#Elon Musk pledges to put humans on Mars by 2026

#Elon Musk pledges to put humans on Mars by 2026

“#Elon Musk pledges to put humans on Mars by 2026” SpaceX may have only just put humans into space for the first time, but that isn’t stopping CEO Elon Musk from making bold new promises. The billionaire Tesla executive on Tuesday said that he is “highly confident” that SpaceX will be able to send humans…

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#How bacteria from Earth may help us colonize space

#How bacteria from Earth may help us colonize space

“#How bacteria from Earth may help us colonize space” As humans reach out into the solar system, it will be necessary to use resources available on other worlds. Carrying building supplies from Earth via rockets is both impractical and frightfully expensive. The best solution is to find means to utilize materials found on the Moon…

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#The Moon’s tiny twin is stalking Mars

#The Moon’s tiny twin is stalking Mars

“#The Moon’s tiny twin is stalking Mars” Mars is accompanied by a pair of small moons — Phobos and Deimos — as well as four Trojan asteroids that follow the Red Planet in its trips around the Sun. Trojan asteroids follow planets, including Mars, Earth, and Jupiter, placed 60 degrees ahead of or behind their…

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#This Martian asteroid might explain why planets are wet

#This Martian asteroid might explain why planets are wet

“#This Martian asteroid might explain why planets are wet” Water forms naturally during the course of many chemical reactions, so one possibility is that water was created during chemical reactions in the early solar system. Another possible explanation is that water was delivered to the surface of planets through collisions with comets — which are,…

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#Agriculture on Mars: Can it be done?

#Agriculture on Mars: Can it be done?

“#Agriculture on Mars: Can it be done?” Martian colonies of the future will require vast quantities of food, but bringing an endless stream of foodstuffs from Earth would be costly and dangerous. The best answer to this conundrum is to grow food in greenhouse, specially constructed for that purpose. However, such a system would likely…

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