The Mars Society is an international space advocacy non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the human exploration and settlement of the planet Mars.

The Society was formally established in August 1998, when over 700 delegates – astronomers, scientists, engineers, astronauts, entrepreneurs, educators, students, and space enthusiasts – attended a weekend of talks and presentations from leading Mars exploration advocates.

Members of the Society are from all walks of life, and all actively work to promote the ideals of space exploration and the opportunities for exploring Mars.

* the Mars Society Analogue Pressurized Rover – a competition to design a pressurized rover vehicle that could be used on Mars that was won by the Michigan Mars Rover Team.

* the Mars Gravity Biosatellite-a program to design, build, and launch a satellite rotated to artificially provide partial gravity of 0. 38g, equivalent to that of Mars, and hosting a small population of mice, to study the health effects of partial gravity, as opposed to zero gravity ; this originated as a Mars Society initiative and is now supported by the YourNameIntoSpace web portal

* the Mars balloon mission ARCHIMEDES, due to launch in 2018 ( conducted by the German Chapter of Mars Society )

The current board of directors of the Mars Society includes Robert Zubrin ( chairman ), James Heiser, and Declan O ' Donnell.

Notable former members of the board of directors or steering committee of the Mars Society include Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael D. Griffin, Christopher McKay, and Pascal Lee.

The Mars Society has chapters in countries around the world.

Some accomplishments of Mars Society chapters are listed below:

Mars Society of Canada:

* hosted the Third International Mars Society Convention in 2000 ( Toronto )

Northern California Chapter of the Mars Society:

* hosted the Fourth International Mars Society Convention in 2001 ( Stanford University )

* raised over $ 100, 000 for the Mars Society hosting a fundraiser banquet with James Cameron, May 5, 2001

Dallas Chapter of the Mars Society:

Puget Sound ( Seattle ) Chapter of the Mars Society:

* Website development for the Mars Society in the early days, helped set up chapters. marssociety. org and initial task force websites.

The ASF ( Österreichisches Weltraum Forum, OeWF ) is a national network for aerospace and space enthusiasts, being the Austrian chapter of the Mars Society.

Switzerland: Mars Society Switzerland http :// www. planete-mars-suisse. com

It wants to gather around the scientists working on Mars in Switzerland, all people who share their interest on the matter.

Pierre Brisson, president of the Mars Society Switzerland will introduce the conference by speaking about the landing of the Curiosity rover in the Gale Crater.

Treets are a brand of confectionery sold by Mars Limited in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France and Germany.

" The Andalusian astronomer Ibn Bajjah (" Avempace ", d. 1138 ) proposed that the Milky Way was made up of many stars that almost touch one another and appear to be a continuous image due to the effect of refraction from sublunary material, citing his observation of the conjunction of Jupiter and Mars as evidence of this occurring when two objects are near.

It keeps close links with the French branch (" association planète Mars ", see above ).

In 2011 ( September 30 till October 2 ) it held the 11th European Mars Convention (" EMC11 ") in the frame of the University of Neuchâtel.

It now invites all interested people to attend a new conference to be held in the Natural History Museum Bern (" NHMB "), on September 10th from 18h15 till 20h15, on the theme " Searching for Life on Mars ".

The oldest monument in Reims, the Porte de Mars (" Mars Gate ", so called from a temple to Mars in the neighbourhood ), a triumphal arch 108 feet in length by 43 in height, consists of three archways flanked by columns.

Holst's original manuscripts for it are now in the holdings of the Royal College of Music (" Mars ", " Venus ", " Saturn ", " Uranus ", " Neptune "), Royal Academy of Music (" Mercury ") and British Library (" Jupiter ", " Saturn ", " Uranus ").

The Latin name dies Martis (" day of Mars ") is equivalent to the Greek ἡμέρα Ἄρεως.

The toponym Mons Martis (" Mount of Mars " in Latin ) survived into Merovingian times, Christianised as Montmartre, signifying ' mountain of the martyr '; it owes this name to the martyrdom of Saint Denis, who was decapitated on the hill around 250 AD.

They had many sons, the four Anemoi (" Winds "): Boreas, Notus, Eurus, and Zephyrus, and the five Astra Planeta (" Wandering Stars ", i. e. planets ): Phainon ( Saturn ), Phaethon ( Jupiter ), Pyroeis ( Mars ), Eosphoros / Hesperos ( Venus ), and Stilbon ( Mercury ).

* Mars Exploration Rovers – 10 June / 7 July 2003 – Two Mars rovers (" Spirit " and " Opportunity ")

The Viking 1 Lander touched down in western Chryse Planitia (" Golden Plain ") at at a reference altitude of − 2. 69 km relative to a reference ellipsoid with an equatorial radius of 3397. 2 km and a flatness of 0. 0105 ( 22. 480 ° N, 47. 967 ° W planetographic ) at 11: 53: 06 UT ( 16: 13 local Mars time ).

" He locates the Novensiles in the second region of the heavens, with Jove, Mars Quirinus, the " Military Lar ," Juno, Fons (" Fountain " or " Source "), and the Lymphae ( fresh-water goddesses ).

Translation: " The Vergobretus Postumus son of Dumnorix gave from his own money the Aqua Martia (" Water of Martius Mars ", an aqueduct ) for the ten-night festival of Grannus ".

The story involves the people of Mars, including Momar (" Mom Martian ") and Kimar (" King Martian ").

Spacium is actually a substance found on Mars that itself is deadly to at least one monster species ( the Baltans ), as established in Episode 2 (" Shoot the Invader ").

As the rites of the Salii mimic the passage from peace to war and back to peace by moving between the two poles of Mars and Quirinus in the monthly cycle of March, so they do in the ceremonies of October, the Equus October (" October Horse ") taking place on the Campus Martius the Armilustrium, purification of the arms, on the Aventine, and the Tubilustrium on the 23rd.

In Steiner's view, the main seven archangels with the names given by the esoteric Christianism are Michael ( Sun ), Oriphiel ( Saturn ), Anael ( Venus ), Zachariel ( Jupiter ), Raphael ( Mercury ), Samael ( Mars ), Gabriel ( Moon ) have a special assignment to act as a global Zeitgeist (" time spirit " or, " spirit of the times / age "), each for periods of about 380 years.

In November 2010 MSS participated to the 8th Swiss Geoscience Meeting which was the opportunity to discuss the main topics related to Mars geology, the making of the planet, the role of water and the atmosphere.