HOUSTON — Where should humanity set up its first-ever outpost on Mars? The ideal Red Planet crewed site should be of high scientific value — allowing pioneers to search for signs of Mars life and investigate other intriguing questions — and also possess enough resources to...
Among the notable astronauts who participated in the conference were Japanese spacewalker, Soichi Noguchi, President of the Association of Space Explorers; U.S. astronaut Sunita Willams, who has done the most female spacewalking in the world, Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang, who holds the record for European...
When Matt Damon is rescued from Mars in this fall’s sci-fi blockbuster, “The Martian,” an assist from the Chinese space program is critical to getting the American home. The plot twist is heart-warming -- not to mention about as far-fetched as a large-scale manned Mars...
http://www.reddirtreport.com/sites/default/files/styles/article-main/public/articles/2015/09/images/wilmorealdrin.jpg?itok=xxtdd0z7 On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Nightly Show,” host Larry Wilmore introduced a new segment called “L-Dub’s Book Club…Space,” and the first book he discussed on it just happened to be former astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s “Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet.” “This...
Buzz Aldrin, who has a new kids’ book out, “Welcome to Mars,” is dead-set on colonizing the red planet. “I can pick the time, I know the location of Mars and I have a plan,” the second man on the moon told us at a Strand...