[minMars] Fwd: Mars Issue of the Journal of Cosmology

[Paul Wooster]

I haven't had a chance to read through the articles yet, but from the table
of contents it looks like this has some interesting papers that may be of
interest to our MinMars activities.

-Paul

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Subject: Mars Society Newsletter: Special Mars Issue of the Journal of
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 Special Mars Issue of the Journal of Cosmology, Now online
 by Susan Holden Martin,
MBA<http://www.marssociety.org/portal/author/SusanMartinNH>—  last
modified 2010-10-20 19:11

A special Mars issue of the Journal of Cosmology, produced in association
with the Mars Society, is now online. The issue, was edited by Joel Levine,
Ph.D., NASA, Co-Chair, Human Exploration of Mars Science Analysis Group
(HEM-SAG) of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG); and Rudolf
Schild, Ph.D., of the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard-Smithsonian.

The special issue of the Journal of Cosmology is entitled "Colonizing Mars -
The Human Mission to the Red Planet", and includes over 50 chapters written
by more than 70 top scientists, including 4 astronauts, two of whom have
walked on the Moon.

Open access to the issue is free online at:

http://JournalofCosmology.com/Contents12.html<http://journalofcosmology.com/Contents12.html>

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.   Astronauts On Mars

-5 chapters written by astronauts

II.  The Future is Mars....

-3 chapters

III: To Boldly Go: Getting to Mars and Design Reference Architecture

-4 chapters

IV.  The Scientific Investigation of Mars: Humans, Geology, Geophysics,
Atmosphere, Climate, Biology

-5 chapters

V:   Psychology, Stress, Behavioral Health of Astronauts & Crew

-5 chapters

VI.  Medical Health, Physiology, Biomedical Risks of a Journey to Mars

-6 chapters

VII.  Planetary Protection and Infection Risks on Mars

-3 chapters

VIII. The Search For Life on Mars

-9 chapters

IX.   Mars Base, Exploration, and Colonization of the Red Planet

-6 chapters

X.    Sex on Mars. Radiation, Brain, Heart, Sexuality, Fertility, Pregnancy,
Fetal Development

-2 chapters

XI.   Robots on Mars

-2 chapters

XII.  Marketing Mars: The Mars Prize. Financing the Greatest Adventure in
the History of Humanity

-2 chapters

The Mars Society would like to thank all who contributed to this important
work.  We welcome your comments.

The Journal of Cosmology is published by Cosmology Science Publishers,
Rudolf Schild, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief. The Journal of Cosmology is devoted
to the advancement of Science and will publish original contributions in the
fields of Cosmology, Astronomy, Astrobiology, and Earth & Planetary
Sciences. Papers related to these general areas including those concerning
biology, genetics, geology, climate change, meteorology, physics, celestial
mechanics, astrophysics, particle physics, paleoastronomy, chemistry,
panspermia, abiogenesis, extinction, and the origin and evolution of life,
are welcome.

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