htm Mars Pathfinder has established residence at Carl Sagan Memorial Station on Mars and rambunctious Sojourner is rambling about in search of interesting rocks. For up-to-date data, visit <A HREF="http://mpfwww.arc.nasa.gov/default.html">Mars Pathfinder - Welcome t o Mars!</A> http://mpfwww.arc.nasa.gov/default.html <A HREF="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mpfmir">Mars Pathfinder Mission</A> http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mpfmir The Mars Pathfinder Mission page has links to several mirror sites. It you can't access one site, try another. End of Mars Colony message #1. Many more to follow! Reality expands to fill the available fantasies. May dragons of good fortune dance on your keyboard. Bob Albrecht George Firedrake DragonFun@aol.com