The Purpose of the Mars Society is to further the goal of exploration and settlement of the Red Planet. This will be done by:

1.Broad public outreach to instill the vision of pioneering Mars.

2.Support of ever more aggressive government funded Mars exploration programs around the world.

3.Conducting Mars exploration on a private basis.

Starting small, with hitchhiker payloads on government funded missions, we intend to use the credibility that such activity will engender to mobilize larger resources that will enable stand-alone private robotic missions and ultimately human exploration.

Web Page: http://chapters.marssociety.org/usa/dc/