MarsDrive

We are pleased to announce the recent addition of 2 new members of our Board of Advisors in Alan Chan and William Watson. Alan Chan is the creator and Director of "Postcards from the Future" Alan is also a Senior Technical Director at Sony Pictures Imageworks - a visual effects veteran who also writes, directs and develops his own short films and projects. His visual effects career includes work on Academy Award winners such as Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers, Polar Express and James Cameron's Titanic. As MarsDrive continues to engage in public outreach and media related projects we will look forward to Alan's considerable experience to guide us in the days ahead.

William Watson is presently Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF). He endeavors to create new business relationships for the Foundation and to communicate their vision. He is also serving as Chair of their annual NewSpace conference. This year the conference takes place in Washington DC, from July 17-19. Will chaired NewSpace 2007 in D.C. and was part of the SFF's management team during NewSpace 2006 in Vegas. Will received his Master's in Space Management from the International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg, France. The year long MSM graduate program focused on aerospace business, marketing and law. Prior to ISU, Mr. Watson received a BA in Russian Literature & History from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has studied in Moscow at Lomonosov University and as part of the Institute for Biomedical Problems' Summer space program. We will be endeavouring to work closely with William and the Space Frontier Foundation to formulate economically sound strategies for a human future in space and on Mars.