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The next step in our great adventure is putting humans on Mars, but what will it really take to achieve this?
In 2011, Mars One announced its intentions to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars beginning as early as 2024; in 2013 it launched its astronaut-selection program and received thousands of applications. The highly anticipated Mars One documentary series will provide a window into the captivating details of the crew selection and training process, allowing the whole world to follow along as Mars first settlers prepare for their mission.
Now, with Mars One: Humanitys Next Great Adventure, you can step even further inside the experience of these astronaut pioneers and explore the various human dimensions of Mars Ones planned expeditions. Edited by Norbert Kraft, MD, Mars Ones Chief Medical Officer and head of crew selection and training, as well as crew selection and training committee members James R. Kass, PhD, and Raye Kass, PhD, this collection of essays from scientists, psychologists, and more provides a behind-the-scenes look at the process and criteria used to choose candidates, fascinating details about what theyll learn, and predictions about their future lives on Mars.
Inside, youll find in-depth discussions of:
The essential skills and training the Mars One astronauts will need to journey to and then survive on Mars, from technical and medical know-how to the interpersonal skills necessary for working in confined quarters so far from home
The challenges of going through the selection and training process while being watched by millions around the world, and what Mars One hopes watching the process will mean for viewers at home
Inside information, including images, on the planned Mars One habitats and colonization timeline
What settlers can expect on Mars, from daily work activities in a hostile environment to communication with Earth and options for leisure time
The book also includes excerpts from candidate questionnaires, allowing readers to enter the minds of prospective Martians like never before.
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NEGREAT ADVENTURE
SETTLEMENT ON MARS
WITH JAMES R. KASS, P H D,
AND RAYE KASS, P H D
NEGREAT ADVENTURE
Copyright 2016 by Mars One
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
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First E-Book Edition: February 2016
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kraft, Norbert (Physician), editor. | Kass, James R., editor. | Kass, Raye., editor.
Title: Mars One, humanitys next great adventure : inside the first human settlement on Mars / edited by Norbert Kraft ; with James R. Kass and Raye Kass.
Description: Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015039198| ISBN 9781940363837 (trade paper : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781940363936 (electronic : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Mars (Planet)Exploration.
Classification: LCC QB641 .M3636 2016 | DDC 919.9/2304dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015039198
Copyediting by Francesca Drago
Proofreading by Lisa Story and Michael Fedison
Text design by Silver Feather Design
Text composition by PerfecType, Nashville, TN
Cover design by Sarah Dombrowsky
Cover illustration by Bryan Versteeg, Mission Concept Artist, Mars One
Outpost illustrations courtesy Bryan Versteeg/Mars One
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Introduction and part introductions 2016 Norbert Kraft, James R. Kass, and Raye Kass
Improvisation and Exploration 2016 by Mason Peck
Medical Skills for an Interplanetary Trip 2016 by Thais Russomano
Human Health and Performance for Mars Missions 2016 by Jamie R. Guined
A World Waiting to Be Born 2016 by Raye Kass
Culture and Communication 2016 by Andy Tamas
Age and Aging on Mars and To Build a Bicycle 2016 by Vincent Hyman
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Mars 2016 by Ronit Kark
The (Amazing) Reality of Being on TV 2016 by Cindy Chiang Halvorsen
How Filming Mars One Could Change the World 2016 by James R. Kass
Inside the Minds of the Mars One 100 2016 by Norbert Kraft
The Politics and Law of Settling Mars 2016 by Narayan Prasad
A Canvas as Big as a World 2016 by Robert Jeschonek
The Mars One Mission Timeline by Bas Lansdorp
The Mars One Selection Process by Norbert Kraft
The editors wish to express their gratitude to all the Mars One candidates whose quotes have been used in these pages, including the following, who contributed thoughts to Age and Aging on Mars: Dan Carey , Ethan Dederick , Yuri Rafael Lopez Farias , Reginald Foulds , Laurel Helene Kaye , Mead McCormick , Dianne McGrath , Elaheh Nouri , Sue Ann Pien , Jaymee Orillosa Del Rosario , Etsuko Shimabukuro , Dr. Bhupendra Singh , Anastasiya Stepanova , and Kay Radzik Warren . We regret that time did not allow us to contact more. Interviews were conducted by Mars One Exchange writer Vincent Hyman , who also wrote up the interview results for this chapter.
The editors wish to thank Leah Wilson (editorin-chief) and Jessika Rieck (production associate) at BenBella Books for their hard work and patience throughout the journey this book took from draft to final copy.
The editors would also like to thank Stephen Cass , senior editor with Technology Review and founding editor of Discover magazines sci-fi blog Science Not Fiction, for his insightful advice and feedback on all things technological (and others too numerous to mention).
The editors would like to extend their profound thanks to Suzanne Flinkenflgel , Director of Communications for Mars One, whose expertise and incredible skill has made this book possible.
Thanks are due as well to Bryan Versteeg , the illustrator responsible for all the illustrations and animations on the Mars One website, for the outpost images used in this book. Thanks also to Olga Panifilova for creating the press release and advertisement images in A World Waiting to Be Born.
Finally, the editors would like to especially acknowledge Bas Lansdorp , cofounder and chief executive officer, and Arno Wielders , cofounder and chief technical officer, of Mars One. Without their innovation and willingness to push boundaries due to their passion for science and exploration, this book would have remained only in the minds and hearts of those whose words follow. Because of their vision of what could be, this book exists.
A young man appeared in my office. Yes, he had made an appointment with my secretary to meet me. He had heard about my interest in futuristic applications of science and science fiction. He, and a few companions, had some rather bold ideas that he wanted to unfold for me, and he wanted to learn how I would react.
If you are in a field of science like mine, people with new ideas show up all the time. Those ideas are usually new and original indeed, but completely out of touch with the real world. Usually, they are based on hopelessly ill-informed perceptions of what real science and technology are about, and there is not much I can do for such people other than advise them to learn much more about what professionals have to say regarding the topics they are so thrilled about before bothering me again.
And here was a guy talking about human colonies on the planet Mars. The colonists would travel for approximately seven months from Earth to Mars, four people at a time, and they would stay there, keeping themselves alive as long as they were able, without the slightest glimmering of hope for a safe return home to Earth but ensured of eternal fame in the history of mankind.
The date: April 27, 2012.
The mans name: Bas Lansdorp.
All basic science you need already exists, he told me. All you need to do is some more research to combine it all. Use spacecraft designs that have already been made, scale them up a bit, and test them thoroughly. It would take just about ten years to prepare for the first colonists to go, according to his calculations, and the cost would be around 6 billion American dollars.
Now this, I thought, was entirely unrealistic. Its true that basic science did not put any fundamental obstacles in his way. In principle, all this was possible. But those numbers? Ten years? Six billion dollars? You better put an extra zero behind them, I said. Building a big particle accelerator already costs more, as do large railway projects, let alone the development of a new military aircraft.
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