#October2016

Obama says NASA sending Humans to Mars by 2030s

united states mars mission

Get us to Mars, NASA! Get us to Mars, Obama! If the two of them have their way, it’ll be by the 2030s, apparently.

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Elon Musk has outlined his plan to go to Mars

elon musk mars plan

Elon Musk has been talking about going to Mars for a long, hot minute. However this week Musk dropped the details of said trip, and they’re equal parts well thought out and bananas. I’m providing you with this assessment though, so it’s worth remembering I’m a fucking idiot. So take it for what it is worth. You know?

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Ancient Mars was even more Earth-Like than we thought

Mars.

Mars! The Red Planet! Ares! We’ve known that back in the day, the son of a bitch was similar to Earth. But as we learn more about the planet, it keeps turning out that it was more Earth-Like than imagined. Pretty cool.

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Space Swoon: Hubble captures Mars in almost perfect illumination

SpaceX sending unmanned spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018

red dragon

SpaceX is getting its ass to Mars. Or at least the ass of one of its unmanned spacecrafts.

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Space Swoon: Opportunity Rover catches Martian Dust Devil

Space Swoon: Curiosity snappin’ a selfie on Martian sand dune

Space Swoon: Martian Landslide is perfect for that Bouldering Life

Martian Landslide

The first of the year is rapidly approaching. That means that many people are going to pray to Those That Don’t Exist (or not) for the resolve to Shed Mass and Attain the Body That Won’t Get (myself included). One the many hip ways people are choosing to get slender these days is rock climbing, and Mars is aware of this. It’s got itself a nice landslide full of boulders for you folks. So get climbing!

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Space Swoon: The Ophir Chasma of Mars!

NASA: Present-day Mars shows strong evidence of flowing water

Mars!

We got water! On Mars! Buckle me the fuck up and send me to the TerraDome. I’m ready to help colonize Mars. Seriously though, how futzing radical is this revelation? I’ll tell you: completely futzing radical.

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