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tahanson43206 is currently participating in newmars.com forum
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This is the subreddit of the Living Universe Foundation. Our dream is to see humanity take life to the stars.
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. Mars has passed longitude 180 degrees in its stately progression. The calendar is now on Sol 383 or later.
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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 is open, 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.
Work is completed on design of a piece of hardware to sit between loops of Kevlar Thread, in a chain concept for a tether at Mars. Models of the Cushion Guide are shown in various stages of development at Shapeways.com. A full version of the model was 3D printed by a contractor in Cleveland. The full version of the Cushion Guide has been rebuilt in Fusion 360, and (apparently successfully) uploaded to Shapeways.
Several members have been thinking about the Starship vehicles in design by SpaceX might be used to accomplish various space exploration and settlement missions.
Meanwhile, a member who goes by RobertDyck has undertaken conceptualization of a large scale passenger ship that could travel to Mars.
The forum was joined recently by a new member who appears to have the ability to deliver hard numbers to the various discussions. The ability to work with hard numbers is rare in the forum membership, and it is most welcome.
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