Seeking Out New Homes On New Worlds
May 27, 2008
Last weeks space Carnival was hosted by Todd over at Catholic Sensibility, with a large number of posts dedicated to the red planet (including mine). One post that stood out was from Ian O’Neill over at AstroEngine with his recent visit to The Eden Project: Proudly supporting radically different ecosystems, the chain of biomes are...
May 25, 2008
(Image Credit: NASA) The Phoenix Mars Lander has touched down upon the surface of the red planet, according to NASA. Unlike its rover siblings, the Phoenix’s priority is to discover whether or not life exists on Mars. NASA has been promoting the mission aggressively, as it has the potential to reshape our viewpoint of the Universe...
May 21, 2008
(Hat Tip: IsraGood, Image Credit: Ken Rust via Got Algae?) Mars is cold. It’s unbelievably cold. In order for future colonists to avoid freezing to death (as well as their machines), they are going to need a source of energy to provide heat. While innovative solar power may be able to help keep a small outpost alive, it will...
May 20, 2008
Despite the fact that Mars has an abundance of water upon its poles, many scientists were hoping that underground oceans existed beneath its surface. Unfortunately it seems as if recent scans of the Martian north pole indicate that if Mars does contain underground oceans, they may a much deeper than what we previously...
May 20, 2008
In space, water is more precious than gold. Unfortunately for our species, our nearest neighbor has very little (if any) upon its surface. While importing water from Earth would be desirable, future settlers may have to settle for drinking water redeemed from their own urine. (Universe Today) But NASA has been working on a recycling...
May 20, 2008
Last year in an effort to motivate humanity to revisit the Moon, Google announced an X-Prize competition (aka GLXP) aimed at spurring the international community to land a rover on Earth’s nearest neighbor. Thus far only 10 teams have accepted Google’s challenge, with sizes ranging from one (fairly wealthy) person to a...
May 19, 2008
After a brief hiatus from the blogosphere (that is if you do not count Twitter and FriendFeed) Colony Worlds is back. Since I missed posting about the Carnival of Space (two weeks ago), I’ll post an update here before mentioning last weeks post. _____________________________ Space Cynics Are Us? The 53rd Carnival of Space was...
May 10, 2008
While NASA plans on finding ways for us to “recycle our air,” Russia is trying to find the perfect balance for a breathable atmosphere on board a future Martian spacecraft. (Universe Today) Volunteers in Russia are testing the ability of humans to breathe argon-enriched air, as part of a research program that simulates a...