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T in Focus Euro MARS Hab Exhibit in Chicago “Expanding the Human Economy through Off-Planet Resouces” & T Published monthly except January and July., by the Lunar [Opinions expressed herein, including editorials, Reclamation Society (NSS-Milwaukee) for its members, are those of individual writers and not presented as members of participating National Space Society positions or policies of the National Space Society, chapters, members of the Moon Society, and for of the Lunar Reclamation Society, or of the The Moon individuals worldwide. EDITOR: Peter Kokh, c/o LRS, Society, whose members freely hold diverse views. PO Box 2102, Milwaukee WI 53201. Ph: (414) 342-0705. COPYRIGHTs remain with the individual writers; Submission address: “MMM”, 1630 N. 32nd Street, except reproduction rights, with credit, are granted Milwaukee, WI 53208-2040; E-Mail: [email protected] to NSS & TMS chapter newsletters.] In Focus Euro M.A.R.S. Hab Exhibit in Chicago Misses Golden Opportunity The Chicago area Mars Society chapters have more planning, more lead time, and more expense. justly earned our admiration and respect for their But the station shell should have been outfitted with successful efforts in erecting the new (3rd!) Mars a mockup of what it will look like when it enters Analog Research Station structure, destined for a service in Iceland next spring; a preview, as well, of permanent home in Iceland (story, pp. 16-7) on the what the first manned station on Mars itself could be grounds of Adler Planetarium on Chicago’s lake- like some 10-20 years from now. That’s what we front, and for hustling up the many volunteers to hoped to see, why we came down from Milwaukee. staff it during visiting hours. That said, we must More planning, more time, more money. But say that we were very disappointed in what we saw the Mars Society doesn’t have the resources! Perhaps, on our chapter (Lunar Reclamation Society) visit to but that simply means that special additional fund the facility on Saturday, July 20th. raising is/was needed. Our point is a simple one. Inside the facility are many exhibits on Mars, Anything worth doing is worth doing well! some from the Adler collection, others from the That may seem to be a cheap shot. It is not. Mars Society. But we think that it is a gross failure This maxim should be everyone’s way of life, a of the imagination on the part of the Mars Society guiding philosophy driving all our efforts in what- leadership to treat this opportunity as just a chance ever we do in life, individually, or as part of a group. to tell people about Mars. That’s important, to be We could excuse this dropping of the ball if sure. But such exhibits could have been in a tent or it was a one time thing. But last summer, the Station other simple structure that visitors would pass destined for Utah was on display at Kennedy Space through first. Center, and may have been similarly unimaginatively The Mars Analog Research Station program is presented. We need to learn from each experience an exciting one, and a chance to really enthuse the and then devise a plan to improve. We strongly public about the goals and early achievements of support the Mars Analog Research Station program. the first two stations on Devon Island and in south The public is waiting to be turned on. We disappoint central Utah was missed. Yes, it would have taken them at our own great risk. [=> p. 2, col. 2] Porches on the Moon? The very idea of a lunar habitat having a “porch” seems absurd at first thought. But on Earth, porches serve a number of useful functions, and we examine the question from this viewpoint -- how could we serve these functions for lunar pioneers? The whimsical sketch at right is not quite an illus- tration of the applications we foresee. ==> pp. 5-6 @@@@@@@@@@ MMM # 157 p. 1 — AUG ‘02 @@@@@@@@@@ fi IN FOCUS Editorial continued from p. 1. Moon Miners’ Manifesto It was great meeting some of the Chicago area Moon Miners’ MANIFESTO/ Moon Soc. Journal is Mars Society people and seeing again several Chicago published every month except in January and July, by the Lunar area NSS members. The exhibits at Adler were great Reclamation Society. In January and July, all members and as usual. But what we wanted was to get vicarious subscribers recieve Moon Miners’ REVIEW instead. gratification from pretending that we were selected © 2001, The Lunar Reclamation Society, Inc. to be a station crew, given a chance to simulate ® MMM is being reedited for the World Wide Web by members exploration of “take-you-there” Mars-like terrain, of the Artemis Society International. => www.asi.org/mmm endure the awkwardness and “can't scratch an itch” ® MMM’s VISION: “expanding the human economy through discomforts of wearing “spacesuits, ” of sending off-planet resources”; the early era of heavy reliance on Lunar