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This is a list of topics that we'd like to be fully covered with articles on the wiki. | This is a list of topics that we'd like to be fully covered with articles on the wiki. | ||
| − | Introductory Content | + | ==Introductory Content== |
* Welcome to Marspedia page with prominent link on main page. | * Welcome to Marspedia page with prominent link on main page. | ||
* Video (30 second Welcome to Marspedia) | * Video (30 second Welcome to Marspedia) | ||
* How you can help | * How you can help | ||
| − | Mars | + | |
| + | ==Mars== | ||
* The Planet (overview, scientific details, interesting features & locations, the Moons, etc.) | * The Planet (overview, scientific details, interesting features & locations, the Moons, etc.) | ||
* History of Mars on Earth (why is it called Mars, theories about it, etc.) | * History of Mars on Earth (why is it called Mars, theories about it, etc.) | ||
| − | Remote Exploration of Mars | + | ==Remote Exploration of Mars== |
* Orbiters | * Orbiters | ||
** Mission pages for every robotic mission, including all failed attempts. (feel free to borrow from MarsNews.com which James Burk wrote all of, but much is likely out of date) | ** Mission pages for every robotic mission, including all failed attempts. (feel free to borrow from MarsNews.com which James Burk wrote all of, but much is likely out of date) | ||
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* Future Missions: Mars Sample Return, ExoMars, Red Dragon, Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) | * Future Missions: Mars Sample Return, ExoMars, Red Dragon, Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) | ||
| − | Organizations with Mars missions (Funded, Flown or already planned) | + | ==Organizations with Mars missions (Funded, Flown or already planned)== |
* NASA | * NASA | ||
* ESA | * ESA | ||
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* Roscosmos | * Roscosmos | ||
* SpaceX | * SpaceX | ||
| − | Human Exploration of Mars | + | |
| + | ==Human Exploration of Mars== | ||
* Current Plans & concepts: Mars Direct, NASA Design Reference Mission, Caltech missions, Mars One, SpaceX, etc. | * Current Plans & concepts: Mars Direct, NASA Design Reference Mission, Caltech missions, Mars One, SpaceX, etc. | ||
* History of plans - David S. F. Portree has done a lot of work in this area and James has his book. You can also pull up his Romance to Reality site which is in archive.org. | * History of plans - David S. F. Portree has done a lot of work in this area and James has his book. You can also pull up his Romance to Reality site which is in archive.org. | ||
* Technologies needed: propulsion (chemical, nuclear, ion, VASIMR, etc.), ISRU, space suits, lander concepts | * Technologies needed: propulsion (chemical, nuclear, ion, VASIMR, etc.), ISRU, space suits, lander concepts | ||
| − | Permanent Settlement | + | ==Permanent Settlement== |
Mars Foundation designs: Hillside Settlement, One way mission, Plains Settlement | Mars Foundation designs: Hillside Settlement, One way mission, Plains Settlement | ||
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* Other concepts. | * Other concepts. | ||
| − | Terraforming | + | ==Terraforming== |
* What is Terraforming | * What is Terraforming | ||
* How might you Terraform Mars: plans & concepts | * How might you Terraform Mars: plans & concepts | ||
* First 100 year plan / schedule | * First 100 year plan / schedule | ||
* Martin Fogg's pages - contact him | * Martin Fogg's pages - contact him | ||
| − | Space Law | + | |
| + | ==Space Law== | ||
* Mars-specific. | * Mars-specific. | ||
* Outer Space Treaty / Moon Treaty / etc. | * Outer Space Treaty / Moon Treaty / etc. | ||
* Look into the papers available online. | * Look into the papers available online. | ||
| − | Astrobiology | + | ==Astrobiology== |
| − | AstroSociology | + | ==AstroSociology== |
* Human Factors Research | * Human Factors Research | ||
* 2007 ISDC track - Jim Paas(?) | * 2007 ISDC track - Jim Paas(?) | ||
| − | Miscellaneous Topics | + | ==Miscellaneous Topics== |
* Whatever you want to write about Mars! | * Whatever you want to write about Mars! | ||
Latest revision as of 08:26, 12 November 2017
This is a list of topics that we'd like to be fully covered with articles on the wiki.
Contents
Introductory Content
- Welcome to Marspedia page with prominent link on main page.
- Video (30 second Welcome to Marspedia)
- How you can help
Mars
- The Planet (overview, scientific details, interesting features & locations, the Moons, etc.)
- History of Mars on Earth (why is it called Mars, theories about it, etc.)
Remote Exploration of Mars
- Orbiters
- Mission pages for every robotic mission, including all failed attempts. (feel free to borrow from MarsNews.com which James Burk wrote all of, but much is likely out of date)
- Chandrayaan
- Landers / Rovers
- Pathfinder
- Spirit
- Opportunity
- Curiosity
- Mars 2020
- Mars Express: Beagle 2
- Future Missions: Mars Sample Return, ExoMars, Red Dragon, Big Falcon Rocket (BFR)
Organizations with Mars missions (Funded, Flown or already planned)
- NASA
- ESA
- ISRO
- Roscosmos
- SpaceX
Human Exploration of Mars
- Current Plans & concepts: Mars Direct, NASA Design Reference Mission, Caltech missions, Mars One, SpaceX, etc.
- History of plans - David S. F. Portree has done a lot of work in this area and James has his book. You can also pull up his Romance to Reality site which is in archive.org.
- Technologies needed: propulsion (chemical, nuclear, ion, VASIMR, etc.), ISRU, space suits, lander concepts
Permanent Settlement
Mars Foundation designs: Hillside Settlement, One way mission, Plains Settlement
- Technologies needed: 3-D Printing using in-situ materials, use of lava tubes, etc.
- Fictional Portrayals of Mars Settlement
- Kim Stanley Robinson: Article about Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars and what they did.
- Based on Proceedings of Case for Mars #2 & #3. (Bruce has copies of these.)
- Also Ben Bova, Geoffrey Landis, Robert Zubrin, Gregory Benford, Paul McAuley (Quiet War, Gardens of the Sun).
- Older fiction: Heinlein, Clarke, etc.
- Potential issues/challenges raised in Mars fiction (political/economic relationship with Earth, how government/economics might be affected by conditions on Mars, vulnerability of domed settlements, effects of microgravity on the human body, etc.)
- Kim Stanley Robinson: Article about Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars and what they did.
- Commerce (including import/export, etc.)
- Potential Martian industries and exports
- Potential as base for asteroid mining ventures
- Provide lodging, resupply, and other services to miners
- Infrastructure
- Potential as base for exploring the outer Solar system
- Other concepts.
Terraforming
- What is Terraforming
- How might you Terraform Mars: plans & concepts
- First 100 year plan / schedule
- Martin Fogg's pages - contact him
Space Law
- Mars-specific.
- Outer Space Treaty / Moon Treaty / etc.
- Look into the papers available online.
Astrobiology
AstroSociology
- Human Factors Research
- 2007 ISDC track - Jim Paas(?)
Miscellaneous Topics
- Whatever you want to write about Mars!
