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iiploration of Mars Will Be Discussed at Denver Symposium
Br JEFFERSON GRIMSBY
Unilsd PrMt International
Denver - (UTO - The first
man to set foot on Mars may
not find any BEM. But he
probably would consider
them the least of hU prob
lems anyway.
BEM is science fiction writ
er's shorthand for Bug-Eyed
Monsters, who used to in
habit the red planet back in
the tranquil days before fic
tion started turning into fact.
Fantasy is becoming possi
bility so rapidly, in fact, that
a group of scientists, en
gineers and government of
ficials, led by Air Force Sec
retary Eugene M. Zuckert,
will meet here June 6-7 to
discuss a subject the science
fiction writers used to consid
er their private domain-the
exploration of Mars.
Canaral Program Chairman
Dr. George Morgenthaler of
Denver, the symposium's gen
eral program chairman says
the fantastically costly feat
could be achieved as early as
the middle 1970s.
. One of the features of the
symposium's closing sessions
will be en attempt by partici
pants to set this date as close
ly as possible.
The symposium on the ex
ploration of Mars is to be
presented by the American
Astronautical Society and co
sponsored by the National
Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration and several other
technical societies.
The problems before them
are staggering:
Closa Enough to Earth
-A round trip to Mars
would cover about 70 million
miles under the best circum
stances, and the planet is
close, enough to earth only
once every IS to 17 years to
permit this.
-It would take more than a
year to accomplish such a
journey, using currently en
visioned chemical powered
rockets.
-It would cost a sum con
servatively estimated In the
tens of billions of dollars.
-Before the Mars spaceship
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could even start its trip, lis
parts would have to be rocket
ed separately into earth orbit
and assembled in space. This
could require from seven to
IS separate rocket launchings.
-When assembled, the Mars
spaceship could weigh two
million pounds.
Most 'Earlhlika'
Mars is the most "earth
like" of the planets. Its rota
tion on its axis is about half
an hour longer than an earth
day. Its temperatures range
from about 85 degrees above
zero to about 158 below. It
apparently has polar icecaps
like earths. It has an atmos
phere, made up piubably of a
lot of nitrogen and a little
water vapor and carbon dioxide.
Every two years the earth
comes between Mais and the
sun. At such times Mars may
be from 34 8 million miles to
61 million miles from Earth.
Mars will be less than 35
million miles away on Aug.
10, 1971. and will not be that
close again until the 1980s.
One of the plans for a man
ned Mars trip now under con
sideration involves shooting
the components into Earth
orbit, assembling them by
rendezvous, making the jour
ney to Mars, and going into
orbit around the planet.
Smaller Exploration
. Then a smaller exploration
ship would be detached, to
land on Mars, or possibly one
of lis tiny mnons, Phobos
and Dcmios, whore a base
camp could be established for
the trip to Mars itself.
After the explorers finish
ed their work on the planet,
they would return in their
small ship to the mother craft,
which would leave the Mars
orbit, return to Earth, and
land.
Countless Problems
Such a trip, from Earth
orbit to Mars and back to
Earth, would take 420 days
under this plan, including 40
days in Mars orbit or on the
planet itself.
There are countless prob
lems to solve before the ex
ecution of such plans. For one
thins, nobody has yet joined
anything together in space.
The space ship must be
heavily shielded to protect the
astronauts from murderous
radiation.
Another "life-support" prob
lem is the amount of oxygen
and food the spacecraft must
carry. These supplies couid
be 'ess if the astronauts were
put into a semi-comatose state
for the long trip through
space and the flight controlled
from Earth.
But ti:e Mercury Astronaut
program proved that astro
nauts must be able to make
decisions, or take emergency
action if something goes
wrong. A Mars crew probably
would be busy with celestial
navigation and maintenances,
too.
Peterson Receives
Superior Ribbon
Colden, Colo. -Cadet Dale
W. Peterson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne L. Peterson, Cen
tral Point, has recently been
named recipient of the 'de
partment of the Army Superi
or Cadet Ribbon for the sec
ond consecutive year at the
Colorado Sr.hool of Mines.
The award is presented an
nually Ui the one outstanding
student in each class in mili
tary and academic scholar
ship. Peterson has lend his cIhss
both years and was awarded
the Max I. Silbcr Scholastic
Award for 1RH1-H2. He receiv
ed the Society of Exploration
Geophysics grant in 11181-82
and 82-63, and also the Car
penter grant for school ex
penses in 1U62-63.
He is a member of the So
ciety of Student Gcophysi
cists, the Wesley club, the
Geology club, and Alpha Phi
Omega service club.
Cadet Peterson has enroll
ed in the Advanced Course,
Senior Division ROTC, and
will be commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant in the U.S.
Army Reserve upon gradua
tion from Mines.
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