The kids take their first steps on the Martian surface.
background: illustration by Luis Peres for Scratching the Surface
Utopia is a journey
“This perfect society we’re striving towards should always be a spot on the horizon, something we’re still moving towards even if it seems like we’ve fixed everything. Utopia is a journey: not the happy ending, but the continued improvement of ourselves.”
This is a near perfect summation of my thoughts regarding Dawn Colony in Generation Mars.
Ut melius faciat! (To do better)
Video clip 15: They know about Earth
What would it be like to have only experienced another planet, yet know about Earth?
background: illustration by Luis Peres for Scratching the Surface
Starship test hopper
What we know so far about Starship and its prototype taking shape in Texas.
Ars Technica New Horizons rocks
Trying to get back on top of things after the holidays or I’d have posted this sooner. It’s ridiculously cool.
Video clip 14: Inspiring my daughters
background: illustration by Luis Peres (https://icreateworlds.net/) for Scratching the Surface (https://generationmars.space/about/scratching-the-surface/)
Video clip 13: What we expect life will be like
Giving a little more screen real estate to the illustration in this one.
background: Illustration by Luis Peres for Scratching the Surface
Insight panorama
360Cities Christmas crater
Here’s a nice Christmas card from Mars: a crater filled with water ice.
Apollo 8 liftoff
Apollo 8 lifted off fifty years ago today, taking humans to orbit the Moon for the first time. This was also the first time a Saturn V carried humans. Originally scheduled as a test flight for orbital reentry, Russian successes prompted a revision of plans and 16 weeks later Apollo 8 lifted off to carry Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders around the Moon.
NASA