Today San Diego, tomorrow the world....er... Mars....yea Mars.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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The official proclamation from the Mayor's office designating Feb. 2 - 8 as Mars Society Week in San Diego has been released. Here's what the proclamation says...

WHEREAS, the Mars Society was established in 1998 to further the goal of the exploration and settlement of Mars; and

WHEREAS, the San Diego Chapter of the Mars Society provides vital Mission Support services for the Mars Desert Research Station, a scientific facility located in the Utah desert simulating a human habitat on the Martian surface; and

WHEREAS, the San Diego Mission Support team consists entirely of volunteers who are donating countless hours of time and service to the project; and

WHEREAS, currently, the crew living and working at the Mars Desert Research Station is comprised exclusively of German researchers, accentuating the efforts of the Mars Society to encourage cooperative international exploration of Mars; and

WHEREAS, from February 2 through February 8, 2003, the San Diego chapter of the Mars Society will participate in a scientific experiment dubbed the MARS Desert Research Station that tests operations necessary for a manned mission to Mars;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DICK MURPHY, the Thirty-third Mayor of the City of San Diego, do hereby proclaim February 2 - 8, 2003, to be "MARS SOCIETY WEEK" in recognition of its contribution to the future of planetary exploration.

(signed by the mayor and dated February 2, 2003)