April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
...University of Hawaii (HI-SEAS); the European Space Agency (ESA) with Roscosmos (Mars-500); and the Mars Society (Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station and Mars Desert Research Station). But a permanent settlement would be a different matter: Instead...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
... been sufficient to carve Valles Marineris. With a volume of 9.85 million cubic kilometres, Valles Marineris is the largest canyon on Mars.But if water was not capable of carving it out, what was? Lava. Nonetheless, it still means that 98.5 million...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
... of a field indicates that convection has stopped, or dwindled to a level that is incapable of fuelling the field’s development. In early Mars history its magnetic field vanished, causing the near total loss of the planet’s atmosphere, and scientists...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
... station, many see China’s latest ambitions as the beginning of a formidable space race with the US. As along with Mars, China is also crafting an exploration mission to study the Jovian system set for launch sometime around 2030...
April 2024
Terraformal dreaming
... under the ground or inside the rocks. And in that case, Sagan wrote, “if there is life on Mars, I believe we should do nothing with Mars. Mars then belongs to the Martians, even if the Martians are only microbes.” As astrobiologist David Grinspoon...
13 July 2020
UAE's mission to Mars scheduled for launch tomorrow
... state for advanced sciences, said during a news conference held on 9 July. "So it covers all regions of Mars at all local times at Mars, and that's a comprehensive understanding that fills in the gap of changes through time through different seasons...
