Whether it was the Big Bang, Midas or God himself, we don’t really need to unlock the mystery of the origins of gold when we’ve already identified an asteroid worth $700 quintillion in precious heavy metals. If anything launches this metals mining space race, it will be this asteroid–Psyche 16, taking up residence between Mars […]
NASA Spacecraft Lands on Red Planet After Six-Month Journey…
A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red planet Monday after a six-month, 300 million-mile journey and a perilous, six-minute descent through the rose-hued atmosphere. After waiting in white-knuckle suspense for confirmation to arrive from space, flight controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, leaped out […]
Trump: NASA Bringing Back ‘Space Flight’ Program and Going to Mars ‘In the very near future’…
President Donald Trump announced during a Thursday cabinet meeting that NASA is “bringing back that whole space flight” program and would be sending “something very beautiful to Mars in the very near future.” Before pivoting to Mars, POTUS praised the recent work of Elon Musk and SpaceX on the Falcon rocket program. “Before me are […]
SpaceX Launches World’s Most Powerful Rocket Toward Mars…
The world’s most powerful rocket, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, blasted off Tuesday on its highly anticipated maiden test flight, carrying CEO Elon Musk’s cherry red Tesla roadster to an orbit near Mars. Screams and cheers erupted at Cape Canaveral, Florida as the massive rocket fired its 27 engines and rumbled into the blue sky over the […]
Breathtaking Photos of Mars from Deep Space High-Res Camera…
NASA Mars orbiter’s high-resolution camera HiRISE captures images of such spectacular quality for the first time ever…
As Silicon Valley Lays Plans to Colonize Mars, Researchers Offer a Blueprint for Governing It…
No political system exists to manage these new arrivals—and if humans indeed colonize Mars in the 21st century, we’re going to need one soon…