Mars

Elon Musk says early Mars missions will establish crucial cargo routes

Posted in Science on 11th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

"You can count on it. Its going to happen every 26 months. Like a train leaving the station," said Musk.

SpaceX to send 3 unmanned missions to Mars leading to a manned mission

Posted in Science on 4th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

SpaceX to send an unmanned mission to Mars using the Dragon V2 starting in 2018 and launch a rocket to Mars every 26 months.

Elon musk says he wants SpaceX to land humans on mars by 2025

Posted in Business on 3rd Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

That's long before NASA's nebulous plan to land humans there in the 2030s or 40s.

Space experts say sending humans to Mars worth the risk

Posted in Science on 31st May, 2016
by Alex Muller

There's a long-standing joke that NASA is always 20 years from putting astronauts on Mars. A to-do list from 2015 looks remarkably similar to one compiled in 1990.

Mysterious Heavy Ion Beams Above Mars Explained

Posted in Science on 30th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

NASA's latest mission to Mars has uncovered the origins of fast-moving streams of particles high above the planet, flowing against the solar wind.