Jason Porter
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Jason M. Porter
Colonel Jason Porter, USAF, was the first human to set foot on the planet Mars (Sol IV).
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Born Jason Mraz Porter in Stevensville, Montana on May 3rd, 2007, to Martin and Julia Porter. He was the youngest of three children, with two older sisters, Alanis M. Porter and Jewel K. Porter.
Porter graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 2028, and went onto get a master's degree in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He graduated from the USAF Test Pilots School in 2031 and was assigned to Edwards Air Force Base. There, he test flew the B-3 Bomber and the X-43-C Scramjet.
In 2034, he was accepted into the NASA Astronaut Program. He flew two "Orion" spacecraft missions, commanding the second, which went into lunar orbit as part of a lunar base construction program. This lead him to become part of the American/European Union "Man-Mars Project."
In 2041, Porter was named commander of the "Mars-One" mission. On May 9th, 2044, he and his seven person crew departed Earth orbit for a flight destined for the Chryse Planitia area of Mars. They arrived 5 months later and set foot on the surface. Porter and his crew plant both the American and European Union flags.
Upon their return, the "Mars One" crew received a ticker-tape parade in New York City (something that hadn't happened for astronauts since the "Apollo" moon landings). In 2047, Porter became an advisor for the United States/European Co-operative Mars Colonization Program, helping it set up the plans for what would eventually become Farsoom City. He also acted as an advisor on the fusion engine-driven "Magellan"-class Probe aimed at Alpha Centauri.
In 2053, Porter retired from NASA and acted in various capacities in the space and energy technology fields, as well as becoming a Board Member of the SunStar fusion energy corporation. In later life, he and his wife retired to his ranch in Beaverhead County, Montana. He died on August 19th, 2097 at the age of ninety.
