Implications of Martian Life - Mars Society Conference 2001

Joel McKinnon airs his views on the implications on the existence - and non-existence - of Martian life based around presentations at the 2001 Mars Society Conference. As ever, the issue of terraformation is discussed here with the usual suspects involved; Chris McKay, Robert Zubrin and the never-disappointing Kim Stanley Robinson.

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Filed under: Articles on September 27th, 2001 | 5 Comments »

The Lost Dawn

On July 20th 2001, it was the 25th anniversary of the touchdown of the Viking 1 lander on Mars. Stuart Atkinson reminisces over the opportunities that we have passed by since we were able to see the first pictures of the landscape of Mars.

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Filed under: Fiction on September 23rd, 2001 | 2 Comments »