The European Space Agency’ Mars Express spacecraft has discovered “large volumes of water ice” hiding only 20m underground the red planet’s surface, in the Phlegra Montes mountain range. It could be used by future human explorers. More »
Just what the hell is going on here? A piece of candy under the microscope? An oil slick? Are we all on drugs right now? No — well, maybe you are — but this picture isn’t the result. It’s from spaaa-aaace. More »
The Supreme Court sided with the video game industry today, declaring a victor in the six-year legal match between the video game industry and the California lawmakers who wanted to make it a crime for anyone in the state to sell extremely violent games to kids. More »
If I was one of these Mars500 crew members who spent over 250 days sitting in a room as part of a simulated journey to the red planet, and this was the best Fake Mars the European Space Agency could come up with, I’d be pissed. Keep in mind they have to go back in that room for another 200+ days after they finish their “mission”, which you can check out in video form: More »
The European Space Agency study testing the psychological effects of a 520-day trip to Mars began today. In other words, six poor suckers have been locked in a room and they can’t come out for 18 months. [BBC]
