Issue #2(2) 2014 Lounge

The vanity of machines

Me too – Curiosity Mars rover’s selfie at the ‘Windjana’ drilling site. Curiosity has accomplished its main goal by confirming that Mars once possessed conditions favourable for microbial life

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Beyond footprints - what Apollo really taught us about becoming a spacefaring civilisation

Space agencies and the armed forces are susceptible to conspiracy theories, largely due to the perceived lack of transparency concerning their activities. Above: Major Jesse A. Marcel holds a piece of foil-lined material related to the Roswell, New Mexico, UFO incident at Fort Worth Army Airfield, 8 July 1947 (Photo: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections Division). Astronautics

Winning the Space Race at home