Mission designs for human trips to Mars are common, but Lockheed Martin’s “Mars Base Camp” is something fresh. That’s because it’s a collaborative, orbit-first, science-focused approach, so it means the plan is a realistic path forward from NASA’s Deep Space Gateway. Complete with a habitat, a laboratory, propulsion, power and two Orion capsules, it’s a complete beachhead for a human trip to the red planet. It’s even got a lander! Listen to engineers Danielle Richey & Steve Jolly join Jake to talk about the idea and how it might become real.
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Key Twitter Follows

Danielle Richey (@dmrichey)
Rob Chambers (@marsbasecamper)
Tim Chichan (@timcichan)
Lockheed Martin (@lockheedmartin)
Mars Base Camp Hashtag (#marsbasecamp)
You can reach Steve via Email if you have questions

Official Lockheed Martin Content

The Mars Base Camp site
Some high-res B-roll video of the concept
Lockheed Martin’s Mars Base Camp Flickr
The IAC Update White Paper
Promo Video for Mars Base Camp
The IAC Presentation Video

WeMartians music is “RetroFuture”, “Electrodoodle” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/