messages to “Earth” with speed of light time delays, materials; earliest use of Mars system and asteroidal resources; and of testing equipment and getting a chance to suggest the establishment of the permanent settlements necessary to useful modifications; ant to pretend, just for a support such an economy. moment, that we were on a real expedition to Mars. ® MMM’s MISSION: to encourage “spin-up” entrepreneurial We wanted to see the M.A.R.S.’ workstations, development of the novel technologies needed and promote the the sleeping quarters, the wardroom, the “air-lock.” economic-environmental rationale of space/lunar settlement. We went to Chicago to get charged up. But we didn’t ® MMM retains its editorial independence. MMM get to see or experience anything not already serves several groups each with its own philosophy, agenda, and available to us on the Internet or in magazines. programs. Participation in this newsletter, while it suggests overall Hopefully, if their is a next time, (Mars satisfaction with themes and treatment, requires no other litmus Society Australia is building its own Analog Station, test. Any presumption that participating societies and chapters can of a different design, and you’ll have to go “down be labeled by this indirect mutual association is unwarranted. under” to see it,) the Mars Society will be better For the current space news and near-term developments, read ® prepared. The Mars Desert Research Station in Utah National Space Society Ad Astra, the magazine of the , in was designed so that it could be disassembled and which we recommend and encourage membership. moved. Perhaps in some future off-season, it will be The Lunar Reclamation Society ® is an independently open to tourists, if not elsewhere, then in its present incorporated non-profit membership organization engaged in public location. As crude a mockup of what we might actu- outreach, freely associated with the National Space Society, insofar ally send to Mars as it is, that would be worth a trip. as LRS goals include those in NSS vision statement. LRS serves as In the much smaller Moon Society, some of us NSS’ Milwaukee chapter => www.lunar-reclamation.org have been brainstorming how to do a similar analog The National Space Society ® is a grassroots pro-space Moonbase project. Hopefully, we will learn a lesson membership organization, with over 25,000 members and 80 from the Mars Society experience. People want to chapters, dedicated to the creation of a spacefaringcivilization. know about Mars and the Moon, yes. But above all, , The National Space Society, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. SE they want to be “transported” there, if just for a Suite 201, Washington, DC 20003; Ph: 202-543-1900; moment, to experience what it would be like. We have FAX: 202-546-4189; 202-543-1995 NSS Space Hotline; to give them that experience if we want their support. [email protected] => www.nss.org These days, with government space initiatives MMM’s desktop publication ® has received ongoing pretty much on hold, and with potential entrepre- support (computer hardware and software) from the Space neurs still searching for business plans that will Frontier Foundation, 16 First Ave., Nyack NY 10960; 800- deliver a worthwhile return on investment, the 78-SPACE - SFF seeks to open the space frontier to human potential of the “tourist” in opening space is getting exploration and settlement as rapidly as possible. a lot of attention. Tourists have money and don’t [email protected] => www.space-frontier.org need to go through legislative and budget hoops, if The Moon Society ® is “dedicated to overcoming the travel products and tourist experiences are priced business, financial, and technological challenges necessary to within their reach. Even the vast majority of us who establish a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on the are under no illusion about ever being able to afford Moon.” — See contact information on page 9. such ventures, still want to pretend. You can recite NSS chapters and Other Societies with a compatible ® the whole long litany of “benefits” of space explora- focus are welcome to join the MMM family. For special tion and development. But if you can’t magically chapter/group rates, write the Editor, or call (414)-342-0705. transport us to the frontier for a vicarious mind- Publication Deadline: Final draft is prepared ASAP after ® expanding moment or too, you’ve lost us. the 20th of each month. Articles needing to be keyed in or edited Consider that it is quite possible that the are due on the 15th, Sooner is better! - No compensation is paid. first tourist will “loop around the Moon” without ÷ EMAIL to [email protected] (preferred ) landing before the first astronaut, government or ÷ Mac diskette or typed hard copy to: private touches down again.
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