Mars, bitches!
The Chicago Daily Herald reports that there's at least one group of Americans who still wants to hear more about President Bush's vision for space exploration.
Since 1998, the Mars Society has been advocating the colonization of the red planet. In fact, MS members are so keen on the idea that they've created plans for getting there and are already training for the journey:
Already, the society's founder and president, Robert Zurbin, has created Mars Direct, a plan that includes a transportation system - known as the Earth Return Vehicle - that will take humans to Mars and back, a trip he says will take six months each way.
The group also has built two research centers where volunteer crew members simulate life on Mars for up to four weeks at a time. The centers - one in the Canadian Arctic and the other in Utah - are located on terrain that resembles Mars.
The article explains that the group sees the planet as the new frontier and is also excited by the possibility of discovering life on Mars.
Postscript: Click here to join the Mars Society today, but before you do, read this book.
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