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Humankind's Next Destination: Mission Mars
Since NASA began to explore the surface of Mars, scientists proposed that it can be the next place where humans can live. Mars Direct, a cost-efficient manned mission to Mars, was proposed in the 1980s. Mars Direct is planned to be launched in stages and has two modules. The first stage is the Earth Return Vehicle or ERV, which will be the one to convert the carbon dioxide that is present in... [Read More]
Can Life Be Supported On Mars?
Can life be sustained on Mars? This has been a very intriguing issue until scientists began to explore and make the necessary steps to find out if this is as true as it was claimed to be. Before, the questions and myths regarding this matter were endless; but today, the queries that we may have asked ourselves decades before and the myths that we almost began to believe are almost reaching a concl... [Read More]
How Space Tourism Work
Space tourism is a novel idea that may just become a common thing in the future. With the ongoing advances in space travel technology, it would only take some time before more and more people will be able to explore the "final frontier" for themselves while on their vacation. It might be hard to believe today, but there are already people who try to advance the idea of space tourism and ... [Read More]
How to Become an Astronaut
You ask a kid what he wants to be when he grows up and you may get some "I want to be an astronaut." answers here and there. It is indeed a glamor job. You have near celebrity status, you become cool to your friends, and best of all, it is the closest thing of fulfilling your geek dreams of becoming Jean Luc Picard. But behind all that hype and glory entails a lot of hard work, dedicatio... [Read More]
Space Exploration Programs
Space the final frontier, goes the familiar line. Ever since, the human race has looked up into the sky and has viewed through a vast endless window. Space exploration could trace its beginning when the telescope was invented. Through that device, we had a closer look on what lies in the cosmos. To be strict about it though, actual exploration which involves travel and putting a stamp on things di... [Read More]
The Apollo Program Revisited
The Apollo Program can be considered as the turning point in the Cold War of the 1960s and 1970s. It was the Apollo missions that virtually solidified United State of America's hold as a political power during that period. More than a scientific breakthrough, it was a political chess move. President John F. Kennedy could be credited for being the sparkplug of the Apollo Program, publicly declaring... [Read More]