Elon Musk just said that his SpaceX spaceships will get humans to Mars by 2026, with or without NASA. It may seem cocky, but coming from a man who has built this entire company so he can die on Mars —and to “help ensure the survival of humanity”—those words are not to be taken lightly. Read more…
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Elon Musk vows for 2026 manned Mars mission—wants self-sustaining city
There’s an old penny on Curiosity that it uses to calibrate the Mars Hand Lens Imager at the end of its arm. The rover recently took a hi-res close-up of the coin, and as you can see, it’s getting a little dusty. Read more…
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This is what a penny looks like after being on Mars for 411 days
You surely remember that image of Saturn’s 1,250 mile-wide polar hurricane shot by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Today European Space Agency released a similarly stunning image of Mars’s north polar ice cap on the 10th anniversary of the ESA’s Mars Express mission launched on 2 June 2003. Read more…
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This Is The Incredibly Swirling North Polar Ice Cap Of Mars