Daniel Espinosa's film combines elements of 'Alien' and 'Gravity' to create a satisfyingly suspenseful sci-fi thriller.
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Mars: Elon Musk’s Most Expensive Midlife Crisis?
Is Elon Musk just a man with too much time and money on his hands? Is Mars Elon Musk's quixotic windmill?
Read More »Book Tour: Buzz Aldrin’s ‘No Dream is Too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on the Moon’
Celebrated astronaut Buzz Aldrin discussed "No Dream is to High: Life Lessons Learned from a Man Who Walked on the Moon", his new memoir, space missions, and the future of space exploration.
Read More »SXSW: The Mars Virtual Reality Experience – More Than a Game
The Mars 2030 Experience is not just a video game, but a highly detailed and accurate simulation of the surface of Mars, based on data and photographs from the Mars Rover and a European satellite orbiting the red planet. It's part of a larger effort to determine the feasibility of establishing human habitation on Mars.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Martian’ by Andy Weir
A runaway bestseller, the book boasts a simple but intriguing premise: with a mission gone wrong, NASA astronaut Mark Watney is accidentally stranded on Mars and needs to find a way to survive and get back to Earth.
Read More »Mars-One: Would You Sign-On For A One-Way Trip to Mars?
Dying is going to happen whether you are here or on Mars. I don’t see myself as dying on Mars; I see myself as living on Mars.
Read More »Flash Fiction: Venus Goes to Mars
A retired astronaut promises his dying wife to deposit her ashes on Mars.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Last Days on Mars’
The Last Days on Mars grabs you right at the beginning and doesn't let go. It is a text book example of how to make a sci-fi thriller.
Read More »We Need a New Columbus
We need a new Columbus to come forward and lead us into a new tomorrow.
Read More »Movie Review: John Carter
Edgar Rice Burroughs' original sci-fi cowboy gets the treatment he deserves.
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