Millionaire Mars Missions
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Mars
Review: Should Humans Settle Mars? This Book Is Skeptical.
A City on Mars is a counterbalance to the growing optimism over space exploration.
Price Tag of NASA's Martian Rock Retrieval Mission Is Skyrocketing
The Mars Sample Retrieval program is now estimated to cost double than what was originally projected.
We Can Make It To Mars Without NASA
"We can—and should—develop space without government help," says Reason Foundation's Robert W. Poole.
The Best Ever Libertarian Gift Guide
Until next year's, because capitalism is always making things better.
Andy Weir Is Looking Forward to the Space Boom
Weir's books take seriously the limits of human knowledge and planning when it comes to space travel.
The End of Astronauts: Should We Send Robots to Space Instead?
Robots don't get cabin fever, develop cancer from cosmic radiation, miss their families, or go insane.
Why We Should Terraform the Galaxy
One critic calls it "arrogant vandalism," but advocates say it might be a necessary form of self-preservation.
The Fractal, Fractious Politics of The Expanse
Taking humanity from Earth to the stars isn't easy.
Elon Musk, Artificial Wombs, and the Impending Shortage of Mars Colonists
"Synthetic wombs make having kids much faster, easier, cheaper, and more accessible."
Pentagon Investigates UFO Sightings and an Interstellar Visitor Zips Through Solar System
Survey finds 47 percent of people believe in the existence of intelligent alien civilizations in the universe.
The Planetary Protection Racket
It isn't just another useless, overpaid bureaucrat, but a crippler to any mission to Mars.
Chuck Schumer Is Protecting the Nation From Snortable Chocolate [Reason Podcast]
Reason editors discuss Trump's Warsaw speech, the Putin meeting, Mike Pence's Mars shot, and more.
Elon Musk Wants You To Be Able To Afford To Move to Mars
Space X gets serious about its mission to the Red Planet
The Man Behind The Martian
Bestselling author Andy Weir on politics, commercial space, and the future of publishing
The Martian author Andy Weir on Mars Colonization, Commercial Space Travel, and Going From Programmer to Best-Selling Author
Q&A with the man who wrote the book behind the upcoming Hollywood film starring Matt Damon.
Opportunity Rover Marks 10 Year Anniversary on Mars
Mission was supposed to last 90 Martian days
Rock Mysteriously Appears in Front of Mars Rover
Most likely flipped by the rover
NASA Installs OS Upgrade on Mars Curiosity Rover
Also looking to find out how the wheels are wearing and tearing
Mars Rover Finds Signs of Ancient Freshwater Lake
If life ever existed on the red planet, it might have been there
Non-Profit's Plan for Manned Mission to Mars in 2018 Hinges on Federal Government's Support
Wants to partner with NASA to send two astronauts on a flyby mission to Mars
Mars Rover to Keep Operating During Government Shutdown, Run by Contractor
97 percent of NASA employees furloughed
British Researchers Developing Idea for Mars Hopper
Robot that can bounce on Mars
Mars Rover Curiosity Finds No Signs of Methane
Not a good sign for the prospect of life on Mars
NASA-Funded Mars Food Study in Hawaii Ends
Six researchers spent four months in a dome trying to figure out what astronauts might eat
Scientists Say Atmosphere on Mars Was Changed by 'Catastrophic Event' Billions of Years Ago
Collision or volcanic eruptions
Rover Reveals Mars Is Losing Its Atmosphere
Very, very slowly over the past 4 billion years
NASA Finds Evidence of Water on Mars
Planet once may have had conditions that might have supported life
Scientists: Arctic Bacteria Could Be Key to Understanding How Life on Mars Could Exist
Some parts of Earth might as well be an alien planet
Mars Opportunity Beats Off-World Travel Record Set by Apollo Moon Buggy Forty Years Ago
22 miles traveled on Mars
NASA Mulling Ideas of Crops on Mars
Part of plan to land a human on the planet by 2030
