No, Elon, We Won’t Be Going to Mars Soon
Delusional SpaceNazi and democracy destroyer Elon Musk says his company will launch its first rockets to Mars in 2026, and could have human missions sent to the Red Planet as…
MARS
The Sad End Of The Mars Rover Opportunity
Ever since I was I was a boy, I have been fascinated with robots, and today I have quite a collection of battery operated ones.Little and not so little ones…
Mars Terraforming Earth
Mars, the company behind popular chocolate bars like Snickers and Twix has pledged $1 billion dollars to fight climate change. This isn’t a company randomly pledging money to help communities…
Will deficit hysteria finally pave the way for a sensible Alberta sales tax? Ummm … don’t count on it
PHOTOS: Never mind the political stuff, this is the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, where astronomer Max Wolf discovered the Minor Planet Climenhaga in 1917. Below, not in the order in which…
Martian Weather
Have a look at what Mars would look like if it had a proper weather satellite.
The Mouse on Mars
No, that’s not the title of a 1960s’ sitcom or a 1950s’ movie. It’s what some conspiracy theorist thinks he found in a NASA photograph taken by the Curiosity Rover…
A Big Win for SpaceX
He may be the Charles Lindburgh of our day. Elon Musk – born in South Africa to a Canadian mother. Traveled to Canada, became a Canadian citizen, studied in Canada…
Who Wants to Be the Piers Morgan of Mars?
Inventor/entrepreneur Elon Musk says he wants to travel to Mars. He’s young enough that he might manage to do that unless he comes to his senses and thinks better of…
Lights from Space
Tragic fire from space. Check out Mars in great detail. – More link dumping: –Teach your kid how to share. An excellent list of free programs, and ones you cannot…
With love from Mars
Mars Rover found an interesting shape on the Mars’ surface. It is a heart shape.
Steven Benner: We are all Martians
We are all Martians. A rock brought us on earth. I don’t know about rest of us but Harper and company definitely came from the Mars and have not fully…
Mars As Inspiration
Here’s an excellent space exploration mission: Orbit Mars, and return two humans safely in under 2 years. It can be done. Us humans could have several missions launching in 2018,…
Eatin’ Bugs
Insects will be a staple food on Mars and other space colonies. Paul Pardee : Lets have the delegates to the UN have a bug banquet to show their support…
I’m Drilled On Mars
I’m excited to learn that my name is selected as a site on Mars. I am unable to easily find which John Klein it’s really named after, but I’ll take…
Mars Rover Self Portrait
The next step is probably self consciousness. “NASA has snapped its most amazing self-portrait yet of the Curiosity rover on Mars, showing the robot posing with its ultimate destination: a…
Mars: Exploration and possibilities
Can we colonize Mars? Some scientists think that yes we can. NASA’s Curiosity rover’s initial pictures.
Mars Laser
We’ve equipped Mars with a laser. Our latest rover there, called Curiosity, actually shoots fricken laser beams from its head. How cool is that? Is there a scientific purpose in…
Mars Sounds
One thing missing from Curiosity, that seems an obvious oversight since it’s included on every mobile computer now, is a MICROPHONE! It would be more of a novelty than anything,…
The Mars Landing Videos
Mars Science Lab which is presently the Curiosity rover, landed on Sunday night Earth time in Saskatchewan. There’s an excellent video first that explains why the landing was carried out…
Martian Automobile Association
Years ago I created the Martian Automobile Association (MAA), and tried selling memberships on eBay. I forget if I managed to sell any membership cards, but remember creating at least…