OK. So the rocket doesn’t actually have a NASA logo anywhere on it, and the launch site is definitely not Cape Canaveral, but Dos Equis has certainly decided to borrow some very familiar imagery for its commercial featuring Jonathon Goldsmith in his final performance as “The Most Interesting Man in the World.” With its clearly identifiable […]
Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station Arguably, no-one has doe more to popularize the concept of colonizing Mars than Dr. Robert Zubrin. Through his groundbreaking book, The Case for Mars, and the efforts of the Mars Society, Zubrin has led the charge to re-think assumptions about the cost and complexity of establishing a permanent human presence […]
Source : RIA Novosti In his groundbreaking book, The Case for Mars, Robert Zubrin discussed the role of “dragons” in influencing perception of the various hazards of travelling to and living on the Red Planet. It is an analogy drawn from the beginning of European mapmaking early in the age of exploration and the tendency to assign all sorts of horrors […]
Late yesterday, NASAWatch published a press announcement on behalf of new organization, Inspiration Mars Foundation, which is scheduled to introduce a privately funded Mars mission to be launched in January 2018. The formal introduction will come at the National Press Club, 1:00 PM EST on February 27. At the moment, the nature of the mission is not at all clear, and drawing […]
Space.com is reporting that NASA and Bigelow Aerospace have reached an agreement which will allow the North Las Vegas company to fly its proposed BEAM, Bigelow Aerospace Expanded Module to the International Space Station, where it would to provide extra storage space, similar to that provided by the Permanent Multi Purpose Logistics Module. Assuming the agreement, which is […]
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