Mars Society

The Mars Society "is a non-profit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization in the United States. Our federal tax identification number is 31-1585646."

"The Purpose of the Mars Society: To further the goal of the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet. This will be done by:


 * Broad public outreach to instill the vision of pioneering Mars.
 * Support of ever more aggressive government funded Mars exploration programs around the world.
 * Conducting Mars exploration on a private basis.

"Starting small, with hitchhiker payloads on government funded missions, we intend to use the credibility that such activity will engender to mobilize larger resources that will enable stand-alone private robotic missions and ultimately human exploration."

Directors
Accessed September 2007:


 * Gregory Benford
 * Penny Boston
 * Maggie Zubrin
 * Robert Zubrin

Steering Committee Members
Accessed September 2007:


 * Buzz Aldrin
 * Gregory Benford
 * Penny Boston
 * Chris Carberry
 * Jonathan Clarke
 * Patricia Czarnik
 * Tamarack Robert Czarnik
 * Edmund B. Fisher
 * Gary Fisher
 * Gus Frederick
 * Richard Heidmann
 * James Heiser
 * Jean Lagarde
 * Darlene S. S. Lim
 * Bruce Mackenzie
 * Bo Maxwell
 * Steve McDaniel
 * Harold Miller
 * Guy Murphy
 * Anthony Curtis Muscatello
 * Gabriel Rshaid
 * Shannon M. Rupert
 * Frank Schubert
 * Kevin F. Sloan
 * Peter Smith
 * Lucinda Weisbach
 * Artemis Westenberg
 * Maggie Zubrin
 * Robert Zubrin

Contact

 * Web: http://www.marssociety.org