MSGT Journal - News and Views from the Mars Society at Georgia Tech

We will have a meeting on April 14 in Student Center room 319. We will have the final MDRS presentation and elections.

We have a meeting on March 31 in the Student Center room 319. We will be nominating officers at this meeting.

We will be sending off Crew 79 to Mars Desert Research Station on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 in Student Center room 319.

We have a meeting on February 24 in the Student Center room 319

We have a meeting on February 10 in the Student Center room 319

We have a meeting on January 27 in the Student Center room 319

We have a meeting on January 27, in the Student Center room 359.

We have a meeting on January 13 in the Student Center room 359

We have a meeting this Tuesday, October 28, at 11:00 AM in Student Center room 320.

Aerospace Engineering grad student and 2005 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation recipient Jarret Lafleur will be giving a very interesting presentation called “Atmospheric Entry for Human Mars Exploration: How to lose 20 Mach numbers in 8 minutes or less.” He’ll present an overview of the difficulties associated with Mars atmospheric entry followed by some results of a parametric trajectory study that he did at NASA JSC.

Applications for the 2009 rotation at the Mars Desert Research Station are due at 11:59pm on October 1.

See http://www.gtmars.us for more information on application requirements and past crews.

Past and Future GT MDRS Crews
Tuesday, September 9, 11am
Student Center 320

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 11am
Student Center room 319

Come and find out more about what was announced at this year’s 11th Annual Mars Society Convention in Boulder, CO last week and what we have planned for this year.

There is a meeting Tuesday, March 11, at 11 am in Guggenheim Building (School of
Aerospace Engineering) Room 244. This meeting will be a send-off
ceremony for our Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) Crew 69.
This is a great opportunity to meet the crew and see what kind of projects
they will be working on. It is also a good time for you to find out how you can
participate in this unique program this year by signing up to be a mission
support volunteer.
Again, the meeting will be on March 11, at 11 am, in Guggenheim 244!
Come and enjoy the FREE PIZZA!

Mars Society at GT is honored to invite Mr. Stephen Fleming to our next
general
meeting on Feb. 26, Tuesday, at 11-12, in Student Center room 301.

Mr. Stephen Fleming is Georgia Tech’s Chief Commercialization Officer and the
Director of the Commercialization Services. He will be talking his work in
Private Space Flight. The tile of the presentation is “Halfway to Anywhere”.

“Robert Heinlein told us, ‘Reach low orbit and you’re
halfway to anywhere in the Solar System.’ What did he mean? Why is
it so hard? And what are American alt.space doing about it outside of
the NASA dinospace companies? Hear about it from Stephen Fleming, a
director of XCOR Aerospace and one of the founders of the Space Angel
Network.”

As usual we will have soda and snacks!

We’ve got a meeting today!

Topic: Emily Colvin, Mars Radiation Environment Modeling
Time: Jan 29, 11-12
Location: seating area in Flag Building

Emily will be discussing her research for MDRS. Also there will be snacks and drinks.
And due to scheduling challenges, we’ll be meeting in the lobby area of the Flag Building, aka the Student Services Building (Click for a handy map )

Also, we will be having additional fun at the meeting and going to play some games. We’ll have a some playing cards. So come ready to learn about Emily’s radiation research and to take a break with us :).

The first meeting of the Mars Society of Georgia Tech will by tomorrow, Tuesday, January the Fifteenth at Eleven in the AM (11:00 AM or 1100). Due to The scheduling whim of the Student Center, we will be enjoying our meeting out in the fresh air. The plan is to meet at the amphitheater right next to and east of the Ferst Center and North of the Campanile/Shaft. If you can’t find it, just gather ’round the Campanile/Shaft and we’ll direct you to the rest of the crew.

The Meeting will be short tomorrow, and will mainly serve as an opportunity for us all to get re-acquainted. The meeting will also be an introduction to the men and women of our Mars Desert Research Station Crew in the coming semester. We will also be discussing some of our plans for the coming semester, including Yuri’s Night.

We will have a meeting Nov 27, at 11-12, in Student Center room 301.
The speaker will be Dr. Ryan Russell of Aerospace Engineering. He will be
talking about the research on Periodic Orbits between Earth and Mars. Don’t miss
this opportunity to meet him and learn about this interesting topic.

Snacks and soda will be served!

We will have a meeting Nov 13, at 11-12, in Student Center room 301.
The speaker will be our wonderful adviser Dr. Carlee Bishop. She will be talking
about her work on EyasSat, which “is a fully functional nano-satellite designed
for teaching spacecraft systems engineering in the classroom and laboratory”.

Again,
Time: Nov. 13, 11-12
Location: Student Center, room 301

As usual, snacks will be served.

We will have a meeting Oct. 30 at 11-12 in Student Center 301. We
will be brainstorming for MDRS research topics and answer any questions from
potential applicants about MDRS. Remember the application is due on Nov 1, at
11:59 pm (see below for application details).

Oh, did I mention another advantage of being a MDRS crewmember: you might be on
TV or newspaper? ;P We will be showing clips from different MDRS media outreach
activities by previous crews, including History Channel, NBC-Atlanta 11 Alive,
Country Music Television.

Come have fun while snacks and drinks are served!

Just a reminder that we’re having a meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11am in Student Center room 301 to discuss research and organization for MDRS, the University Rover Challenge, and any of our other projects people are interested in.

See http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/msgt/resources.php and check out the two “Getting Involved” documents for more information.