stamp bulletin - Australia Post Shop

THE STAMPS
4
Astronaut
26 x 37.5 mm/26.38 x 37.55 mm
Shows an astronaut
experiencing a freefall
entry to Mars using a
personal thruster to
control her descent from
the orbiting cruise ship.
Spacecraft
50 x 30 mm/50 x 30.55 mm
Shows skimmers leaving the cruiser ship, some
skimmers carry visitors, others carry cargo.
Flight crew
30 x 25 mm/30.55 x 25 mm
Shows crew in a skimmer
following two cargo
skimmers. The cargo skimmers are guided by
remote control and homing-beams.
Launch site
30 x 50 mm/30.55 x 50 mm
Shows a shuttle rocket
taking off from the
surface. It carries
skimmers back to the
cruise ship. In the
foreground are a
surveyor and his
robotic assistant
marking locations for
new kelp rods.
Robots
25 x 30 mm/25 x 30.55 mm
Shows two robotic workers
cleaning a kelp rod. These
rods are clear, to transmit
the sun’s radiant energy, and
flexible, so they are able to
withstand the high winds
common on the Martian
surface. Inside the rods,
sunlight, water, kelp and
other algae react to produce
oxygen, used to enrich the
Martian atmosphere.
Terrain
26 x 37.5 mm/26.38 x 37.5 mm
Shows a view of the
settlement landscape,
dominated by the domed
cities separated by water
reservoirs. These reservoirs
are artificial. Water is piped
into them from under the
surface of the north pole.