Model Mars

A platform for young people to explore space, society and sustainability

[Model Mars @ModelMars]

The @ModelMars team are speaking at #NexusNairobi2023 as part of the @100YSS project awarded by @DARPA to enable interstellar human space flight!

[Model Mars @ModelMars]

Watch one of our cofounders @janmillsapps talking about model mars at the @TheMarsSociety event in Arizona! https://t.co/JvEyf7azAK

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5 teams, 5 countries, 4 authors, 8 mentors, 1 fabulous #astronaut (thank you @MsCoolAstro), 5 new perspectives on systems for #Mars and many tough issues debated amongst the next generation of young leaders. The pilot of Model Mars is a wrap…

[Tunapanda Institute @TunapandaOrg]

Great job, @KiberaSpace! Congratulations to the learners who graduated from the @ModelMars program. We hope they'll use the knowledge gained to become more resourceful to their peers and society at large.

Check out the learners' project info via the link below #KiberaSpace

[Kibera Aeronautics and Space Academy @KiberaSpace]

Check out our learners' proposed solutions to Mars malaise for the @ModelMars project. Our four learners finally graduated from the 8-week program by presenting their final work (artifact) to the mission control and other project participants. #KiberaSpace

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With huge thanks to Josie, Frazer and Sharon from @MuseumofLondon for mentoring and coaching the museum team!

[Model Mars @ModelMars]

After a 6 week pilot with 5 teams from around the world (London, Brazil, Kenya, Israel, Global) the https://t.co/G6hZk4J6Ej is live!

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Thank you to @Space_Doctor and @herbert_juliana for being the envoys for this amazing team!

[Model Mars @ModelMars]

Team C Sharp are now sharing their marsfest ideas on Music Festivals on Mars! https://t.co/Y122AbVx9P

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The new life investigators shared their solutions to mars malaise - led wonderfully by @Melkizedek_, @TunapandaOrg and @KiberaSpace - https://t.co/m2hTY3c3KQ

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Team Ursidian shared their remembrance vessels which are so beautiful! https://t.co/40Pu4t3b54

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Team ICPJ are sharing their artifact for companionship as a solution to the law order story by @unamccormack https://t.co/9owP5M5Kil

[Tunapanda Institute @TunapandaOrg]

How would a food production company on Mars look like? Well, find out from The New Life Investigators, @KiberaSpace's group of four young learners. #KiberaSpace #ModelMars #Mars @TravelTelescope @ModelMars

[Kibera Aeronautics and Space Academy @KiberaSpace]

3/3: The New Life Investigators will meet on Friday from 2 pm - 4 pm to finish their factory. They'll be joined by Susan Murabana of @TravelTelescope and Jen Breslin of @ModelMars. #KiberaSpace #Mars #ModelMars

[Kibera Aeronautics and Space Academy @KiberaSpace]

2/3: The factory building is led by Mitchelle Kemunto, the team's factory manager with assistance from Nasry (horticulturalist), Alvin (chief engineer), and Princessjoy (medic).

The artifact will be displayed at the Mars Museum in London (courtesy of @ModelMars).

[Kibera Aeronautics and Space Academy @KiberaSpace]

1/3: Yesterday, our team (The New Life Investigators) started working on their artifacts for the @ModelMars project. They're building a model of a futuristic food production factory on Mars. #KiberaSpace

[Kibera Aeronautics and Space Academy @KiberaSpace]

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1/6: Meet our four learners taking part in the Model Mars project. The team, dubbed The New Life Investigators, fictitiously lives in underground giant lava tube settlement on Mars (Wrexie Tube). The settlement is shielded from cosmic radiation. @ModelMars #ModelMars