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why you can’t nuke your way to a second earth
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why you can’t nuke your way to a second earth

Someone should tell Elon Musk that a nuclear bombardment of Mars into habitability won't be much of a shortcut.

how not to lose your sanity on an alien planet
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how not to lose your sanity on an alien planet

Astronauts will go stir crazy and get cabin fever on interplanetary missions. And it will have to be every mission planner's job to keep them sane and entertained.

why mars is not the next apollo
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why mars is not the next apollo

We cannot treat Mars the same way we treated the Moon.

why colonizing another planet really shouldn’t be a reality show
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why colonizing another planet really shouldn’t be a reality show

As far as colonization ideas go, Mars One is a terrible one.

can spacex really build a martian metropolis?
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can spacex really build a martian metropolis?

Just how realistic is Elon Musk's 80,000 person outpost on Mars given enough time and money?

surviving seven minutes of martian terror
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surviving seven minutes of martian terror

All you need to know about how hard it is to land on Mars is that rocket scientists call it "seven minutes of terror."

astrobiologists’ frustrating martian paradox
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astrobiologists’ frustrating martian paradox

Mars should have some sort of live according to all the evidence we've gathered so far. But do we really know for what we're looking?

why getting humans to mars will not come cheap
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why getting humans to mars will not come cheap

If we're going to go to Mars and do it right, we should be ready for the price tag.

why martian microbes won’t outnumber earth’s
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why martian microbes won’t outnumber earth’s

A study says that more of Mars than Earth should be hospitable to life. But the data on which this conclusion is based is incomplete.

all aboard the good, old spaceship phobos?
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all aboard the good, old spaceship phobos?

An old variant of the ancient alien theory says that Phobos isn't a moon, but an abandoned spaceship. It's a surprisingly possible, if unlikely, idea.

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