Lola Larsen
Name: Lola Larsen
Age: 38
Title: Professor Dr.
Skills: biologist, expert on life in extreme habitats, gene transfer
Personal skills: curious, goal-oriented, ethical Read More …
Author: jonathans
Jesus Josefsen
Name: Jesus Josefsen Age: 42 Title: Head of MIS (Martian Initiative Society) Skills: PhD in engineering, investor, inventor Personal skills: charismatic, adventurer, influencer
Anatalya Fishcort
Name: Anatalya Fishcort Age: 45 Title: Captain, MIS Fleet Skills: astronaut, navigation, finance Personal skills: ego-centric, ambitious, manipulative
James Hart
Name: James Hart Age: 27 Title: Postdoc Skills: Astronaut, PhD in exobiology Personal skills: naïve, job-seeking, entertainer
Jackie Club
Name: Jackie Club Age: 27 Title: Data analyst Skills: astronaut, PhD in medical optics Personal skills: energetic, loyal, brave
Arnold X (excavator)
Name: Arnold X (excavator) Age: 58 Title: abdicated leader of Mars colony, rebel Skills: Professor geology, geobiochemist, deepsea diver Personal skills: loner, stubborn, unafraid
Pål Ulke
Name: Pål Ulke Age: 55 Title: acting Mars Colony leader Skills: accountant, mining engineer Personal skills: vulnerable, realistic, homesick
the Greeter
Name: the Greeter Age: 850 million years Title: lungfish ancestor Skills: communication, adaptable, survival Personal skills: recognizes other lungfish, slimy, flexible
The Evolving Development of Gadfly’s Photonic Propulsion System
Inspired by the psychological difficulties the F2M travelers faced on their long journey to Mars, and the work on the innovative “Starshot Program” (see https://www.space.com/32592-breakthrough-starshot-interstellar-laser-sail-challenges.html), some members of the UC Berkeley F2M team started calculating what the broad parameters of a system of sails/reflectors, lasers, telescopes, and solar panels would look like that could “zip” Read More …
The Lungfish Expert
Name: Dr. Delacourt S. Poppet Position: Test-tube cleaner, Resident Lungfish Expert. Qualifications: PhDs in Comparative Genetics of Sarcopterygians, Archaebiology, Gender Studies. Postdocs in Molecular Barcoding, Ecosystem Engineering, Bedouin Nautical Literature, Synthetic Biology, and Interior Decorating. An oversmart underachiever in a world that does not, shall we say, put a high premium on intelligence, Poppet spent two decades Read More …