One-third of Mars Was Covered By Water?

Large areas of Mars were covered by water postulates Professor Wei Luo. Well.  Where did the water go? Oh, right.  Planetary warming/cooling/change made it go away. Is it more cynical or more honest to think of these headlines as a push from those who would rely on public funding for their efforts?  Like the warmers?

Venus and Mars Are All Right Tonight

D’oh!  Make that Venus, Mars, and Saturn. And make it this week, not just tonight.

Mars500 Mission

Humble Pie sang of 30 days in the hole.  Six ‘terrastronauts’ (I made that up in case you like it) are looking at 500 days of lock-up in a Moscow-based simulated spacecraft. The purpose is to serve as a sort of pathfinder-effort culminating in a manned mission to Mars.  It’s all sponsored by the European [...]

More On The Demise of Manned Spaceflight

My basic knock on manned spaceflight regards the return on investment versus conventional (unmanned) space.  When a rational business model for manned space emerges, it will have a reasonable chance of success.  Until then, it won’t.  Space tourism is the current best chance for manned space and it will take some time before that capability [...]

The Moon: Been There, Done That?

To those who are unimpressed with the fact the U.S. first performed a lunar-landing over 40 years ago, consider the following analogy: even if you could run a marathon in the era of free-love, can you run one today? There may be a few out there who can, but I’m willing to bet there are [...]