5/21/2009

Space Studies student Brian Shiro has recently been selected by The

Mars Society as one of six crew members for this summer's expedition to

the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island in

the Canadian arctic. He and his crew will conduct a one-month

simulated Mars mission at the remote outpost in July 2009. The

mission will provide the opportunity to conduct a range of research

projects focused on understanding the technical and human factors

which may be faced by the first human Mars explorers. With his

crew-mates, Brian will execute an ambitious research program intended

to provide improved understanding of how future human Mars explorers

will search for resources via aerial, ground, and subsurface

geophysical surveys.



For more information, see the FMARS website at http://www.fmars.org/ or

Brian's blog at http://astronautforhire.com/