This Alien Shore: 1 Month on sMars
There are a number of oddities inherent to space missions. Some are obvious and predictable: communication delays and dependence upon spacesuits, for example. Others are a little more…unexpected. One of …
Welcome to "Mars." Enjoy Your Stay!
There are a number of oddities inherent to space missions. Some are obvious and predictable: communication delays and dependence upon spacesuits, for example. Others are a little more…unexpected. One of …
When we finally get to Mars, where will we live? That seems like a pretty obvious question. We’ve all seen the movies, read the books. In the future, we live …
This post should really be titled, “MAD MAD MAD” respect. Respect for what, you may ask? For life-long astronauts? For scientists and support-staff who over-winter in Antarctica? For servicepeople aboard submarines …
This is it: the last of the lettuce. If I’m lucky, I’ll see a fresh vegetable of some kind again in 4 weeks. As I look at it there in …
You know those moments where you can almost hear god laughing? This is one of them. As a child in sunny Los Angeles, I snickered at my cousins’ back-east tales of …
When all the experts assure you that something is absolutely, positively going to go a certain way, start making a backup plan. It’s mission day 5. By now, according to …