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I came back to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), a Mars-base analog simulation facility in the Utah desert,
in March 2006, as commander of the second Georgia Tech crew,
Crew 47. Links to more
information can be found at the
bottom of this page. More pictures are on the pages for my 2005 and
2002
expeditions to MDRS.
The Mars Desert Research Station (2005)
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| Anne navigating difficult
terrain |
Jenny taking sextant
measurements |
Anne and Jason discovering
Mars |
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| Map of EVA track and
APRS-transmitted
positions for EVA 06 (courtesy of Frank Crossman, The Mars Society) |
Screenshot of
APRS-transmitted
locations during EVA05 |
Google Earth
visualization of MDRS waypoints and EVA04 track (placemark
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Emily and me setting up the
balloon-based radio repeater |
Meryl taking pictures |
Anne overlooking a canyon |
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Jason's interview for
Country Music Television [sic] |
Anne and Jason enjoying dinner |
Jenny and Emily running
network cables |
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| Emily upgrading the generator |
Jenny and Anne during ATV
training |
Meryl and Jason, happy about
arriving at MDRS |
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| It was cold, rainy and
foggy... |
Lunchtime |
Elizabeth helping to set up
the tent |
| Crew 47 Training
Hike at
Amicalola State Park in the North Georgia Mountains |
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GPS TrackMaker Topo Map Plot |
Google Earth 3D View |
Google Earth View |
| Dayhike Maps (click
here for interactive Google Earth KMZ file) |
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| Emily |
Jason |
Anne |
| Some crew 47
portraits from the dayhike |
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| Lunch "on the rocks" |
View of Atlanta |
Ready to rumble |
| Crew 47 pre-mission training:
dayhike at
Kennesaw Mountain (Kennesaw, Georgia) |
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More information:
Crew 47
final report (PDF, 2.7 MB)
Waypoint and route database in
MS Excel and
Google Earth formats
Crew 47
post-mission summary (RTF)
Crew 37 and 47
website with more pictures and all daily reports
MDRS website
(on Mars Society website)
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