
The Citizen Lobbyists Gunning for a Trip to Mars


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From space madness to crash landings, here's how we'll beat the 13 most difficult challenges to space exploration.
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Phobos is gradually spiraling in closer to Mars, getting ready to self-destruct. And when it does, its remains will give the red planet a brand-new ring.
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MAVEN is a spacecraft on a mission to find out what happened to the red planet's lost water, atmosphere, and magnetic field.
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When humans bring the gridiron to Mars, it'll be football, Jim---but not as we know it.
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We've long dreamed of visiting the Red Planet. Here's what that trajectory might look like, from the fictional world of 'The Martian' to the technology we still have to develop.
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