Harems, Mormons and Mars

Something Ariana said on the Whitechapel thread about Terraforming Mars has been bubbling away in the back of my head; namely that once we get there we need to breed like heck. Because it’s far cheaper to populate it by ‘ole fashioned reproduction, than to send ships back and forth. And to expand beyond anything […]

.. Hints of huge water reservoirs on Mars..

from New Scientist Space Hints of huge water reservoirs on Mars – space Mars is losing little water to space, according to new research, so much of its ancient abundance may still be hidden beneath the surface. Dried up riverbeds and other evidence imply that Mars once had enough water to fill a global ocean […]

..NASA and Google to Bring Space Exploration Down to Earth..

from NASA NASA and Google to Bring Space Exploration Down to Earth NASA Ames Research Center and Google have signed a Space Act Agreement that formally establishes a relationship to work together on a variety of challenging technical problems ranging from large-scale data management and massively distributed computing, to human-computer interfaces. As the first in […]

..NASA wants permanent moon base..

from CNN.com NASA wants permanent moon base NASA’s plans for returning people to the moon — an objective called for by President Bush in 2004 — includes establishing a permanent outpost that would be used to prepare for a manned trip to Mars. The moon base would be at either the north or south pole […]

..Space mirrors could create Earth-like haven on Mars..

from New Scientist Space Space mirrors could create Earth-like haven on Mars Mirrors in orbit around Mars could create Earth-like conditions on a small patch of the planet’s surface, according to a NASA-funded study. The extra sunlight would provide warmth and solar power for human explorers, but some experts say the mirrors may be hard […]

..Hitch hike to Mars inside an asteroid..

Burrowing inside an asteroid whose orbit carries it past both the Earth and Mars could protect astronauts from radiation on their way to the Red Planet. The idea is being investigated with funding from NASA…

..Mock lunar landers to go head to head in X Prize Cup..

Mock moon landers are set to compete for millions of dollars in prize money at next week’s Wirefly X Prize Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico, US…

..NASA Names New Crew Exploration Vehicle Orion..

NASA announced Tuesday that its new crew exploration vehicle will be named Orion.

Orion is the vehicle NASAs Constellation Program is developing to carry a new generation of explorers back to the moon and later to Mars. Orion will succeed the space shuttle as NASA’s primary vehicle for human space exploration.

Orion’s first flight with astronauts onboard is planned for no later than 2014 to the International Space Station. Its first flight to the moon is planned for no later than 2020. ..

..China and Russia to launch joint mission to Mars..

from PhysOrg China and Russia to launch joint mission to Mars China and Russia are planning a joint mission to Mars that will bring back samples to earth and land on one of the red planet’s tiny moons, state media quoted a Chinese scientist as saying Wednesday. Ye Peijian, of the Chinese Research Institute of […]

..Can high-tech cavemen live on the Moon?..

from New Scientist SPACE Can high-tech cavemen live on the Moon? Moon caves would make good homes for astronauts and should therefore be mapped out, a space scientist argues. The Moon appears to possess long, cave-like structures called lava tubes that are similar to ones on Earth. They form when the surface of a stream […]

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