mars colonization

To some, colonizing Mars with billionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk might sound fun. To others, like NASA astronaut Stan Love, it sounds like pure misery.

Wormy Apples

"Do I think it’s possible? Yes. Do I think it would be enjoyable? No."

NASA Astronaut Says Elon Musk's Mars Colony Sounds "Horrible"

A team of Chinese scientists have developed a concept for a Mars drone that weighs 1,100 pounds and could travel at five times the speed of sound.

Gotta Go Fast

It would be able to travel five times the speed of sound. 

Chinese Scientists Working on Mars Drone That Flies Faster Than Sound

A new study suggests resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, could preserve the muscle mass and strength of astonauts exposed to Mars' microgravity.

Fine Wine

It prevented rats from losing muscle mass in simulated microgravity.

Red Wine Compound Could Keep Astronauts Strong on Mars

In an op-ed for The Washington Post, astronaut Buzz Aldrin urges America's leaders to chart a path to put humans on Mars — and not just a few of us.

Pack Light

"We explore, or we expire. That is why we must get on with it."

Buzz Aldrin Calls For "Great Migration of Humankind to Mars"

Mars One, the startup that said it was going to fund a crewed mission to Mars by turning the journey into a reality television spectacle, is bankrupt.

Lonely Planet

Maybe reality TV isn't a good way to fund interplanetary travel.

Mars One Planned to Colonize the Red Planet. Now It's Bankrupt.

Mars Attacks

Forgot your wrench back on Earth? Just print one.

Future Mars Colonists Could Fly Rockets They 3D Printed Right on the Red Planet

Space is about to get pretty crowded. 

A Timeline for Humanity's Colonization of Space

This could provide a window into the Red Planet's past.

Researchers Identify Eight Sites With Exposed Water Ice on Mars

Welcoming to a new kind of driving. 

New NASA Tires Never Get Flat and Are Almost Indestructible

"The best surprise came at the end of the experiment when we found two young worms in the Mars soil simulant."

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