The Mars Society is an advocacy group for human settlement of Mars. In brief, going to Mars, or other celestial bodies, is important because we can’t stay on Earth forever. Whether it be finite resources, potential dinosaur like asteroid, or the ever expanding sun, we need to go other places. There are two impediments to […]
May 24, 2017
Comments Off on Emptying out the mailbag & clearing the history #19
Other mailbags can be found here. Keep in mind a lot of this is email conversations, comment replies, or some random interesting things I’ve found. By their nature they are not as thorough or complete as a post on one topic. Here’s what’s covered in this installment: Technology is disrupting jobs the least amount, ever??? A hard hitting paper […]
October 3, 2016
Comments Off on How much will your weight matter when going to Mars, SpaceX style?
I think space is awesome. I think going to Mars is awesome. I think it’s important to do. I’m not going to make an argument why, but you can see one here. A problem for human spaceflight is countering the negative impacts of moving in an environment where gravity is less than Earth’s. This is the […]
September 14, 2016
Comments Off on How big of an issue is bone density loss when traveling to Mars?
I think space is awesome. I think going to Mars is awesome. I think it’s important to do. I’m not going to make an argument why, but you can see one here. A problem for human spaceflight is countering the negative impacts of moving in an environment where gravity is less than Earth’s. This is the […]
October 25, 2017
Comments Off on My visit to the 20th annual Mars Society conference