Mars One : The Human Factor: Inside the Selection, Adventure, and Challenges of the First Human Settlement on Mars

298 Pages·2016·17.77 MB·English

by  Kraft

Mars One
H U M A N I T Y ’ S N E X T
G R E AT A D V E N T U R E

Mars One
H U M A N I T Y ’ S N E X T
G R E AT A D V E N T U R E
INSIDE THE FIRST HUMAN
SETTLEMENT ON MARS
EDITED BY NORBERT KRAFT, MD
JAMES R. KASS, P D,
with h
RAYE KASS, P D
and h
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Names: Kraft, Norbert (Physician), editor. | Kass, James R., editor. | Kass,
Raye., editor.
Title: Mars One, humanity’s next great adventure : inside the first human
settlement on Mars / edited by Norbert Kraft ; with James R. Kass and Raye
Kass.
Description: Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2016] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015039198| ISBN 9781940363837 (trade paper : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781940363936 (electronic : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Mars (Planet)—Exploration.
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“Introduction” and part introductions © 2016 Norbert Kraft, James R.
Kass, and Raye Kass
“Improvisation and Exploration” © 2016 by Mason Peck
“Medical Skills for an Interplanetary Trip” © 2016 by Thais Russomano
“Human Health and Performance for Mars Missions” © 2016 by Jamie
R. Guined
“A World Waiting to Be Born” © 2016 by Raye Kass
“Culture and Communication” © 2016 by Andy Tamas
“Age and Aging on Mars” and “To Build a Bicycle” © 2016 by Vincent
Hyman
“Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Mars” © 2016 by Ronit Kark
“The (Amazing) Reality of Being on TV” © 2016 by Cindy Chiang
Halvorsen
“How Filming Mars One Could Change the World” © 2016 by James
R. Kass
“Inside the Minds of the Mars One 100” © 2016 by Norbert Kraft
“The Politics and Law of Settling Mars” © 2016 by Narayan Prasad
“A Canvas as Big as a World” © 2016 by Robert Jeschonek
“The Mars One Mission Timeline” © by Bas Lansdorp
“The Mars One Selection Process” © by Norbert Kraft

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The editors wish to express their gratitude to all the Mars One candi-
dates whose quotes have been used in these pages, including the follow-
ing, who contributed thoughts to “Age and Aging on Mars”: Dan Carey,
Ethan Dederick, Yuri Rafael Lopez Farias, Reginald Foulds, Laurel
Helene Kaye, Mead McCormick, Dianne McGrath, Elaheh Nouri, Sue
Ann Pien, Jaymee Orillosa Del Rosario, Etsuko Shimabukuro, Dr.
Bhupendra Singh, Anastasiya Stepanova, and Kay Radzik Warren.
We regret that time did not allow us to contact more. Interviews were
conducted by Mars One Exchange writer Vincent Hyman, who also
wrote up the interview results for this chapter.
The editors wish to thank Leah Wilson (editor–in-chief) and
Jessika Rieck (production associate) at BenBella Books for their hard
work and patience throughout the journey this book took from draft to
final copy.
The editors would also like to thank Stephen Cass, senior editor
with Technology Review and founding editor of Discover magazine’s sci-fi
blog Science Not Fiction, for his insightful advice and feedback on all
things technological (and others too numerous to mention).
The editors would like to extend their profound thanks to Suzanne
Flinkenflögel, Director of Communications for Mars One, whose
expertise and incredible skill has made this book possible.
Thanks are due as well to Bryan Versteeg, the illustrator responsi-
ble for all the illustrations and animations on the Mars One website, for
the outpost images used in this book. Thanks also to Olga Panifilova
for creating the press release and advertisement images in “A World
Waiting to Be Born.”
Finally, the editors would like to especially acknowledge Bas
Lansdorp, cofounder and chief executive officer, and Arno Wielders,
cofounder and chief technical officer, of Mars One. Without their inno-
vation and willingness to push boundaries due to their passion for
science and exploration, this book would have remained only in the
minds and hearts of those whose words follow. Because of their vision
of what could be, this book exists.
CONTENTS
Foreword xiii
Introduction xvii
Technical and Medical Skills,
Health and Fitness 3
What technical skills will the crew need to survive and
ultimately thrive on Mars? 9
Improvisation and Exploration
Mason Peck
What medical skills will the crew need to survive and
ultimately thrive on Mars? 23
Medical Skills for an Interplanetary Trip
Thais RussoMano
What health and fitness skills will the crew need to survive
and ultimately thrive on Mars? 37
Human Health and Performance for Mars Missions
JaMie R. Guined