08 August 2018
The most reusable and reliable rocket ever?
... 100 flights is another matter, as apparently SpaceX has plans to phase out the Falcon 9 to concentrate on its Mars colonising BFR system; a sort of huge interplanetary space shuttle used to ferry people to Mars that Musk unveiled plans...
29 March 2019
Water on Mars is active today says new study
..., knowing that water could be easily accessible would be hugely advantageous, but this particular study is not about colonisation. For Heggy, these rare and puzzling water flows on Mars are of big interest to the science community...
07 July 2021
Methane detected on Enceladus could be a sign of life, study shows
... rich in methanogenic archaea; methane-producing microorganisms that are thought to be among the earliest cellular life forms to colonise our planet. Methanogens are typically found in oxygen-depleted environments such as sediments as well as in the...
28 May 2025
SpaceX faces renewed scrutiny over Mars ambitions after Starship malfunctions
...-term survival of humanity depends on becoming a multi-planetary species, with Mars as the most viable candidate for colonisation in this century. To achieve this, SpaceX has pursued an aggressively iterative testing model, often prioritising speed...
08 February 2019
ESA's new Mars rover has a new name
... martian equator to explore an ancient environment that was once water-rich and that could have been colonised by primitive life.
23 July 2020
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission launches successfully
..., China has also remarked that the Tianwen-1 is also on fact-finding mission to see if one day it is possible to colonise Mars. "China's steadfast commitments to space probes and the development of the related science and technologies are...
