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/