{"id":5804,"date":"2013-12-24T21:03:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T21:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5804"},"modified":"2013-12-24T21:03:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T21:03:45","slug":"mars-misc-crowd-funded-mock-mars-mission-extracting-mars-water-curiosity-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5804","title":{"rendered":"Mars misc: Crowd-funded mock Mars mission + Extracting Mars water + Curiosity update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some misc. Mars items:<\/p>\n

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A reader points me to this successful crowd-funding campaign to back artist Ian Etter<\/a>s stay at the\u00a0Mars Desert Research Station<\/a>\u00a0(MDRS) and his plan to create a<\/p>\n

Manned Mock Mars Mission (M.M.M.M.<\/a>) that incorporates performance, sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and a simulation of living on Mars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

–\u00a0Manned Mock Mars Mission by Ian Etter \u2014 Kickstarter<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here’s an article about how water might be extracted from the Martian ground:\u00a0Incredible Technology: How to Mine Water on Mars – Space.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a recent update on the Curiosity rover on Mars:\u00a0Curiosity Team Upgrades Software, Checks Wheel Wear – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RockyNASA’s Mars rover Curiosity captured this 360-degree view using its
\nNavigation Camera (Navcam) after a 17-foot (5.3 meter) drive on
\n477th Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s work on Mars (Dec. 8, 2013).
\nCredit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/MSSS.\u00a0<\/em>Full image and caption<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some misc. Mars items: — A reader points me to this successful crowd-funding campaign to back artist Ian Etters stay at the\u00a0Mars Desert Research Station\u00a0(MDRS) and his plan to create a Manned Mock Mars Mission (M.M.M.M.) that incorporates performance, sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and a simulation of living on Mars. –\u00a0Manned Mock Mars Mission … Continue reading Mars misc: Crowd-funded mock Mars mission + Extracting Mars water + Curiosity update<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[35,17,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-living-in-space","category-mars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1vC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5774,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5774","url_meta":{"origin":5804,"position":0},"title":"Mars One Indiegogo update + Mars Desert Research Station expeditions","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mars One group so far has raised nearly $84,000 with its Indiegogo campaign\u00a0and has 37 more days to reach their $400,000 goal. 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