🎙 Ashton Zeth sits down with James Burk, Executive Director of the Mars Society, to share updates on the newest analog station HOPE in Ladakh, India (with ISRO as partners), record participation at MDRS, plans for the upcoming 2025 Mars Society Convention at USC, the launch of the new Mars Society Research Journal, and exciting developments from the Mars Technology Institute.

🌍 Highlights:

• Massive participation at MDRS this season

• Launch of the HOPE Analog in Ladakh

• Mars Society Convention 2025 — October 9–11 at USC (don’t miss Rob Manning at the Friday Night Banquet!)

• Updates from the Mars Technology Institute and new collaborations like Purdue University

• Discussing what's next in Mars exploration

📅 Preliminary Convention Schedule (subject to change): View Here

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Journal of Space Analog Research

https://jsar.space

HOPE analog Announcement:

https://www.marssociety.org/news/2025/09/16/indias-first-crewed-mars-analog-launches-with-protoplanet-isro-the-mars-society/

The Mars Society Convention 2025

https://www.marssocietyconference.org

Sponsor the upcoming convention in October: https://www.marssocietyconference.org/sponsors

Four Sponsorship Levels:

• Gold
• Silver 
• Bronze
• Logo Only!

Flashline Analog in the Arctic

https://fmars.marssociety.org/