(Review of Robert Zubrin’s Entering Space) From time to time space buffs decry the absence of an articulate visionary in their ranks, a guru with the infectious passion for interstellar exploration often associated with the late rocketry expert Werner von Braun and astronomer Carl Sagan.
Advocate presents strategy for self-sufficient interstellar travel in latest book
NASA to put final frontier on display
NASA’s Johnson Space Center will offer the public a behind-the-scenes look at its human-exploration activities on Saturday, including activities to build and operate the new international space station.
British government to part-fund Mars space probe
Britain committed itself Tuesday to a space mission to Mars, partly funded by industry, to determine whether there is life on the red planet.
Exploring the reasons to civilize Mars
The how and the when of Mars colonization were not the only questions heavily discussed at the four-day Mars Society conference in Boulder. The why of exploration also was the subject of a series of lectures.