An action packed thriller about one man trapped on Mars. I couldn't put this one down. Mark Watney is part of an expedition to Mars that goes terribly wrong, forcing his crew-mates to leave him behind for dead. What follows is his desperate struggle to stay alive as long as possible until help can arrive. …
Wet Mars
NASA's rover Curiosity has made an exciting discovery--the soil of Mars contains about two percent water by weight. This means that any colonizers would be able to extract about one pint of water per square foot of Martian dirt. This discovery suddenly makes the idea of people living on Mars a lot more feasible, a …
one way trip to mars
Recently, Dutch company Mars One has started recruiting volunteers for a one way trip to Mars. The goal is to land the first crew of two males and two females on the red planet in 2023, and another every two years after that. Settlements will already be prepared by robotic missions to go on beforehand. …
Jonas David 