INTRODUCTION
FIRST PART: THE ARCTIC
BEFORE
DURING
FLASHLINE MARS ARCTIC RESEARCH STATION DIARY
Tuesday 3 July 2001, day -5
Wednesday 4 July 2001, day -4 Thursday 5 July 2001, day -3
Friday 6 July 2001, day -2
Saturday 7th July 2001, day -1
Sunday 8th July 2001, day -1 bis
Monday 9th July 2001, day -1 ter
Tuesday 10th July 2001, day 0
Wednesday 11th July 2001, day 1
Thursday 12th July 2001, day 2
Friday 13th July 2001, day 3
Saturday 14th July 2001, day 4
Sunday 15th July 2001, day 5 Monday 16th July 2001, day 6
Tuesday 17th July 2001, day 7
AFTER
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THIS SIMULATION?
SECOND PART: THE DESERT
BEFORE
DURING
MARS DESERT RESEARCH STATION DIARY
Sunday 7 April 2002, Day 1
Monday 8 April2002, Day 2
Excerpt from the daily activity logbook
Tuesday 9 April 2002, Day 3
Wednesday 10 April 2002, Day 4
Excerpt from the daily activity logbook
Thursday 11 April 2002, Day 5
Excerpt from the daily activity logbook
Friday 12 April 2002, Day 6
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 April 2002, Days 7 and 8
Excerpt from the daily activity logbook
Monday 15 April 2002, Day 9
Tuesday 16 April 2002, Day 10
Wednesday 17 April 2002, Day 11
Thursday 18 April 2002, Day 12
Friday 19 April 2002, Day 13
AFTER
THE LAST DAY AND THE RETURN
THIRD PART: Back to the Desert
AND AFTER?
REFERENCES
SOME WEB SITES TO KNOW MORE ABOUT:
The Mars Society
The first Mars simulation campaign in the Arctic, Summer 2001
The second Mars simulation campaign of 2002
Other interesting sites on Mars and the European missions
SOME PUBLICATIONS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
The first Mars simulation campaign in the Arctic, Summer 2001
On results of the seismic experiments
Canada and Nunavut
The second Mars simulation campaign of 2002
Some technical and scientific papers on our plant growing experiment during this campaign
Some other interesting books
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
About the Author: Vladimir Pletser is a professor and Scientific Adviser in Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He got his B.Sc in Engineering in Catholic University of Louvain in 1976, and Ph.D of Physics in Louvain University in 1990. He was a Project Manager, Experiment Coordinator and Senior Physicist-Engineer in European Space Agency (ESA) during 1985-2016. He has more than 500 publications, including articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, articles in international conferences Proceedings, technical/scientific papers, ESA reports/documents, and book reviews. He has given more than 600 presentations in different events, including 2 Presentations to His Majesty King Albert II of Belgium, ESTEC (2004) and Belgian Ambassador (2010), 33 invited honorary, plenary lectures at international symposia and workshops.
