August 23, 2004

MarsHome.org @ Mars Society Conference

Several members of the organization including Mars Homestead Project co-founder Bruce Mackenzie spoke at last week's 7th International Mars Society Conference held in Chicago, Illinois.

Mackenzie's topics included "Raising the First Children on Mars", "Underhill, A Photo Review of Mars Masonry", "One Way to Mars, an Early Permanent Mars Settlement" as well as a panel & workshop discussing the Mars Homestead Project.

Joseph Palaia gave a talk called "Mission to Mars: How to Get People there and back with Nuclear Energy". Other team members in attendance included Gary Fisher, Mark Homnick, and Georgi Petrov who discussed the MDRS Crew 22 in a talk called "Masonry, Construction and Simulation"