{"id":15536,"date":"2018-01-30T15:21:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T20:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15536"},"modified":"2018-01-30T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T20:21:07","slug":"mars-building-a-martian-house-a-play-about-a-martian-beekeeper-curiositys-scenic-overlook-of-gale-crater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15536","title":{"rendered":"Mars: Building a Martian house + A play about a Martian beekeeper + Curiosity&#8217;s scenic overlook of Gale Crater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An overview of technologies and designs for\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Building on Mars: The Construction Industry Space Race<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j9SdeW5UqTY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>====<\/p>\n<p>This March in Dublin, Niamh Shaw, &#8220;one of Ireland\u2019s leading science communicators&#8221;, will present her theater work about a Mars base:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smockalley.com\/diary-martian-beekeeper\/\">Diary of a Martian Beekeeper &#8211; Niamh Shaw &#8211; Mar 2018 <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>It\u2019s now 2036.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Niamh is on Mars and a member of Crew 173, on a long duration mission to investigate new ways of growing food in this arid foreign land. As their 2 year mission comes to an end, one crucial experiment remains for Niamh. But will she overcome her personal struggles or put the whole crew and the mission in danger?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>A highly visual exploration of future interplanetary human exploration, Shaw and her creative team create a new world order, reminding us of the power of the collective, the fragility of the solitary human and the united will behind all major breakthroughs. Because we may one day leave the cradle of Earth, but we will always be human.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The show about Niamh\u2019s dream to go to Space has been inspired by Elon Musk&#8217;s grand design for a future interplanetary civilisation, testimonies of ESA employees, and Niamh\u2019s personal space journey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Created by Niamh Shaw &amp; Sarah Baxter in collaboration with CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory, ESERO Ireland, European Space Agency &amp; ESA Astronaut Centre. Funded by Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W7jnyrxeUNI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Check out this marvelous panorama taken by the <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/msl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curiosity rover<\/a> as it takes a break from the trek up Mount Sharp and looks back from\u00a0&#8220;Vera Rubin Ridge&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/msl\/mission\/whereistherovernow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at the route<\/a> it has taken since <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/msl\/mission\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">landing in Gale Crater<\/a> in August of 2012:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U5nrrnAukwI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=wireless&amp;banner=02HND5YJK5NEFPBWFS02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=7c7721c131c0bf76b1b2eecfd790e5b6&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An overview of technologies and designs for\u00a0Building on Mars: The Construction Industry Space Race: ==== This March in Dublin, Niamh Shaw, &#8220;one of Ireland\u2019s leading science communicators&#8221;, will present her theater work about a Mars base:\u00a0Diary of a Martian Beekeeper &#8211; Niamh Shaw &#8211; Mar 2018 It\u2019s now 2036. Niamh is on Mars and a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15536\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mars: Building a Martian house + A play about a Martian beekeeper + Curiosity&#8217;s scenic overlook of Gale Crater<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,78,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-mars","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-42A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15750,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15750","url_meta":{"origin":15536,"position":0},"title":"Videos: TMRO Orbit 11.11: Why we need to humanize space exploration + 11.10: Searching for Skylab","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest episode of TMRO.tv Space is now available: Space: Why we need to humanize space exploration - Orbit 11.11 This week Lisa chats to Dr Niamh Shaw about her new theatre show \u2018Diary of a Martian Beekeeper\u2019 and why we need to include the humanities in space exploration. https:\/\/youtu.be\/fPw2NxpNH88\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/fPw2NxpNH88\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6458,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6458","url_meta":{"origin":15536,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;The Martian&#8221; &#8211; Andy Weir&#8217;s debut novel becomes a best seller","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Andy Weir's\u00a0book, The Martian: A Novel, has become an unexpected hit and there is already a movie in the works:\u00a0A Survival Guide to Mars: A Computer-Scientist-Turned-Novelist Explores Life on Mars in Debut Thriller - WSJ.com What if you were the last person on Mars? 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