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| Spectacular Mars mosaic from India's Mars Orbiter Mission MOM |
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| Every 2 years an opposition, favorable or not |
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| The best time to observe Mars is in 2018 when close to the Earth |
Welcome to the founding of Mars Connect, a spinoff subsidiary of SPACE1. This new company organization and web presence is founded by Humanoido, on January 1st, 2018.
Mars Connect is an organization designed to connect Earth and Mars, create and gather significant resources for a Mars program, gain better understanding of Mars, support future Mars settlers and promote the future Exodus to Mars - an exciting evolution of humanity becoming a multi-planetary species!
Yes, we are going to Mars. However, not everyone can initially afford a half million dollars to ride SpaceX's BFR rocket to Mars, or wait the length of time it may take to begin the journey.
On the other hand, SPACE1 remains optimistic that it will be the first to put humans safely on Mars.
Mars will still need support from the Earth. We intend to generate that support with Mars Connect. The orbital chart of the Earth and Mars from 2010 to 2020 shows an extremely favorable close approach in 2018 for doing studies, collecting data and creating resources. From July 23rd through Aug. 3rd, Mars will reach a very large maximum apparent diameter of 24.3 seconds of arc. The example photo shows a Mars opposition every 2 years. Some close approaches are favorable and some are less favorable. Mars is extremely far away during the alternating years in between the oppositions.
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Weather Wind on Earth
https://earth.nullschool.net/
Determines wind direction at any point on the Earth, ideal when planning Mars telescope observing sessions, avoiding weather pollution
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Mars 2018 Geocentric Ephemeris
http://astropixels.com/ephemeris/planets/mars2018.html
From NASA/JPL, a list of Mars data for 2018, determines the location, brightness, size diameter, distance of Mars, etc. on a given date.
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Mars Map A.L.P.O.
http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/Alpomarsmap.jpg
http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/Observing_Mars_4.html
Mercator projection Mars map with standardized site names, created by the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, Daniel M. Troiani, Carlos E. Hernandez
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Spectacular Mars Globe Image by MOM, India's Mars Orbiter Mission (see photo)
http://spaceflight101.com/mom/indian-mars-orbiter-prepares-for-solar-eclipse/
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The Mars Society - Dr. Robert Zubrin
http://www.marssociety.org/
The Mars Society is a membership-driven non-profit organization that advocates Mars exploration and a human mission to the Red Planet.
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Other Links
http://spaceflight101.com
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Mars Connect Index
Precursor Mars Rocket Flight
https://space1usa.blogspot.tw/2018/01/space1-precurser-mars-rocket-flight.html
Earth Mars Connection (first page intro)
https://space1usa.blogspot.tw/2018/03/space1-mars-earth-connection.html
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