As rovers like Mars Insight bring humans steps closer to going to the Red Planet we must consider the dangers we pose to it and it to us.
Author: Katharine Lackey, USA TODAY
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Resources on Mars, where NASA’s InSight mission just landed, will be so limitedthat creating a waste stream will be nearly impossible at first.
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Bill Nye says the idea of colonizing and terraforming Mars is science fiction: “As respectful as I can be, are you guys high?”
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Former NASA astronauts Mae Jemison and Leland Melvin share what it was like to go through astronaut training and launch into space.
I trained to be an astronaut on a mission to Mars at Space Camp. Here’s what it’s like.
The challenges of training will only increase as we prepare astronautsfor a trip that sends mankind to Mars – 34 million miles away from home.