Founding Declaration of the Mars Society 7 --
Opening Address to the Founding Convention of the Mars Society 8 --
Plans and Overviews of Proposed Mars Missions --
From Earth to Mars: A Cooperative Plan / David M. Livingston 16 --
Building Earth's Ark to Mars
Another Strategy for The Mars Society /
Mars Fast Forward / Robert J. Pfammatter 24 --
Operation Greenspace: A Proposal to Develop a Series of Hotels Devoted to Promoting Science Education, Human Exploration, and Ecologically Sustainable Living / Paul F. Justus 28 --
Outline of an Integrated Space Program / Martin Dowd 28 --
Research and Education Pertaining to Mars Missions --
Children of Mars / David Bruce Gillespie 34 --
The Mars Society's Advanced Research Station /
Hannes S. Griebel, Sven Knuth 36 --
Space Education, Creativity and Colonization / N.D. Ryan 40 --
Yes I Can! Science / Susan Stiff, Dr. Thomas Stiff, Diane Hammond 46 --
A Conceptual Model of an Exobiology Robotics Laboratory to Search for Life on Martian Water / D. Gan, L. Kuznetz, D. Chu, V. Chang, C. Lee, D. Wilson, M. Yamada 47 --
Mars Mission Funding and Return On Investment --
Financing a Manned Mission to Mars / Steven McCullough 48 --
Ares Fund: To Mars on Our Own Nickel(s) / Clifford R. McMurray 54 --
Private Mars Landing: Fast Return on Investment / Edward B. Kiker 56 --
$pace: The Final Financial Frontier? / David M. Livingston 59 --
Sponsoring Contracts for Privately Funded Space Programs / Michael Bosch 63 --
Space Tourism After Dennis Tito / Dr. David M. Livingston 66 --
Space Propulsion Systems for Mars Missions --
Electrical Propulsion and Space Power Systems / J. H. L. Lawler 74 --
Regolith Rockets, A Gateway for Cheap Access to Deep Space / Jocelyn Boily, P. Eng. 77 --
Mars Mission Crew Considerations in Space and On Planet --
Crew Selection for Long Distance Voyages: Lessons for Mars Missions from Polar Expeditions and the Space Program / Wayne Bowen, Ph.D, Randall Wight, Ph.D 83 --
EEG Biofeedback and its Potential Impact on Long Duration Space Missions / John A. Putman M.A., M.S. 86 --
The Challenge of Weightlessness /
Duane Graveline, MD, Fred Kelly, MD 89 --
Habitats and Vehicles on the Surface of Mars --
A Modular Construction System for a Martian Manned Base / Giorgio Gaviraghi 92 --
Long Range Mars Rover / Paul Swift 101 --
Human Exploration of Canyons on Mars / Thomas Joslyn 104 --
Aviation on Mars / Paul Swift 108 --
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle on Mars / Chris Brown, Tim Weaver 110 --
Terraforming and Human Ecologies on Mars --
Interstellar Panspermia Reconsidered: Implications for the Search for Life on Mars / Robert Zubrin 112 --
Mars Sample Return: A Need for Revisions to Current Policy to Safeguard Ecological Diversity / Brendan C. Dickson 118 --
A Human Signature on Mars as a Symbol of a Future Terraforming / Pierre-Philippe Freymond, Claude-Alain H. Roten, Dimitri Karamata 125 --
A Survey of Mars Terraforming in Speculative Fiction / Eric M. Choi 129 --
Terraforming Mars with Four War-Surplus Bombs / Robert Alan Mole 134 --
Value of Rust / Sam Burbank 137 --
A Study of Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbital Camera (MOC) Images of Probable Water Seepages
Are They Dust Slides as NASA Claims Or Proof of Water on Mars? /
Efrain Palermo, Jill England, Harry Moore 139 --
Power, Communications and Computer Technologies for Mars --
Mars Surface Power Technology Options / Jeff A. Wead 146 --
What About the Data? / Ned Chapin 154 --
Communications Infrastructure to Support Human Activities on Mars / Ned Chapin 159 --
Video Technologies for Mars / John F. McGowan, Ph.D 165 --
Very Low Bitrate Video for Mars Missions / John F. McGowan III 171 --
Social and Ethical Considerations of Humans on Mars --
Do Indigenous Martian Bacteria have Precedence over Human Exploration? / Christopher P. McKay, Robert Zubrin 177 --
Several Theological Considerations Concerning Plans for Terraforming Mars / The Rev. James D. Heiser, M.Div. 182 --
Religious Values and The Martian Venture / The Rev. Dr. Marc A. Wessels 186 --
Ethical Commercialization of Outer Space / David M. Livingston 191 --
Observations Regarding The Intellectual, Ethical and Spiritual Formation of Future "Martians" / The Rev. James D. Heiser, M.Div. 195 --
A Code of Ethics for Martian and Off-Earth Commerce / Dr. David M. Livingston 198 --
"Be Fruitful And Multiply"
Divine Creation and the Motivation to Colonize Mars /
The Rev. James D. Heiser 204 --
Dissident Colonies / Matt Pearson, Thomas Mansell 208 --
First on Mars Should Own It / Ron Pisaturo 211 --
Need for a Government for Mars Prior to Human Exploration / Gary C. Fisher 216 --
Society and Government: How Can We Avoid the Same Mistakes on Mars? / Erik Carlstrom 225 --
Our Two Planets: To Free Enterprise from Capitalism for Civilizations on Mars and Earth / Martin Schwab 229 --
Legal Considerations of Humans on Mars --
Designing a New Space Law / Bryan Erickson 233 --
Your First Mars Society Presentation / Martin Schwab 245 --
Recommendations From Toronto: Managing a Mars Society Convention From A to Z / Rocky Persaud, Craig Pickthorne, Darlene Lim, Jeff Cadieux, Maggie Zubrin 246 --
How The Louisiana Mars Society Got Local Media and Political Attention / Carl Carlsson, Craig Dooley 250 --
Mars Society Parallel Computer
An Organizational Scheme for Solving the Problem of Getting to Mars /
Mars Society Measure of Readiness / Gary C. Fisher 254 --
Hakluyt Prize Letters 257.