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Total surface area of Mars: 144,370,000 km² 28.4% as much surface area as Earth Earth land area: 148,940,000 km² 96.93% as much land area as Earth Earth land area includes glaciers, deserts, Arctic islands and Antarctica. Mars surface area includes glaciers, and both polar ice caps. If Mars were to ...

A new member recently attended a meeting of the local chapter of the Mars Society. Local meetings have become small. My sister attended, and the "new member" was her husband. Although I've given Mars presentations at a local science fiction convention every year since 2002, and he attended...

I logged on using the IP address. new-mars.org is registered, but times out. Error code 522.

Habitation ring: Radius to surface of floor of ring: 37.69 metres Rotation: 3 rpm Centrifugal acceleration (artificial gravity) at surface of floor of ring: 3.72072 m/s² = Mars surface Circumference: 236.8 metres Width of ring: 19 metres Thickness (ceiling height): 2.4 metres (7' 10.488") Stand...

What's the long-term plan? We need a forum on a website visible to the public. This isn't just a small community chatting within our selves, it's supposed to be a resource for every Mars Society member. So again, what's the long-term plan?

Atmosphere specification, for large ship and Mars habitats: 2.7 psi O2 3.5 psi N2 1.148 psi Ar Total: 7.348 psi total = 1/2 Earth atmospheric pressure at sea level Spacesuit: 3.0 psi pure oxygen Note: maximum nitrogen in higher pressure environment for decompression with zero pre-breathe time is tot...