OUR MARTIAN WORLD

successful mission to Mars requires years of planning from various organizations: government entities, private corporations, scientists, sociologists, economists, religious organizations, and many other disciplines. As the possibility of settling Mars becomes less remote, these various actors must begin coming together to envision the next great effort in human exploration. Our team has modeled this interdisciplinary approach to develop a set of deliverables for the public to begin to understand both the greatness of this challenge and the possible reward of such an endeavor... We examined a series of risk-based decision scenarios involving the settling of Mars, considered from a variety of vantage points. As with prior DeCIPHER projects, we began with a 6 week "bootcamp" of key concepts, and then delved into team research. Over the course of the year long project, students role-played an array of groups preparing for and undertaking the mission to settle Mars, such as government..