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I will attend the convention in person this year. The first since 2008. I intend to present about the Large Ship again. Should I present others? Should I do an update of Mars Direct using modern equipment including SpaceX Starship as a launch vehicle? That might be redundant, and perhaps Dr Zubrin would want to talk about Mars Direct. New Glenn could be used as the launch vehicle, if Blue Origin ever gets it to work. Should I present my chloroplast life support again? Or just do the Large Ship?
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For RobertDyck re new topic !!!
Thanks for telling us of your plans for this year's Mars Society Convention!
Best wishes for success with any and all presentations you decide to give!
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October 5-8, 2023
During the 26th Annual International Mars Society Convention, set for October 5-8, 2023 at Arizona State University (Tempe), the Mars Society and Debate to Educate will be convening the final round of a special debate held virtually on the issue of “Mars or Bust?” involving middle school and high school students from ...Aug 14, 2023Students to Debate 'Mars or Bust?' at 2023 Mars Society ...
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For RobertDyck re presentations to offer .... I hope our members will respond with encouragement at a minimum, and perhaps suggestions as well.
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Deadline for abstracts is today. Since no one other than Tom has responded, I just sent the one abstract: Large Ship. Convention ticket is purchased. Anyone else from here going this year?
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Last night Dr Robert Zubrin gave a live talk on Red Planet Live. The video was streamed through the Mars Society main website, and the video is still available. In it he announced the Mars Technology Institute. He made a big deal of producing food on much less land, a couple orders of magnitude less. He believes biotechnology can do this. He also believes this technology can be used to produce food for poor countries. One idea is suggested is a chemical means of producing basic food, which might not be palatable to most people, but could be feed to livestock, tilapia, etc.
This touches on the life support that I included in the Large Ship. For the Large Ship, I suggested some basic technologies at first, but could be enhanced by more advanced technology later. Deadline for abstract submission has passed, but he link to submit abstracts is still active. I sent an email to James Burk asking if I could send an abstract now, even if it's past the deadline. I didn't get an answer, so submitted an abstract anyway. We'll see what he says. Splitting the life support off into a separate talk would more time to cover it more comprehensively, and this is exactly what Dr Zubrin talked about last night.
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For RobertDyck re #4
Thanks for this neat update on your planning and preparation for the Convention!
Thanks for the update on Dr. Zubrin's talk! Best wishes for favorable review of your offer to give a talk on this subject.
Looking forward, please keep a watch for news of artificial food ... you indicated that such food might not be sought after by privileged humans who live in agreeable circumstances, but my understanding is there are millions of humans on Earth right now who would be grateful for nourishment even if the taste is less than ideal.
The behavior of Russia during the current time illustrates why having a supply of nourishment available as a backup might be a good idea.
Finally, thanks for opening this topic. It will provide an anchor for posts about the event itself, and about follow up links that may become available.
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Robert Dyck Post #3
Anyone else from here going this year?
Robert I think GW Johnson was planning on going. I least that's the impression I had from something he posted a while back. I know he gave 5 presentations last year. I was hoping to go, but I won't be making it. I ended up having surgery this year, which caused me to use up a lot of my vacation/sick time. I also switched jobs at work. Same company/building, just a different department. The new gig is keeping me busy. So I'm too busy and too short on vacation time to go this year. I would have liked to have met you and GW Johnson in person. Enjoy your trip and good luck on your presentation!
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The person who responded to me about the convention schedule said that each person will only be allowed to make one presentation. So I will have to adjust my one presentation to emphasize the new stuff. Or emphasize different things than were emphasized the last time I gave the presentation, 2 years ago.
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For RobertDyck re #7
Thanks for the good news you got a response!
Is there any limit for Poster presentations? If not, you can set up a poster that points to your full pdf via text URL or smart phone raster code.
You can save your full presentation(s) on Dropbox, where they will remain undisturbed for as long as NewMarsMember has an account.
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The Mars Society just posted the itinerary for the 2023 convention.
Here is the link:
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Preliminary schedule shows I will present Thursday afternoon @ 5:00pm, open slot for half an hour after my presentation, then break for dinner. That was an issue. I booked an airline ticket for Thursday, hoping for the morning. Unfortunately the flight had me arrive at 8:10pm in Phoenix, then add delays at the airport and taxi ride to Tempe. That means I wouldn't be there for my presentation. I sent an email asking if I could reschedule. Haven't received an answer, but the airline was able to move my flight to a day early. And the hotel booked me for an additional night. So I'll be able to catch all day Thursday. I sent another email saying "never mind" about rescheduling my presentation. Hopefully everything will be Ok.
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For RobertDyck re #10
Thanks for the good news of a favorable outcome after that scare!
This is an important opportunity for the Mars Society, even if they don't know it yet.
Please consider preparing a flyer about your talk, and your project, to be distributed to the members. If the cost is under $100, I'll be happy to contribute. This is an opportunity to bring NewMars to the favorable attention of Mars Convention attendees. Under the leadership of SpaceNut, the forum has ended the onslaught of spam, and has developed an efficient way of bringing new members into the group. You have an opportunity to attract people of many disciplines and interests to help you.
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