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In NewMars.com (forum) there is a post which is following Mars around the Sun. New Years on Mars occurred on Earth day 2019/03/24.
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In recent days, tahanson43206 has been working on building a virtual business incubator in the newmars.com forum.
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If you are interested, the concept is for a participant to take responsibility for development of a virtual plot on Mars, one kilometer square on the surface, in a community called Sagan City (2018).
Participants will interact with each other to specialize in one or more of the knowledge areas which will be needed to sustain civilized life on Mars.
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In addition, tahanson43206 is participating in a membership outreach campaign at NewMars forum. In an effort to build up a virtual business community focused upon Mars, messages are being send to newly registered members, inviting them to participate in the Hacienda topic.
A new branch of the My Hacienda topic just opened, in addition to the previously reported Devon Island branch. This new branch considers an implementation of Sagan City (2018) on an island in Norway. This island is inhabited, and international arctic research stations are already encouraged by the government.
In the past week, a variety of topics have been under discussion as usual.
Much of the discussion in the forum this past week has been about the Corona Virus.
There was an update in the EML topic: Post #2 of the topic was updated with a set of specifications:
1) Telephone pole vehicle with a diameter of 30 centimeters
2) Payload delivered to customer on orbit: 1 Metric ton
3) Total vehicle mass, including payload, structure, fuel and electronics: 3 Metric tons
The challenge for designers is to plan for EML to orbit altitude, followed by rocket ignition to achieve orbit circularization, and docking with the customer facility.
The EML system should be designed to provide for a range of velocities, from barely in orbit to escape from Earth.
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