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Generation Mars is going to Mars in 2020!
Where the rules haven’t been written
A brief but inspiring interview with Robert Zubrin:
“… that’s what we need: a place where the rules haven’t been written yet, so people can give new ideas a try. Martian society will be an engine for invention.”
WPR Marsquake
Insight picks up the first quake on a celestial body other than Earth or the Moon.
Video clip 17: Bigger
What Scratching the Surface is really about.
background: illustration by Luis Peres for Scratching the Surface
Moon or bust?
Here’s the most thorough evaluation of the the latest push for the Moon that I’ve found. The TL;DR is that the winds are all over the place. This push is likely to fail. But we should root for it anyway because it’s shaking things up.
Ars Technica An impressive stack
Wowza! He’s talking about an Orion atop a ULA second stage atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. We live in interesting times.
FJ-rover
I had a Hilux for years that would take me anywhere I pointed it. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted an FJ40. I’m not a big fan of the modern FJ. But this…when can I get one?
Mercury is closest to all
If you give this a little thought, it makes perfect sense.
Off the shelf to the Moon
This is a fascinating development. The head of NASA just opened the door for commercial launch of NASA lunar missions.
“If we tell you, and others, that we’re going to launch in June of 2020 around the Moon, I think we should launch around the Moon in June of 2020. And I think it can be done. We should consider, as an agency, all options to accomplish that objective.”
Inspiring kids
“I want to inspire that first girl who is going to walk on Mars.”
We share the same goal!
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