33 – Camping at Mars (feat. Danielle Richey & Steve Jolly)

Mission designs for human trips to Mars are common, but Lockheed Martin’s “Mars Base Camp” is something fresh. That’s because it’s a collaborative, orbit-first, science-focused approach, so it means the plan is a realistic path forward from NASA’s Deep Space Gateway. Complete with a habitat, a laboratory, propulsion, power and two Orion capsules, it’s a complete beachhead for a human trip to the red planet. It’s even got a lander! Listen to engineers Danielle Richey & Steve Jolly join Jake to talk about the idea and how it might become real.

• Danielle Richey (@dmrichey)
• Rob Chambers (@marsbasecamper)
• Tim Chichan (@timcichan)
• Lockheed Martin (@lockheedmartin)
• Mars Base Camp Hashtag (#marsbasecamp)
• You can reach Steve via Email if you have questions

• The Mars Base Camp site
• Some high-res B-roll video of the concept
• Lockheed Martin’s Mars Base Camp Flickr
• The IAC Update White Paper
• Promo Video for Mars Base Camp
• The IAC Presentation Video

WeMartians music is “RetroFuture”, “Electrodoodle” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/