Later this year, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) is scheduled to launch on an exploratory and scientific mission for NASA, with support by the University of Colorado Boulder. As part of the spacecraft’s mission, it will act as the first spacecraft to focus primarily on the state of the upper atmosphere, the […]
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Mars: War Logs Preview And Screenshots
Mars: War Logs explores life on Mars a century after a catastrophe that destroyed any sense of order or law. Since then, water has become the most precious resource and frequently acts as a catalyst between corporate warfare for control of this invaluable resource. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onQCAJvSzJI’] Players experience the cyberpunk action RPG as Roy Temperance, a Martian renegade. […]
One Poignant Picture For Man, One Giant Hold Pattern For Mankind
Science Fiction author Dani Kollin (The Unincorporated Man and associated sequels) managed to snag an amazing shot of one of the decommissioned Space Shuttles. Kollin was kind enough to allow us to share both his image and his thoughts here. Tho there were thousands of people, I somehow got this angle of the Space Shuttle, […]
NASA Goes To Mars, Then Back In Time
Many of us were glued to the computer last night, watching NASA’s latest Mars mission. The Curiosity, a new exploratory vehicle, was successfully dropped/flung to the Martian surface. Some have pointed out the interesting fact that Apple’s iPhone 4s is four times more powerful than the new rover. This has an additional cool factor too […]
NASA, I’m Breaking Up With You
It’s over. We’ve both known this was a long time coming. Things just feel stagnant, you know? I mean, at first, we were both exciting and passionate. You gave me the moon! You took me places I’d never been before! But now, well, we’ve gotten into a rut. We just go to the same place […]