Early in the history of space exploration, it looked as if Dogs would follow their human companions to the stars. Dogs just don’t meet the requirements Martian colonists will need from domesticated animals. Gangale came to the conclusion that only the domestic rabbit fit the bill.
August 23rd, 1999
Future Martians might go back to living in caves explorezone.com
While a lot of noise has been made in recent years about the possibility of sending humans to Mars, R.D. “Gus” Frederick is thinking beyond the mere act of getting there. He’s thinking about where we’ll live after we set up camp. After all, it’s not like we can just live in a cave.
July 20th, 1999
NASA Takes a Business Lesson from Students
In all likelihood, NASA won’t be able to foot the entire cost of a program for exploration of the Red Planet, so it’s hoping to take a lesson from the private sector and consider private financing. The space agency is taking ideas — and strongly considering them — from undergraduates and graduate students.
July 19th, 1999
Viking Has an Anniversary, Too
Apollo 11 shares its anniversary date with another space milestone. Seven years to the day after the moon landing, the Viking 1 lander touched down on Mars.
July 16th, 1999
Observations Upon the 30th Apollo Anniversary
We are approaching the thirtieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969. The accomplishment of the first human landing on the Moon, in just eight years from program start, was a great feat, and certainly worthy of remembrance and celebration. But it is sad that we have no accomplishments of comparable magnitude to honor in the thirty years since.
July 16th, 1999
NASA Planetary Exploration Program in Danger
The budget squeeze that threatened the cancellation of the Mars 2001 lander two weeks ago and ultimately led to the cancellation of the ST4/Champollion project is now menacing the entire structure of NASA’s planetary exploration program. Included among missions at immediate risk is the 2003 Mars airplane mission.
July 11th, 1999
Space Anniversaries in July
The month of July boasts two special anniversaries for space events. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human being to set foot on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. On July 4, 1997, the Mars Pathfinder robotic lander mission symbolized America’s return to Mars.
July 7th, 1999
Astronaut Trainees Use Taos for Mars Stand-In Albuquerque Journal
Space exploration’s next great frontier is on the shaded lawn of a Taos bed and breakfast. It’s “Mars base,” where three New Mexico Tech graduate students surround a laptop computer while they listen to a two-way radio.
July 1st, 1999
Hubble snaps Martian close-ups
Taking advantage of Mars’s closest approach to Earth in eight years, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope took the space-based observatory’s sharpest views yet of the red planet.
July 1st, 1999
Hubble’s close-up on Mars
Taking advantage of Mars’s closest approach to the Earth in eight years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken its sharpest views yet of the Red Planet. While Hubble cannot see as fine a detail as the Mars Global Surveyor, which its currently in orbit around Mars, it can obtain a better global picture.