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Abstract: During a Mars mission, astronauts
will be communicating their research and observations to scientists back on
earth. Remote Science Teams (RST) are currently fulfilling the role of the
backroom scientists on earth in support of science teams at Mars analog sites
worldwide. The main goal of our project is to discover the best approach to
field operations, collaboration between field and remote teams, and data
collection, storage, and analysis from both the Mars crews and the RST. We
begin from basic scouting operations and determine the task and data
requirements for each stage in documenting a common set of information from
which basic geological analysis -- regolith-terrain mapping, structural
geology, petrology and mineralogy -- can be accomplished. The Scouting
Exploration Methodology Study (SEMS) is the first step into this project. It
will eventually extend into more specialized science goals tailored
PROFILE: Rocky
Persaud is pursuing graduate studies at the University of Toronto,
developing geological models of sedimentary basins on Mars. He was a Science
Collaborator on the Haughton-Mars Project, and was a crewmember of Flashline
Mars Arctic Research Station during the 2001 field season. A member of
several space advocacy groups, he was a director of the Canadian Space
Society, a founding member of the Mars Society's Toronto Chapter, former
editor of the Canadian Space Gazette, a delegate to the Space Generation
Summit, and currently is Research Director (ex President) of the Mars Society
of Canada. Before entering the field of planetary geology, Rocky obtained his
first bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto.
Rocky was co-coordinator and Principal Investigator for Expedition One at the
Mars Desert
Research Station in Utah
in 2003.
PROFILE: Stacy Sklar is currently attending Northern Arizona University
studying Geochemistry. Stacy has been an active member of the Mars Society
since the second convention in Denver
(1999). She was apart of the scouting group looking for Mars analog sites for
the MDRS in the American southwest. Stacy scouted locations in Arizona, New
Mexico, and Utah
in 2000/2001. She also served as a crewmember of the shakedown crew during
the Christmas break 2001, as a crewmember (rotation three) during a one-week
rotation, spring break 2002, and as backroom geologist during Expedition One
Feb/March 2003. During the 2004 MDRS field season Stacy has served as the RST
Geologist for various crews including Crew 25 and Crew 29 were she created
and implemented (along with Co-PI and fellow RST member Shannon Rupert)the
Scouting Exploration Methodology Study (SEMS). Stacy also participated with
the Mobile Agents Operation Readiness Test at NASA Ames. In her spare time she likes to hike,
backpack, and walk around the grounds of Lowell Observatory looking at the stars.
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