From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Sep 09 2005 - 16:42:10 UTC
>From: "Joseph E. Palaia, IV" <jpalaia_at_MIT.EDU>
>Reply-To: info_at_marshome.org, jpalaia_at_MIT.EDU
>To: "MHP_Announce" <announce_at_marshome.org>
>Subject: [MarsHome] 4Frontiers Corporation Press Release
>Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 00:07:54 -0400
>
>[Announcement from the Mars Homestead Project - www.MarsHome.org]
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>September 6, 2005
>
>MEDIA CONTACT:
>Barbara Preslock - 4Frontiers Marketing Manager
>Phone: 727-845-4011 Fax: 727-845-4113 Email: Media_at_4Frontiers.com
>
>4Frontiers Corporation To Establish First Mars Settlement
>
>Cambridge, MA - The 4Frontiers Corporation (www.4Frontiers.com), today
>announces its plan for the first permanent habitation on another planet,
>revealing technical and social aspects of establishing an initial human
>settlement on Mars. The bold plan is based in part on the work of the Mars
>Foundation (www.MarsHome.org) but will be carried out within an expansive
>4Frontiers business plan. 4Frontiers is actively engaging with space
>transportation, technical, policy and financial partners to develop the
>systems and technologies needed to establish this new branch of
>civilization. The business plan also calls for the establishment of a
>revolutionary Mars Settlement Outreach and Research Center, here on Earth,
>to advance these efforts.
>
>While a number of companies have set their sites on advancements in getting
>to Mars, few have laid out plans with technical reality and actual designs
>to quickly and affordably establish settlement. For example, Elon Musk of
>Space Exploration Technologies (www.SpaceX.com), is developing the
>human-rated Falcon 5 launcher, and has plans to develop a super-heavy lift
>rocket as part of a strategy to get to Mars. However, "4Frontiers is
>positioned to be the leader in actual "on-the-ground" settlement housing,
>life support, and industrial technology," said Mark Homnick, CEO of
>4Frontiers. "We have utilized detailed knowledge of the planet and the
>extensive know-how of our technical team to develop a plan for a small but
>sustainable settlement, leveraging use of locally derived materials," said
>Joseph Palaia, VP of Research & Development.
>
>A settlement on Mars would translocate the human genome to another planet
>effectively creating a new Biosphere. While it may take "rocket science" to
>get to Mars, once there "The lessons learned from large scale closed
>systems, such as Biosphere 2, a project supported by billionaire Ed Bass,
>have demonstrated a clear path for small-scale sustainability and offer
>critical elements for a Mars based ecologically sustainable settlement,"
>said Bruno D.V. Marino, a consultant to 4Frontiers and former Director of
>Science and Research at Biosphere 2. 4Frontiers has already begun extensive
>research programs covering in-situ manufacturing of building materials,
>extraction of oxygen and water, and the establishment of Martian ecosystems
>to produce diverse food crops. The company plans to unveil additional
>research and development programs in the near future.
>
>4Frontiers is making strides in establishing a Mars Settlement Research and
>Outreach Center. "This unique facility will serve as a nexus for space
>technology development and consultancy, focused initially on technologies
>having commonality with those needed both for Mars settlement and for the
>President's Moon Mars Initiative," said Bruce Mackenzie, 4Frontiers VP and
>Director of the Mars Foundation. The 25,000 sq foot facility, assuming the
>form of a full-scale replica of the actual first settlement, will provide
>the public an unprecedented glimpse of life on the early Mars frontier, and
>will allow the public to interact with scientists and engineers who will be
>turning this vision into reality. 4Frontiers is presently in negotiations
>with a number of agencies, investigating the possibility of locating this
>facility in New Mexico, Central Florida or Colorado.
>
>More information about 4Frontiers is available at www.4Frontiers.com.
>
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