Editing Mars Society (section)

==Structure==
The Mars Society is a [[501(c)3]] [[nonprofit organization]] that is funded by donations<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bichell |first=Rae Ellen |date=July 6, 2017 |title=To Prepare For Mars Settlement, Simulated Missions Explore Utah's Desert |language=en |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/522060920/to-prepare-for-mars-settlement-simulated-missions-explore-utahs-desert |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231181009/https://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/522060920/to-prepare-for-mars-settlement-simulated-missions-explore-utahs-desert |archive-date=31 December 2022}}</ref> and operated by volunteers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGrath |first=Dianne |date=April 9, 2020 |title=What a simulated Mars mission taught me about food waste |url=http://theconversation.com/what-a-simulated-mars-mission-taught-me-about-food-waste-132010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101165333/https://theconversation.com/what-a-simulated-mars-mission-taught-me-about-food-waste-132010 |archive-date=1 January 2023 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] |language=en}}</ref> Membership to the Mars Society is available to all on payment of a small fee.<ref name=":13" />{{Rp|pages=|page=xvi}} The society's aims are garnering public support for human Mars missions, lobbying government and [[List of government space agencies|space agencies]], and verifying mission proposals via [[Mars analog habitat]]s.<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |last=Pletser |first=Vladimir |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-7030-3 |title=On To Mars!: Chronicles of Martian Simulations |publisher=[[Springer Nature]] |year=2018 |isbn=978-981-10-7030-3 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-981-10-7030-3 |bibcode=2018otm..book.....P |access-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231181011/https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-7030-3 |archive-date=31 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=xv–xvi}}<ref name=":9" />{{Rp|page=352}}<ref group="TMS">{{Cite web |title=About the Mars Society |url=https://www.marssociety.org/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501221614/https://www.marssociety.org/about/ |archive-date=1 May 2022 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Mars Society |language=en}}</ref> These goals were set out in the ''Founding Declaration of the Mars Society''.<ref name=":9" />{{Rp|page=352}}

The Mars Society's founder and current president is [[Robert Zubrin]]. Notable current and former members of the organization include [[Buzz Aldrin]],<ref name=":11">{{Cite magazine |last=Goodyear |first=Dana |date=2009-10-19 |title=Man of Extremes |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/26/man-of-extremes |url-status=live |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711005850/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/26/man-of-extremes |archive-date=11 July 2022 |access-date=2022-07-20}}</ref> [[Elon Musk]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Vance |first=Ashlee |title=Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future |title-link=Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-06-230123-9 |oclc=881436803 |author-link=Ashlee Vance}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=99–100}} [[Gregory Benford]]<ref name=":11" /> and [[James Cameron]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Michaud |first=Jon |date=March 8, 2012 |title=James Cameron Goes Deep |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/james-cameron-goes-deep |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216145003/https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/james-cameron-goes-deep |archive-date=December 16, 2017 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last=Markley |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Markley |title=Dying Planet: Mars in Science and the Imagination |publisher=[[Duke University Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-8223-3600-6}}</ref>{{Rp|page=347}} The society is a member of the [[Alliance for Space Development]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=2015-02-26 |title=New Alliance to Promote Space Development and Settlement |url=https://spacenews.com/new-alliance-to-promote-space-development-and-settlement-policies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719112732/https://spacenews.com/new-alliance-to-promote-space-development-and-settlement-policies/ |archive-date=19 July 2022 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=[[SpaceNews]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and has chapters in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, and many other countries.<ref name=":13" />{{Rp|pages=xv–xvi}} Since its foundation in 1998, the society organizes the annual International Mars Society Convention, with presentations primarily about Mars exploration and colonization.<ref name=":15" />{{Rp|page=273}}

In the 2019 filing to the [[Internal Revenue Service]], the Mars Society reported to receive around US$400,000 in donations per year. Some noteworthy expenses include the annual Mars Society convention (US$58,800), the Mars Desert Research Station (US$200,000), and the University Rover Challenge (US$46,500). The Mars Society's [[Taxpayer Identification Number]] is 31-1585646.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Brandon |last2=Suozzo |first2=Andres |last3=Glassford |first3=Alec |last4=Ngu |first4=Ash |date=2019-08-27 |title=Mars Society Inc, Full Filing – Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/311585646/201902399349300430/full |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=[[ProPublica]] |page=1-2 |language=en}}</ref>