I'm going to Mars! (and I need your help)
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While I was preparing a post on my experiences as a Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) CapCom ( Capsule Communicator ) during the past four months , I received some wonderful (also Mars Society related) news that I decided to share instead. I'm going to Mars! Well, not the real Mars (yet). I've been selected as a crewmember for this summer's month-long field expedition to the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island in the Canadian arctic. This largest uninhabited island on Earth also happens to be a hotbed for Mars analog research , with both FMARS and the Haughton-Mars Project calling the island home. These stations are important laboratories simulating how to live and work on Mars. NASA has even tested prototype lunar rovers there .