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io9 - Aug 1, 2008
"Trail of the Rocket" is a 1951 promo film for Oldsmobile's new "rocket" engine. Johnny and his singing partner Lucille, whose show just happens to be sponsored by Olds, are invited on a factory tour. But before they …
Also tagged: martians, retro futurism, oldsmobiles
io9 - Jul 31, 2008
If news of the water ice on Mars has got you excited to discover alien life, you're in luck. Doctor Who has already discovered life on Mars for you, in the form of the whispery, strange-assed Ice Warriors. They only …
Also tagged: doctor who, space, found footage, ice warriors
io9 - Jul 31, 2008
Though NASA has been reporting for years that there is water ice on Mars, today the US space agency held a press conference to announce definitively that the Phoenix Lander has found traces of water ice on the red …
Also tagged: space, science, astronomy, geophysics, water on mars
io9 - Jul 24, 2008
Destination Earth is a nifty little piece of cold-war-era propaganda produced by the American Petroleum Industry in 1956. As the story opens, Mars is a dictatorship under the heel of Ogg the Magnificent, who sends …
Also tagged: technology, cold war, retro futurism, oil industry propaganda
io9 - Jul 20, 2008
One of the many mysteries of Mars is how the planet lost its magnetic field 4 billion years ago. Evidence suggests the planet once had a magnetic field just like Earth's, created by a churning molten dynamo in the …
Also tagged: space, science, asteroids, magnetic fields
io9 - Jul 3, 2008
Stuffed full of rapid-fire sight gags and visual puns like the others in the series (but no mother-in-law jokes), the whole of Tex Avery’s “The T.V. of Tomorrow” is definitely worth a watch. But the piece-de-resistance …
Also tagged: tex avery, retro futurism
io9 - Jun 27, 2008
This is one of NASA's proposed landing sites for the Mars Science Laboratory, which looks like a set of giant gaping jaws of evil. Do those look like teeth to anybody else? Actually, they're sand deposits resulting …
Also tagged: science lab, mars porn
io9 - Jun 26, 2008
For a small planet, Mars sure knows how to go big. It's about half as large as Earth, but it's got the hugest volcano in the solar system in the Arizona-sized Olympus Mons and the grandest of all canyons in the 7 …
Also tagged: top, canyon, volcano, impact, olympus mons, asteroid, impact crater, vallis marineris, mad martian geology, borealis basin
io9 - Jun 20, 2008
Remember that mystery white substance that the Phoenix Lander uncovered beneath Martian soil with its robot arms? Scientists were speculating that it might be salt or it might be ice. Now, a few days later, it's …
Also tagged: space, science, top, mars colony, mars porn, space colonies
io9 - Jun 17, 2008
The Phoenix Lander, our favorite robot chemistry lab on Mars, has successfully cooked up some soil in its oven to see if water evaporates from it when heated. So far, no dice. Though the Martian rovers Opportunity and …