Keep in mind that entertainment was what drove much of the support for the Apollo missions and it provides a vehicle for public relations. Education would be provided largely by direct interaction between the core staff and interested students and outside parties. A video chronicle might also be interesting and useful as both education and entertainment. On the more serious side it was proposed that with regard to both a technical and scientific focus that the mission include some elements of both. Technical demonstrations include communication, command and control, and propulsion.
Scientific research includes imagery, sampling, and analysis.
The range of things that could be done is vast although they would be limited by practical constraints. As such it wasn't our intent to come to firm conclusions but rather to present general ideas from which we could begin to do background research. It is, of course important to consider what is being planned in terms of future NASA missions to the Red Planet. It would appear that we risk getting lost in the international rush to Mars but in fact there are two principles that we could demonstrate. The first is that this is first and foremost a demonstration of international amateur and educational cooperation and as such it will serve as a model for future collaborations.