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Humans living on Mars will have the same tax headaches as you and me
Paying taxes is an inescapable reality — even in space.Taxes are going to play a big role in a Mars mission, both in getting there and upon arrival, Adam Chodorow, a law professor at Arizona State...
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5 undeniable reasons humans need to colonize Mars — even though it's going to...
Establishing a permanent colony of humans on Mars is not an option. It's a necessity.At least, that's what some of the most innovative, intelligent minds of our age — Buzz Aldrin, Stephen Hawking, Elon...
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ELON MUSK: I think we’ve got a decent shot of sending a person to Mars in 11...
Elon Musk has his heart set on Mars.The billionaire entrepreneur seems to have his hands in every cutting edge tech field, and some of that tech is going to help land a human on Mars.If Musk gets his...
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10 things humans are doing right now to reach Mars
Mars is a freezing, desolate desert seemingly devoid of life. Yet humanity will be in much better shape after we colonize it.This feat, however, will not be easy. The first steps will likely begin with...
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Here’s what happened when scientists blasted mouse brains with radiation to...
The vacuum of space is filled with dangerous radiation that can seep through spacecraft, spacesuits, and even the bodies of astronauts, and scientists are trying to figure out the risks it poses for...
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President Obama’s senior space science adviser just said "Mars matters"— here...
On May 5 NASA Administrator and senior science advisor to President Obama, Charles Bolden asked those at The Humans to Mars Summit in Washington, D.C., to repeat after him:"Mars matters."The summit,...
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How you can get NASA to pay you $29,000
NASA is dead-set on getting to Mars, but they need your help.One of the biggest hurdles standing in the way right now is radiation. Alone, radiation is made up of harmless energetic, subatomic...
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Buzz Aldrin doesn't want to be remembered for being the second man on the Moon
Apollo 11 astronaut and second person to set foot on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, doesn't spend a lot of time thinking about the moon anymore.He's become a champion of Mars, and not just short-term human...
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NASA CHIEF: We'll see American boots on Martian soil by the 2030s
Mars isn't just a pipe dream.That was NASA Administrator Charles Bolden's confident opening message at the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington, D.C. on May 5.In 2010 President Obama directed NASA to...
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Here's the futuristic piece of tech that NASA is betting all its Mars chips on
When you're planning a trip, one of the most important things to remember is factoring in the transportation cost. And that's especially true for space travel.Traveling to Mars is going to be...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson: Here's how long you could survive on every planet in our...
We know how long a human being could survive on a summer day on Mars without a spacesuit. (Answer: not long at all.) But what about the other planets in our solar system?Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks it...
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8 charts reveal everything you need to know about the monster rocket NASA is...
Right now, NASA is constructing a monster rocket, called the Space Launch System, that will be the most powerful rocket ever built.This rocket is designed for NASA's future deep-space missions to an...
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The author of 'The Martian' doesn't think there's life on Mars
Warning: If you haven't read "The Martian" yet, there are spoilers ahead.Science fiction writers have a long history of fascination with Mars and its potential inhabitants.Terrifying Martians invade...
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Watch an incredible blue-tinted sunset on Mars
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has snapped some beautiful photos of a blue-tinged sunset on the Red Planet.Curiosity captured the images, which mission team members combined into a brief video of the...
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Here's why some scientists are convinced there's life on Mars
Mars is no Earth.Our planet is swaddled in a nice atmospheric blanket that protects us from dangerous blasts of radiation that permeate space. Mars barely has any atmosphere and its surface is...
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Hershey's and Mars are trying to prove they can do healthy too
America's two largest candy companies The Hershey Company and Mars are launching new products aimed at boosting their health image.Mars is taking its Goodnessknows snack-bar line national after years...
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Radical, science fiction-inspired reasons humans should colonize Mars
Neil deGrasse Tyson dreams of a world with warp drives. Cosmologist Max Tegmark's research was inspired by the sci-fi novel "Permutation City." Some space travel experts often quote the Star Trek...
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Memorizing numbers and passing a physical is enough to make you a finalist to...
Earlier this year, John Roche, one of the 100 finalists vying for a one-way ticket to Mars, spoke out against the company.He said the selection process was bogus, and no where near the kind of...
View ArticleThis Utah desert looks so much like Mars that scientists use it for training
Nonprofit organization Mars Society uses the southern Utah desert to simulate what life will be like on Mars. For more than a decade, engineers and scientists have been going there hoping their...
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NASA wants to send humans to Mars in this giant flying saucer and it's about...
Due to unfavorable ocean conditions, NASA has postponed their test flight of the low-density supersonic decelerator spacecraft to Wednesday, June 3 no sooner than 1:30 pm ET.NASA has big plans to land...
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