colonization of mars
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When It Comes to Exploring Space, We’re Still Stuck in the Stone Ages
We’re rapidly approaching the quarter mark of the 21st century, but instead of being at the brink of a radical transformative stage, such as the futuristic vision akin to Arthur C. Clarke’s Star Child from 2001: A Space Odyssey, we’re still throwing proverbial bones into the sky. Such is the feeling I get in the…
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For All Mankind’s Season 4 Trailer Introduces a New Space Race
They’ve raced for the moon, they’ve raced for Mars, and now the astronauts of For All Mankind are racing after an asteroid. The first trailer for season four of Apple TV+’s incredible alternate reality show is here, and it’s a perfect illustration of what sets the series apart from everything else. That’s because when I…
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How Many People Does It Take to Start a Colony on Mars?
It might only take 22 people to establish a colony on Mars, though that small group of cosmic inhabitants should have agreeable personality types to survive on the Red Planet, according to new research. Mars has been home to robotic explorers for nearly 60 years, but when it comes to landing humans on the Red…
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Four Volunteers Have Locked Themselves in a Simulated Martian Habitat for a Year
On Sunday, four researchers donned black jumpsuits and entered into a red world where they will spend a year living and working in a simulated Martian environment. NASA’s CHAPEA habitat, or Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analogue, welcomed its volunteer guests this week, who are set to spend 378 days in the enclosed, Mars-like world…