I just saw this event at UCF in early November. It’s by NSS. It has a picture of a greenhouse on the surface of Mars. It’s talking about settling Mars. And yet… am I just missing the Plant research and hardware development people in their lineup of speakers? I can’t know everyone in the field, but … I feel like there’s a big gap here!
Reminded me of @dr.richard.barker ‘s Settlers of Mars game.
Is anyone motivated to submit an abstract for one of their lightning talks? Might be fun!
Hey, I did my MS in Planetary Science at UCF, so I might be able to clarify why they are lacking in Bio!
They are really really focused on traditional ISRU, so prospecting, regolith features, and robotics. I wanted to do bioISRU and was recommended to swap PhD programs because UCF just don’t do a lot of plant and microbes research, so the organizers are probably just not plugged into this field.
This is very good to know. Thanks for the background. Looks like an area that is ripe.for.cross pollination.
