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SUMMARY:Living on Mars: A Beginner's Guide? - Ryan MacDonald
DTSTART:20161108T203000Z
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CONTACT:Michael Kosicki
DESCRIPTION:Humans will go to Mars one day. But what if we skipped the pla
 nt-a-flag stage\, and instead endeavoured to build a permanent human settl
 ement on Mars?\n\nWhat challenges will need to be overcome to make this a 
 reality\, and how can they be dealt with? What technologies will be needed
  for communities to survive\, and ultimately thrive\, on the red planet? H
 ow might the early Martian pioneers engineer unique solutions as they cons
 truct the first society on another world?\n\nIn this talk\, Caius Astrophy
 sics PhD student and Mars One Astronaut Candidate Ryan MacDonald will expl
 ore the architecture of the Mars One project. A special focus will be on h
 ow one-way trips using existing technology is not only possible\, but is s
 ubstantially simpler and cheaper than previously proposed return missions.
LOCATION:Senior Parlour\, Gonville and Caius College
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