Proceedings of the 3rd Australian Mars Exploration Conference An Invitation to Explore the Red Planet - Mars AUGUST 22^nd – 24^th, 2003 Trinity College, East Perth

Contents Publication Notes Preface Opening Remarks Guy Murphy – President, Mars Society Australia Dr Peter Nattrass - The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Perth SECTION I - Mars: The Human Dimension Psychological Problems of Martian Crew Autonomous Behaviour, Dr Vadim I Gushin, Institute of Bio-Medical Problems, Moscow Social Psychology, Personality and Neuro-cognitive Studies During a Mars Base Simulation, Dr Steven Dawson, Australian National University, Canberra Medical Imaging for a Mission to Mars, Rob Hart, Department of Medical Imaging, Curtin University SECTION II – Engineering for Mars MarsSkin Analogue Space Suits: Expedition One and the Future, James Waldie, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne First Comparative Field Test of Pressurised Rover Prototypes, Dr Graham Mann, Murdoch University, Perth Data Logging Demonstration of New Equipment, Mark Smith, Mars Society Australia Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project, Aaron Tan, University of Queensland, Brisbane SECTION III - Building a Mars Base Status of the MarsOz Project, Dr Jonathan Clarke, Australian National University, Canberra Topological Interlocking in Construction of Martian Settlements, Dr Arcady Dyskin, University of Western Australia, Perth Panel Discussion - MARS OZ: The Future, Views and Questions - Guy Murphy, David Cooper, Graham Mann, Jennifer Laing, Jonathan Clarke SECTION IV - Getting to Mars Utah On The Rocks: Regolith and Other Geological Research During Expedition One, Dr Jonathan Clarke, Australian National University, Canberra PR Push: The Role of Communication and Publicity in a Future Human Mars Mission, Jennifer Laing, Latrobe University SECTION V - Mars In Popular Culture Panel Discussion - Future Directions & Developments: Views and Questions from the Floor, Dr. Gushin, Dr Graham Mann, Dr Jonathan Clarke, Dr Rob Hart, Guy Murphy Appendix A Photo Gallery