Dennis Tito To Announce Private Human Mars Mission

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4. Taber MacCallum and Jane Poynter spent two years in Biosphere 2

and are developing the life-support systems for Bigelow and others.
So they're used to spending a lot of time together.
Maybe they'll be going on this trip to Mars?
If you're right about two couples, maybe Tito and Clark will be the other couple?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Poynter

Jane Poynter

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Biosphere 2

Poynter is one of eight people who agreed to live sealed in an artificial world for two years. Involved in Biosphere 2 from the start, she managed the design and operation of the farm where the crew grew its food.

Paragon SDC

Poynter is now President and Chairwoman of Paragon Space Development Corporation, which develops technologies for extreme environments (like outer space and under water). While inside Biosphere 2, she co-founded the firm with fellow biospherian, Taber MacCallum, and several aerospace engineers. For four consecutive years, the firm has been named on Inc 500’s list of fastest growing companies,[1] and in 2009 the National Association for Female Executives awarded Jane its Entrepreneur of the Year award.[2] Jane has had experiments in her patented[3] self-sustaining habitats flown on the International Space Station, the Russian Mir Space Station, and the U.S. Space Shuttle.

Other work

Jane also worked with the World Bank on projects to mitigate global climate change and grow crops in drought-stricken Africa and Central America. She is President of Blue Marble Institute, a 501(c)(3) non profit dedicated to leadership in science, sustainability and exploration. She serves on the City of Tucson's Climate Change Committee.[4] Her second book, Champions for Change: Athletes Making A World of Difference is now a middle school program.[5]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taber_MacCallum

Taber MacCallum

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Paragon SDC

Taber was the Principal Investigator on four microgravity experiments on the Space Shuttle, Mir Space Station and International Space Station using Paragon's patented[1] Autonomous Biological System, a long duration plant and aquatic animal life support system[1] and has supported numerous other biological experiments on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. He conceived and is presently involved in the design of a Mars space suit portable life support system technology[2] funded by NASA, life support and thermal control systems for commercial manned orbital and suborbital spacecraft, as well as hazardous environment life support technology for U.S. Navy divers. In 2008, Popular Science named MacCallum Inventor of the Year.[3]

Biosphere 2

Prior to Paragon, he was a founding member of the Biosphere 2 Design, Development, Test and Operations team, and a crew member in the first two-year mission. MacCallum was responsible for the design, implementation and operation of the atmosphere and water management systems as well as the self-contained paperless analytical laboratories for Biosphere 2 that tested air, water, soil and tissue. As a crew member he served as Safety Officer, Assistant Medical Officer and Analytical Chemist, responsible for operation of all the analytical systems and much of the medical analysis and health monitoring systems.

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