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December 3, 2016

A Warming Earth Is Making It Harder to Study Mars

Antarctic researchers test their ideas about how humans could live on Mars. But these windows into life on the red planet could be closing. The post A Warming Earth Is Making It Harder to Study Mars appeared first on WIRED.

November 30, 2016

Check Out the ExoMars Orbiter’s Beautiful First Pics

Last week, the ESA's new Martian orbiter started sending back its first images of the Red Planet. The post Check Out the ExoMars Orbiter's Beautiful First Pics appeared first on WIRED.

November 9, 2016

How NASA Will Choose Astronauts for Its Incredible Journey to Mars

When the agency put out its latest application call, it specified that the lucky few might fly in Orion, a deep-space vessel meant to make the Journey to Mars. The post How NASA Will Choose Astronauts for Its Incredible Journey to Mars appeared first on WIRED.

November 9, 2016

Martian-Americans Can Vote—But Only if They Come From Texas

A twenty year old law that lets astronauts vote in space might need to be tweaked if Musk's Mars settlement becomes reality. The post Martian-Americans Can Vote—But Only if They Come From Texas appeared first on WIRED.

October 28, 2016

Molten Salt Reactors Could Soon Help Power Earth—And One Day Mars

If we get our way and really put humans on Mars in the next two decades, they're gonna need power. The post Molten Salt Reactors Could Soon Help Power Earth—And One Day Mars appeared first on WIRED.

October 18, 2016

Watch Live as the ESA’s Probe Lands on the Red Planet

After landing, the Schiaparelli probe will gather wind speed, humidity, temperature and other atmospheric data from the Red Planet. The post Watch Live as the ESA's Probe Lands on the Red Planet appeared first on WIRED.

October 14, 2016

Elon Musk Is Treating Mars Like It’s a Moore’s Law Problem. It’s Not

Elon Musk gave us PayPal, Solar City, and Tesla Motors. The odds are against him giving us Mars. The post Elon Musk Is Treating Mars Like It's a Moore's Law Problem. It's Not appeared first on WIRED.

September 28, 2016

Elon Musk Announces His Plan to Colonize Mars and Save Humanity

Musk doesn't just want to go to Mars, he wants to build a civilization there. The post Elon Musk Announces His Plan to Colonize Mars and Save Humanity appeared first on WIRED.

August 7, 2016

Why We Shouldn’t Go to Mars: We Might Decimate the Martians

Inside NASA's Office of Planetary Protection, where they don't worry about what Martians could do to us, but what our extremophiles could do to them. The post Why We Shouldn't Go to Mars: We Might Decimate the Martians appeared first on WIRED.

June 7, 2016

Want to Live on Mars? You’ll Need to Make Some Martian Bricks

Scientists are working to transform Martian regolith into a radiation-shielding construction material. The post Want to Live on Mars? You’ll Need to Make Some Martian Bricks appeared first on WIRED.