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Elon Musk spoke at The Mars Society on making Starlink for Mars and Moonship on October 17, 2020 and highlights (recap) are here. Within this online conference Elon announced many interesting things. Self sustaining city on Mars is the core aim for Elon Musk's SpaceX and Starship spacecraft prototype. Elon Musk speaks that humanity have to made self sustaining city on Mars before the World War III start. The goal is to put enough people to Mars and enough tonnage. Metane is the general propellant. When the Starship will make stratosphere flight is currently secret. Elon said that Starship will...

There are moments in space advocacy that stand out, and the Great 2006 Mars Blitz certainly falls into that category. It was a tremendous success. On Thursday afternoon, August 3, 2006, the Mars Society sent over 100 members to Capitol Hill to show support for the Vision for Space Exploration and to make sure Mars remains a key part of that plan. In just over three hours, we spoke to over 100 congressional offices. This was truly a “blitz.”

Humans to Mars: Crossroad and Crisis By Leonard David, Senior Space Writer posted: 10:43 am ET, 17 August 2003 EUGENE, Oregon -- Like some sort of celestial prank, just as Earth and Mars draw ever closer this month, those charting where next for America’s human exploration program are worlds apart. Later this month, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board will release its findings. They are likely to be an indictment of a NASA culture gone sour; government-contractor relationships that are frayed and a serious scrutiny of the rationale and risk of placing humans in harm’s way. In terms of its...

February 1, 2003: The members of the Mars Society join together in grief over the loss of the seven member crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia this morning. While space travel has become so common that dozens of missions are performed without anything but the most casual mention in the press, such solemn moments remind us that our astronauts are heroes and that such efforts are not without risk. But humankind has faced and overcome great risks to explore and understand our world. The greatest journeys of discovery now lie in the exploration of our solar system. It is a...

Alcoa Donates Materials, Engineering Expertise for Mars Habitation Station Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2002 10:32 AM ET NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2002--Alcoa aluminum might be going to Mars. Alcoa has donated approximately 1,500 pounds of 6061-T6 aluminum sheet and treadplate along with engineering expertise to the Mars Society, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering the exploration and settlement of Mars. The aluminum products were used to produce the skin of the Mars Habitation Station (MarsHab), a test facility designed for living on the Red Planet. The MarsHab is the centerpiece for the Mars...