Thanks to Geekdad for posting this information.
Are you angry because humanity does not have a moon base to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission? Have you been working in the space field since the dinosaurs were alive and you only want to retire in space? Are you an insane blogger who writes about space habitation because he can't live in space? Well, the space community has two solution for you.
The Mars Society’s runs the FMARS program and the Mars Institute’s runs the Haughton-Mars Project. These are simulations, on Earth, of a Mars base. You can volunteer to be a part of this simulations, either as the crew or as mission support. Now, you will be a lab rat. There will probably do something cruel like a solar storm notification while you are at the farthest point from the base in the EVA. But, I think the real thing will be more cruel. So, you can contribute to the establishment of a Mars base while doing something epic. The Mars Society will post on their website when they are taking applications and the Mars Institute will do the same. The Haughton-Mars Project is active in the summer and the FMARS program has had 6 crews over the 7 year program.
