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A few days ago I sent two E-Mails to the Mars Society, asking for help to find information about the Crucial Issues. The first message went to Jean Lagarde (U.S. Mars Society) and the second to Juergen Herholz (German Mars Society). Both messages have the same contents.

 
 http://www.marssociety.org/portal/author/jlagarde
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 Name:    Rfc
 Email:   [[Image:rfc_m.png]]
 Subject: Energy and Money
 
 Dear Jean,
 
 as a writer on www.Marspedia.org I am trying to evaluate
 the viability of an autonomous colony on Mars. I have 
 identified two crucial issues: 1. How to produce enough 
 energy from local resources (probably by photovoltaics) 
 and 2. How to raise enough money to afford it all. During 
 my attempts to clarify those two issues I tried to find 
 information about the wear lifespan of photovoltaics under 
 Martian conditions, and I tried to find information about 
 how many people find the colonization of the Read Planet 
 an interesting idea. Both seems to be hard to obtain.
 
 I am sure the Mars Society is investigating on the same 
 subject. I would be glad if you could help me find such 
 information.
 
 Sincerely yours
 Rfc
 

 
 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:32:25 +0100
 From: [[Image:rfc_m.png]]
 To: Juergen.Herholz@marssociety.de
 Subject: Marspedia
 
 Sehr geehrter Herr Herholz
 
 als aktiver Autor auf www.marspedia.org versuche ich, die Machbarkeit
 einer autonomen Kolonie auf dem Mars darzustellen. Ich habe zwei
 kritische Punkte identifiziert: 1. Wie kann man genügend Energie
 nachhaltig produzieren (wahrscheinlich mit Photovoltaik) und
 2. Wie lässt sich genug Geld für dieses Mammutprojekt auftreiben.
 Beim Versuch, diese beiden Punkte zu klären, habe ich festgestellt,
 dass es sehr schwer ist, Informationen über die Lebensdauer von
 Photovoltaik unter Marsbedingungen aufzutreiben. Genauso schwer
 ist es herauszufinden, wie viele Menschen sich eigentlich für die
 Kolonisation des Roten Planeten interessieren.
 
 Sicherlich sind das Fragen, die in der Mars Society bereits gründlich
 untersucht wurden. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn Sie mir helfen könnten,
 diese Informationen zu finden.
 
 Mit freundlichen Grüßen
 Rfc
 
I have not yet received an answer. -- [[User:Rfc|Rfc]] 20:25, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

:I need help. Is there anybody with connections to the Mars Society? Or to other corporations/experts with the required knowledge? Does anybody know, how to make contact? Does anybody know whether or not the Mars Society is willing to share their knowledge? -- [[User:Rfc|Rfc]] 19:19, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Answer from Juergen Herholz:
 
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Translation:
 
 dear rfc,
 on this I can only tell you my opinion as a space engineer:
 
 # Photovoltaics on Mars is unlikely to my mind. Due to
 its large dimensions it would have to be made in-situ
 on Mars. Unlikely.
 
 # whether or not, and how many people are interested in a
 life on Mars, can not be determined before. This just depends
 upon many, today to some extent not predictable, factors.
 
 Greetings