Tag: mars

Mars Science Laboratory

welcome to the present, where we send robots with lasers to mars (at 2:50). in case you follow the wrong news sources, this launched today and will arrive on mars in august 2012.

Mars in high res

what you don’t understand: we actually do have high res images of mars. you can get them all from Hirise i picked some of their favorites to decorate my apartment. they are beyond my wildest expectations. this is actual footage from mars.

Mars500

studying long-term effects of extreme confinement

The purpose of the Mars500 study is to gather data, knowledge and experience to help prepare one day for a real mission to Mars. Obviously there will be no effect of weightlessness, but the study will help determine key psychological and physiological effects of being in such an enclosed environment for such an extended period of time.

1-Way Mars Mission

A human mission to Mars is feasible, but hugely expensive. A 1-way human mission to Mars would cut the costs several fold but ensure at the same time a continuous commitment to the exploration of Mars in particular and space in general. It would require not only major international cooperation, but a return to the exploration spirit and risk-taking ethos of the great period of Earth exploration, from Columbus to Amundsen, but which has nowadays being replaced with a culture of safety and political correctness.

Mars sunset

Mars Trip Simulation

520 days locked in a mockup spacecraft. to find the interpersonal problems associated with such a long trip (to mars)

Mars Airplane

the first airplane on another planet is coming to mars in 2016.

Mars Express

those are utterly amazing

Life on Mars?

Penelope Boston thinks there’s a 25% to 50% chance that life might exist on Mars.

2019-12-28: i give this a 20% chance, but what a profound moment in human history if true.

Desolation Road

Spanning centuries, the book includes transcendent math, alternate realities, corporate dystopias, traveling carnivals, post-singularity godlike AIs, geoengineering, and mechanical hobos, each integral to the plot.