NASA Asks People for Names and Messages to Put on a DVD and Send to Mars
Nothing better to do?
Nothing better to do?
By analyzing argon in the air
Curiosity, Opportunity and the satellites supporting them won't be able to communicate with Earth for about the next month
NASA says its an easy fix; delete the offending code
Could go back to work this weekend
Computer failure will delay work for at least a week
All expenses paid, natch
Dennis Tito wants to launch the mission in January 2018
The rock's name is John Klein. Seriously.
Curiosity's mission on the red planet continues
Mars Recon Observer NASA's eye in the sky
Patch of ground with evidence of water history chosen
Drill being prepared for use; an electrical short could eventually knock out the whole rover
Nothing earth-shattering expected
Estimated population 80,000, says Elon Musk
No more radiation than found in low-Earth orbit, where humans have been stuck in their exploration of space for decades
Native to red planet, not debris from Curiosity, as was feared
Kind of rock's never been seen on Mars before
Researchers estimate planet had water for thousands to millions of years
It has microbes on its drill that could transfer to water Curiosity finds
Those signs of flowing water in the past? Might've actually been lava
Curiosity is to play a new Will.i.am track, the first music to be played on the Red Planet
Various tests passed. Curiosity will be getting curiouser tomorrow.
The massive cost estimates tossed around by NASA are, let us say, based on the bureaucratic factor
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