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SpaceX to create Mars colony of 80,000 – antigravity technology would enable vision before end of decade

Written by Dr Michael Salla on November 27, 2012.

Artist depiction. Mars Colony. Credit: SpaceXIn 1606, King James I of England granted the first Royal Charter to establish colonies in the New World. In a modern day reprise, Elon Musk, the founder of Paypal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, plans to build a colony of up to 80,000 people on Mars. Taking...

Is NASA set to announce discovery of Martian fossils by Curiosity Rover?

Written by Dr Michael Salla on November 24, 2012.

Artistic depiction of NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a nuclear-powered mobile robot for investigating Mars past or present ability to sustain microbial life. CREDIT: NASA/JPL-CaltechNASA is about to make a big announcement from its Curiosity Rover Mars mission according to John Grotzinger,...

Curiosity lands on Mars – a step forward or backward in finding life?

Written by Dr Michael Salla on August 6, 2012.

This artist's concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Early this morning US Eastern Time, the Mars Science Laboratory (aka Curiosity rover) successfully landed on Mars. “Curiosity's main assignment,” according to NASA, “is...

University course on extraterrestrial life goes global

Written by Dr Michael Salla on July 19, 2012.

Click for enrollment information Edinburgh University is set to launch a series of six free online courses in Autumn 2012, one of which is titled: “Introduction to Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life”. The course involves five lectures to be presented online and will...