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Is the fantasy plausible? Yes, according to Australian born astronaut Andy Thomas. “The habitation depicted on the stamps is a realistic scenario to contemplate. Initially trips to Mars will be small groups of people forming small habitations. But as we learn more about Mars and living there, we will eventually start formal colonisation. “It will take some years, of course, before we get to that point, perhaps 50 years, but I think it’s very real and it will happen. I think the infrastructure that is depicted in the artwork is representative of what we may expect to see”, Thomas said. Of course the future of any space missions require interest from future generations and based on Thomas’ own experience, that too is likely. “Young people are enormously impressed and excited by the idea of space flight, going into orbit and beyond. In fact, I think young people are perhaps more excited than some of the older generation who’ve lived through the advances of the past 50 years and sometimes take it all for granted. “Young people still see the novelty and excitement of it and when I talk with them, I can see their eyes light up. They are captivated when I talk about some of the experiences I’ve had in space”, he said. 8 YOU ARE HERE Dr Andrew Thomas, Astronaut Dr Andrew S. W. Thomas’ (he prefers ‘Andy’) first space mission was in 1996, as Payload Commander for a space shuttle Endeavour mission. In 1998 he flew on the Endeavour mission that docked with the Mir Space Station. Thomas transferred to Mir, where he served as Flight Engineer 2 for 130 days. He returned to earth in Endeavour on 12 June 1998, having spent a total of 141 days in space. At the time of publication he is in training for another shuttle mission scheduled for the year 2001. In an interview at NASA headquarters in Houston, Texas he told Philatelic Product Manager, Jane Standish, that although he doesn’t expect to travel to Mars himself, he expects to see it happen in his lifetime. And he imagines the crew members for that first mission to Mars have already been born.
Technical details Issue date date..................................3 ..............................3 October 2000 2000 Denomination ............................Six ........................Six x 45c x 45c Illustrator ..................................Otto ..............................Otto Schmidinger Designer................................Beth Designer....................................Beth McKinlay, Australia ................................................Post ............................................Post Design Studio Studio Printer (all) ................................SNP ............................SNP Ausprint Printing process ........................Lighography ....................Lithography Paper (gummed)........................Tullis (gummed)............................Tullis Russell Red Red phosphor Paper (self-adhesive, booklet)..CPI booklet)......CPI - B100 - B100 Paper (self-adhesive, roll)........JAC roll)............JAC - B90 - B90 Stamps Size (commemorative) Size/Perforations ................26 X 37.5 mm Astronaut................................26 Perforations (commemorative) ....14.6 X 37.5 x 13.86 mm/14.6 mmx 13.86 Terrain....................................26 Size small definitive ..................30 X 37.5 x 25 mm/14.6 mm, 25 x x 30 13.86 mm Flight Perforations crew ............................30 small definitive ........14 x 25 x 14.4, mm/14 14.4 x 14.4 x 14 Robots Size large ..................................25 definitive ....................30 x 30 x 50 mm/14.4 mm, 50 x x 14 30 mm Spacecraft Perforations ............................50 large definitive ........14 x 30 x 14.4, mm/14.4 14.4, x 14 Launch Size miniature site ............................30 sheet ..................73 x 50 x 166 mm/14 mmx 14.4 Size Perforations miniature miniature sheet ..............73 sheet........? x x 166 ?, ?? mmx ??, ??? x ??? Stamps Sheet layout in sheet definitives (L to R) 26.38 ..............Modules x 37.5, 50 x of 30.55, 50, no gutter 30.55 Sheet layout x 25, commemorative 30.55 x 50, 26.38 Modules x 37.5, of 25 50, x two 30.55 panes of 25 Sheet layout no Astronaut/Terrain....Modules special text or design in gutter of 50, two panes of 25, Special no special feature text ..........................Translucent or design in gutter foil on Sheet layout ..................................miniature others ................Modules of 50, sheet no gutter Special National feature postmark ......................Translucent Launching Place VIC 3139 foil on miniature sheet National postmark ..................Launching Place VIC 3139 Maximum cards Mail order codes 1148067 Stamps six x 45c .................................. $2.70 1148142 Miniature sheet, mint ............................$2.70 1148143 Miniature sheet, postmarked ..................$2.70 1148182 Booklet of ten x 45c (self-adhesive) ........$4.50 1148209 Roll Roll, (self-adhesive) s/s 100 x 45c 100 ................................$4.50 x 45c ..............$45.00 1148001 Set of three first First day covers (gummed, self-adhesive, self-adhesive, miniature sheet) miniature ....................................$7.05 sheet) [MO] ........$7.05 1148002 First day cover, (gummed) ......................$2.95 1148013 1148003 First day cover (miniature sheet)..............$2.95 1148003 First day cover (self-adhesive) ................$1.15 1148240 Gutter strip, ten x 45c no special text or design in gutter ............$4.50 1148223 Collector Collector’s pack [MO/CC]..........................$4.50 [MO] ............................$4.50 1148126 Stamp pack ..........................................$5.80 1148220 Maximum cards* (six) ............................$6.90 1148250 The Ultimate Space Sticker book ............$9.95 9
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