Dr Pascal Lee, Director of HMP (NASA Ames, Mars Institute, SETI Institute), discusses the focus of his work this season at the HMP Research Station, helping NASA think about how to plan and implement long range and long duration pressurized rover traverses on the Moon and Mars.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Jesse Weaver, technician for the HMP, discusses his work this season maintaining the fleet of ATVs, the generators and the Mars-1 Humvee Rover.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Marwan Hussein, a systems engineer with OPTECH of Toronto, Canada, discusses 3D lidar imaging in analog environments such as the HMP Research Station.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Addy Overbeeke, a Spacesuit Engineer from Hamilton Sundstrand, discusses the Humvee-mounted suitport concept studied at HMP.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Dr Mark Helper, Distinguished Senior Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses the NASA lunar geologic traverse simulations at Haughton Crater this HMP field season.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Dr Essam Heggy, a Planetary Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), discusses his research with ground penetrating radar this field season at the HMP Research Station.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Dr Tim Barfoot, from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) discusses the CSA-supported rover exploration project this field season at the HMP Research Station.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Dr. David Musson from McMaster University is the Director for the Center for Simulation Based Learning. He discusses a CSA-supported telemedicine resuscitation project with his students, Matt Turnock (MSc Student in E-Health) and Bosco Law (MSc Student in Health Research Methodology) at the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Matt Turnock, an MSc Student in E-Health at McMaster University, discusses his research this season with the Center for Simulation Based Learning. The study is led by Dr David Musson (McMaster Univ / CSA).
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute) introduces Dr Brian Glass and Dr Sarah Thompson, both from NASA Ames Research Center, who talk about their research in Drilling Automation for Mars Exploration with the CRUX drill this HMP field season.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Dr Anna-Lisa Paul, a faculty member at the University of Florida, talks about her work at the Haughton-Mars Project this season with her colleague, Dr Robert Ferl, also faculty at the University of Florida.
Elaine Walker, the Education and Public Outreach Officer for the Mars Institute, speaks of the Apollo Anniversary and Haughton-Mars Project activities, including the automated CRUX drill.
Stay tuned for more on the CRUX drill, with folks from NASA Ames Research Center, coming soon!
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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John Klatte, a technician with AM General, and Jesse Weaver (HMP field technician) gave the Mars-1 Humvee Rover some upgrades, including heavy duty springs and new steering components. The Humvee was lifted with inflatable jacks from ARB. Our sincere thanks go to John Klatte for his skilled and efficient work.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, Mars Institute)
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Dr. Leo Hartman is a computer scientist with the Canadian Space Agency. He provides system engineering support for the HMP's Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse, is also interested in developing autonomous control and communications infrastructure, and has helped install a new bank of batteries.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, Mars Institute)
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Chris Iles of the Communications Research Center of Canada (CRC) discusses Canadian Space Agency research in the HMP's Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Dr. Pascal Lee (Director, HMP / NASA Ames, Mars Institute, SETI Institute) talks about the 2008 field season with the Haughton-Mars Project.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Marcelo Vazquez (NSBRI, Space Radiation Liason) talks about a number of research projects he was involved with this field season for the Haughton-Mars Project.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Scott Thackrey, a planetary geologist from the University of Aberdeen, talks about his research on Devon Island for the Haughton-Mars Project.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Pam Baskin from the NASA Johnson Space Center and NSBRI talks about her study during the Haughton-Mars Project 2008 field season.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Prof. Charles Mason (Morehead State University) is working with his former student, Megan Ennis (who graduated on this day!), mapping the area around the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station in greater detail than has been done before.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Since 1999 the primary exploration systems support at HMP have been provided by Dr. Steve Braham, Mars Institute/Simon Fraser University (SFU) and his team. Dr. Braham, now in his tenth field season, is the Chief Field Engineer and Associate Director for HMP, and, this year. He is the lead of the Exploration Systems Operations Centre (ExSOC) project at his lab at SFU, PolyLAB, which is a unit of the SFU Telematics Research Laboratory, lead by Steve's long-term research partner Professor Peter Anderson.
Dr. Brian Glass (NASA Ames), the principal investigator for the Drilling Automation for Mars Exploration (DAME) project, and Steve Baird (UBC / HMP Field Assistant), set up a repeater to help with communications between the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station and the DAME tent.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Mary Roach is visiting the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station as inspiration for her new book in progress.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Eleanor Whitworth is a writer of short stories and the daughter of Alex Whitworth who is currently sailing the Northwest Passage from Australia to London.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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On August 1, 2008, Bill Atwood performed radio frequency observations of the total solar eclipse at the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station on Devon Island, High Arctic.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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Video by Film Director, Laurent Lichtenstein
Music: "New World" from the "Mars" CD by Elaine Walker
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Dr. Nadeem Ghafoor of MDA Space Missions discusses his work on Devon Island for the Haughton-Mars Project during the 2008 field season. Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute). Copyright 2008 Mars Institute
Dr. Vince Pisacane, the R. A. Heinlein Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the US Naval Academy talks about the HAWK2 Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (TEPC), whicgh measures the radiation risk in real time and is funded by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute.
Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, Mars Institute)
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Darlene Lim, a limnologist from NASA Ames, demonstrates how she filters her water samples and talks about her research Devon Island for the HMP.
Alaura Singleton is a student of Gordon "Oz" Osinski at the University of Western Ontario and is participating in the Haughton-Mars Project 2008 field season.
Laura Thomson is a student of Gordon "Oz" Osinski at the University of Western Ontario and is participating in the Haughton-Mars Project 2008 field season.
Science Report by Elaine Walker (EPO, Mars Institute)
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Plants report more about their environment than humans and other animals do because they have to deal directly with their surroundings. Unlike animals, plants cannot get up and walk indoors when they experience environmental stress. They are equipped with genes that allow them to deal with a variety of stresses, as a result of their long evolutionary history in a particular environment.
Continue reading "Life to the Moon and Mars: Analogs for Space and Astrobiology (UF)" »
Charles Cockell from Open University talks about polar geomicrobiology at Trinity Lake on Devon Island.
Science Report by Elaine Walker (EPO, Mars Institute)
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