Crew 4 - Crew Bio

Judith Lapierre - Commander - Human Factors

Judith is a space scientist of the human and health sciences domain. Her current work is in cyberhealth at the Université du Québec in Hull, specializing in mission support strategies to improve human health and adaptation to extreme confined environments. She was in Antarctica in 1998 as part of her postdoctorate research program with the International Space University based in Strasbourg. She was also representing the Canadian Space Agency in 2000 during the longest international confinement experiment and has volunteered in July 2001 in mission support, Denver-Colorado for the FMARS missions of the Mars Society. Staying and working on MDRS with such qualified crewmembers is a privilege for her. It contributes also to knowledge development and it's the next best thing to a real trip to Mars!

Andrew Hoppin - Geology

Andrew, with degrees in Planetary Geology and Environmental Science / Remote Sensing, has spent the better part of his 30 years inspired about exploration in its many forms, and he is working today to see that human futures beyond Earth are realized for the benefit of all people on Earth.