Philosophy
Imagination: Art vs reality
This is a photo of Hebrus Vallis close to the base of the Elysium volcanic complex and illustrates two interesting items: Lava flow channels and the thousands of small impact craters. A thermal emission image [Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)] from the Mars Odyssey.
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Martian Samples...great Idea...better Than Manned Missions
"Mars Sample Return Container" by Keith Cowing October 29th, 2013 SpaceREF This spherical container has been engineered to house the most scientifically valuable cargo imaginable: samples brought back from the Red Planet. Still probably many...
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The Digital Mess
"And the murderer is..."--NO SIGNAL! It has been over a year since the nation's television broadcast stations were mandated to make all television analog signals digital. We were promised a clearer picture and more channels. Ya right. The analog...
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Venus...an Active Body
Venus is not always in the limelight much being over shadowed by Mars, Saturn, Jupiter even Mercury and soon to be Pluto but Venus is offering many surprises. NASA... For the first time, scientists have detected clear signs of recent lava flows on the...
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Pre-mariner 4 Knowledge Of Mars
Barrie W. Jones's "Mars before the space age" [recently published in the International Journal of Astrobilogy (Volume 7, Number 2, pp. 143-155, 2008)] has provided a succinct thirteen page history of Mars...pre-Mariner 4. Abstract: Mars has surely...
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Death On Mars
Mars rover Spirit The little guys, Mars rovers Opportunity and Spirit, have done more and lasted longer than ever anticipated...and now the demise of Spirit may be imminent. "Energy Levels Reach Record Low For Fading Spirit Of Mars" June 3rd, 2008 ...
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