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• Sam Burn

  

  SpaceX’s Mars Colonial Transporter can go “well beyond” Mars

  TechCrunch - Darrell Etherington

  Elon Musk just teased that one of SpaceX’s more future-focused projects might be more ambitious than previously thought. On Twitter, the SpaceX CEO revealed that the company’s Mars Colonial Transporter (MCT) will need a new name, since in fact, it “can go well beyond Mars.” This then promptly turned …

• Sam Burn

  

  Inflatable ‘bedroom’ attached to space station

  CNN

  CNN — A prototype that may one day usher an era of space hotels has successfully been attached to the International Space Station, NASA said Saturday. Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is the first test module to ever attach to the space station. The prototype was one of the highly …

• http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/msl/nasa-mars-rovers-weather-data-bolster-case-for-brine/

  Sam Burn

  Apr 27, 2015
• Sam Burn

  

  Spacecraft to make death dive into Mercury

  CNN

  CNN — Let’s start with a pop quiz (space junkies can skip this test). True or False, Mercury is: 1) The planet closest to the sun in our solar system 2) So hot that water couldn’t possibly exist there 3) Something used in old-style glass thermometers 4) A planet you don’t think about very often Answers: …

• Sam Burn

  

  Briny puddles could dot Mars, new research says

  CNN

  CNN — It’s not going to be enough to slake the thirst of the elusive Mars bunny, but scientists say new research seems to support the theory that what looks like a bone-dry red planet during the day could be dotted with tiny puddles of salty water at night. Experts have long thought that a particular …

• Sam Burn

  

  Mars is the next step for humanity – we must take it

  CNN - Ashley Dove-Jay

  CNN — Elon Musk has built a $12 billion company in an endeavor to pave the way to Mars for humanity. He insists that Mars is a “long-term insurance policy” for “the light of consciousness” in the face of climate change, extinction events, and our recklessness with technology. On the other hand, …