NASA and Lockheed Martin reveal their plans to build the first-ever Mars...
The race to Mars is on.Lockheed Martin and NASA have teamed up. Together, the 2 companies aim to build Mars Base Camp, the first Mars space station.It's scheduled to send a 6-person crew to orbit Mars...
View ArticleHere are some of the first steps we would have to take to make Mars habitable
Before we can journey to the stars, we must first go to Mars.That’s Elon Musk’s philosophy, anyways – and just days ago he revealed new details on his ambitions to colonize the Red Planet, including...
View ArticleA $140 million prototype of a Mars colony is being planned for a desert near...
What might it be like to live on Mars?Bjarke Ingels Group — the architects behind the designs for Two World Trade Center in Manhattan and the Hyperloop One— has an idea.The firm is designing a city in...
View ArticleElon Musk wants to colonize Mars with SpaceX but has yet to explain how...
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has unveiled a new design for a 100% reusable rocket and spaceship to colonize Mars.SpaceX has experience building traditional life support systems for its Crew Dragon...
View ArticleElon Musk wants to fly people from LA to New York in 25 minutes in a giant...
SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to build and launch a giant rocket that can take people to Mars.However, the system might also be able to transport passengers anywhere on Earth in less than an hour.An...
View ArticleTrump is obsessed with sending American astronauts to the moon, but it won't...
Donald Trump wants to go to the moon. Since being elected president, both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have offered vague but repeated hints that the administration was interested in sending...
View ArticleLet's speed up the search for life on Mars
The search for life on Mars is paired with fears that we could contaminate our neighbor planet.These arguments are misleading — the current danger of contamination via unmanned robots is actually quite...
View ArticleSpaceX has published Elon Musk's presentation about colonizing Mars — here's...
In late September, billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk debuted a fresh plan for colonizing Mars with 1 million people.The focus of Musk's new presentation, which updates a 2016 talk he gave at the...
View Article'The Martian' author Andy Weir is convinced we'll colonize the moon — but...
Andy Weir, author of sci-fi blockbuster "The Martian", is publishing a novel about the moon, "Artemis", on November 14.The book follows the misadventures of a witty female smuggler, Jasmine "Jazz"...
View ArticleElon Musk wants to live on Mars, but this planetary scientist says that's a...
In September 2017, SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk revealed his latest aspirations for colonizing Mars. His plan is to send the first humans to Mars in 2024 to build the foundations for the first Martian city....
View ArticleScientists were wrong about discovering water on Mars
In 2015, scientists announced something incredible: They had strong evidence that there was liquid water flowing on Mars today. The implications were huge for the possibility of alien life and...
View ArticleMars destroys tires — so NASA reinvented the wheel by giving it a memory
The rough terrain of Mars is breaking the wheels of NASA's Curiosity rover.In response, NASA is trying to reinvent the wheel for space exploration.Metals that can "remember" their form, called...
View ArticleElon Musk plans to launch his red Tesla Roadster to Mars orbit in January...
Elon Musk said several times on Friday and Saturday that he plans to launch his red Tesla Roadster to Mars in 2018.A SpaceX employee and engineer also said Friday that the first Falcon Heavy payload...
View ArticleNASA has reinvented the wheel using a material that 'remembers' its shape
Mars destroys tires — so NASA reinvented the wheel by giving it a memory. Following is a transcript of the video. NASA has reinvented the tire. These rover tires are made from a nickel-titanium alloy....
View ArticleNASA unveiled its plan to retrieve the first ever samples from Mars
NASA has unveiled its plan for its next Mars rover, "Mars 2020," which will collect samples from the surface of the red planet. Following is a transcript of the video.Since landing Viking 1 on Mars in...
View ArticleElon Musk says he's sending a Tesla to Mars in what could be the most...
Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk tweeted he would send a Roadster to Mars when the company's new Falcon Heavy rocket makes its maiden voyage.It could happen. It could not. Either way, it's a great PR...
View ArticleElon Musk is launching a Tesla Roadster to Mars orbit — and he just posted...
Elon Musk said on December 1 that he'd launch his old red Tesla Roadster toward Mars.While Musk said he was serious, doubts have lingered.But on Friday, Musk posted a photo to Instagram of the Tesla...
View ArticleChocolate is on track to go extinct in 40 years
Cacao plants are slated to disappear by as early as 2050 thanks to warmer temperatures and dryer weather conditions.Scientists at the University of California are teaming up with Mars company to try to...
View ArticleElon Musk pitched Trump on SpaceX's mission to colonize other planets
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sought to pique Donald Trump's interest in space colonization shortly after he was elected.Musk has previously asserted that people need to leave Earth in order to preserve...
View ArticleScientists found accessible ice sheets on Mars, and it could be a...
NASA scientists discovered eight instances of ice exposed on the Martian surface.While scientists have long known about the red planet's sub-surface ice sheets, this is the first time ice has been seen...
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