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Is NASA Screwed? [Space]io9 - Oct 14, 2008 "It's easy to say, 'let's just cancel it and move on' but we've poured over a billion-and-half dollars into this." So said NASA's associate administrator for science, Ed Weiler, last Friday as he unveiled budget … |
io9 - Oct 1, 2008
Much of the excitement over the Phoenix Lander of late has focused on its discoveries of water on Mars. The Phoenix has touched Martian ice, found the planet’s internal plumbing, and even seen it snow. Now the team is …
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io9 - Sep 22, 2008
When summer hits the south pole on Mars, only half the ice on the pole melts. This leaves behind a strangely off-center chunk of water-and-carbon-dioxide ice, as you can see in this composite satellite image of the …
Also tagged: space, science, meteorology, mars porn, planetology
io9 - Sep 17, 2008
In the distant past, both Earth and Mars were covered in thick atmospheres and held large bodies of water. While Earth has become a cradle of life in our solar system, Mars lost its atmosphere and became a barren …
io9 - Sep 3, 2008
The Phoenix Lander look a series of photographs of the polar skies this week, and researchers have turned them into a short movie that gives you a shivery sense of what it would be like to stand under Martian skies …
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io9 - Aug 22, 2008
Want to see what Mars looked like a few days ago, so you can pretend you're flying in orbit around the red planet almost in realtime? You could be doing that right now, thanks to the European Space Agency's Mars …
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io9 - Aug 20, 2008
Now that we know for sure there is water ice on Mars, the business types have to figure out a way to fund mining operations to get that water out of planet and into drinkable form for colonists. Already, NASA has a few …
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io9 - Aug 15, 2008
It's hard to imagine anything more unpleasant than being stuck in a metal can millions of miles from home with a crazy person. Space missions to Mars and beyond will need a way to deal with the boredom, isolation and …
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io9 - Aug 7, 2008
Now that the Phoenix lander is up there digging trenches on Mars, conspiracy theories are starting to swirl. This week, even the mainstream media was abuzz with reports that NASA was withholding a major announcement — …
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io9 - Aug 5, 2008
The European Space Agency's Mars Express Orbiter passed within a few kilometers of Phobos last week. While it was there, it took some stunning high resolution photos of the irregular Martian moon. We're talking almost …
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