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The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) is one of four planned simulated Mars habitats (or 'Mars Analogue Research Station') maintained by the Mars Society. It is the second such research station to be built, after the completion of the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on Devon Island in the Arctic in 2000. The purpose of these stations is to provide an example of what living will be like on Mars. While much hotter than Mars, the location is optimal because of its Mars-like terrain and appearance. The name Martian is given to the hypothetical native inhabitants of the planet Mars. ...
The Mars Society is a space advocacy non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the exploration and settlement of Mars. ...
Devon Island, Nunavut. ...
The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border The Arctic is the area around the Earths North Pole. ...
Location The station is in the Canyonlands desert of Utah. It is seven miles from Hanksville, Utah. Four miles east along Utah State Route 24, and about three miles north on a dirt road. The Canyonlands desert is located in central Utah. ...
State nickname: Beehive State Other U.S. States Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. ...
Hanksville is a city in eastern Wayne County, Utah located at the junction of Utah State Route 24 and Utah State Route 95. ...
Utah State Route 24 is a state highway in south central Utah which runs south from Salina through Sevier County then east through Wayne County and north east through Emery County. ...
Crews Crews sign up for two week shifts during the winter months (it's too hot in the summer for pleasant simulation). Crews are not paid during their time at the station, but do get valuable experience. The crews usually consist of a mix of astronomers, physicists, biologists, geologists, engineers and the occasional journalist. An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ...
Many famous physicists of the 20th and 21st century are found on the list of recipients of the Nobel Prize in physics. ...
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms. ...
A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology. ...
Engineering is the application of science to the needs of humanity. ...
A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ...
Buildings The campus consists of three buildings. The habitat, the greenhab, and the observatory. The term habitat has a number of unrelated meanings: A concept in Ecology: see habitat. ...
Observatory of Strasbourg An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. ...
Habitat The habitat is a two story cylinder on its end about 30 feet in diameter. On the first floor there are two airlocks, two bathrooms, a room for the space suits, and a combined lab and work area. On the second floor, are six rooms with bunks, and a combined common area kitchen. An airlock is a device which permits the passage of objects, people, etc between a pressure vessel and its surrounding space while minimising the change of pressure in the vessel. ...
Apollo 15 space suit A spacesuit is a complex system of garments, equipment, and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space. ...
Greenhab The greenhab is a greenhouse used for plants. It is a cylinder on its side about fifteen feet in diameter and fifteen feet long. In one half is some storage area and plants used in some experiments. In the other half is primarily a biological greywater recycling system. Greywater is wastewater generated by household processes such as washing dishes, laundry and bathing. ...
Observatory The observatory is the housing for their telescope. 50 cm refracting telescope at Nice Observatory. ...
Also on the campus is a generator and an omnidirectional radio telescope. The Parkes 64 metre radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia (the bigger of the two shown) In contrast to an ordinary telescope, which produces visible light images, a radio telescope sees radio waves emitted by radio sources, typically by means of a large parabolic (dish) antenna, or arrays of...
Operations The MDRS is owned by the Mars Society. They are responsible for choosing the crews and most administrative tasks. Some Hanksville citizens take care of the frequent tasks. Brigham Young University (BYU) is the closest university to the MDRS. The BYU Mars Research Group works and takes care of many of the MDRS operational tasks. Also 1/2 of the greenhab is used for biological research that the BYU Mars Research Group is performing. Name Brigham Young University Location (main campus) Provo, UT 84602 Established October 16, 1875 Community Urban Type Private coeducational Classification Parochial Religion Owned by the LDS Church Enrollment 32,400 Faculty 2,100 President Cecil O. Samuelson Nickname Cougars Mascot Cougar School Colors Dark blue and beige Motto Enter to...
A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ...
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