In a few days time, Venus will be making a transit across the sun, a once in a lifetime event. In Transit Day, Stuart Atkinson imagines what a different kind of transit might be like, seen from Mars, and what effect it might have on colonists young and old…
Filed under: Fiction on June 5th, 2004 | 1 Comment »
What will happen to Spirit and Opportunity in the years and decades to come? Will they consigned to the footnotes of history and sit inert on Mars slowly ageing, forgotten? Stuart Atkinson disagrees, and imagines a future for the intrepid rovers where they will continue to educate and inspire even those who least expect it, in his latest short story, Field Trip.
Filed under: Fiction on March 22nd, 2004 | 1 Comment »
All too often, authors neglect the ’science’ in science fiction, but in Mars Frontier, Robert Stockman has written detailed appendices for each part of the novel. In this first appendix, Stockman discusses the technology and logistics of the journey from Earth to Mars.
Filed under: Fiction on September 25th, 2003 | 1 Comment »
In Christmas, the fourth chapter of Mars Frontier, the international crew of the first manned mission to Mars discover that differences between nationalities and religions can’t be left behind on Earth.
Filed under: Fiction on September 17th, 2003 | 2 Comments »
In the third chapter of Robert Stockman’s novel, Mars Frontier, the astronauts take a flyby of the asteroid 2015AS.
Filed under: Fiction on September 17th, 2003 | 1 Comment »
Continuing our serialization of Robert Stockman’s novel, Mars Frontier, New Mars is happy to present the second chapter, Flight.
Filed under: Fiction on August 19th, 2003 | 4 Comments »
Starting from this week, New Mars is proud to present the serialization of Mars Frontier, a novel by Robert Stockman on the first manned mission to Mars. The first chapter, Gateway is now online and additional chapters will follow every week.
Filed under: Fiction on August 7th, 2003 | 2 Comments »
Fifty years from now, will we be receiving Christmas messages from Mars? Stuart Atkinson thinks so, and no matter how far we travel from Earth, there are some traditions we’ll never forget.
Filed under: Fiction on December 27th, 2001 | 7 Comments »
In this first installment of an exclusive new serial to New Mars, Stuart Atkinson writes about the first manned mission to Mars taking place under circumstances that are more different - and darker - than we could ever imagine.
Filed under: Fiction on October 12th, 2001 | 6 Comments »
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.
Filed under: Fiction on September 23rd, 2001 | 2 Comments »