Mars Terraforming Workshop—Let's Build a Future Town on the Martian Surface
2026
“Mars Terraforming Workshop—Let’s Build a Future Town on the Martian Surface” is a workshop held on February 22, 2026, at the Hitachi Civic Center Science Museum by the Hitachi Civic Center chapter of the Young Astronauts Club of Japan (YAC), with Fumiaki Murakami of the University of Tsukuba and his students serving as instructors. It was aimed at members of the Young Astronauts Club, centered on students from the third year of elementary school through the third year of junior high school; on the day, a total of 63 people took part, including 28 club members. Its purpose was to fuse scientific knowledge with artistic imagination—designing bases and cities for living on Mars out of cardboard and waste materials—and thereby to broaden interest in space while cultivating awareness of environmental concerns and the reuse of resources (the SDGs).
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