Un Mariner in miniatura

Poco più di mezzo secolo fa, iniziava l'esplorazione scientifica del Sistema Solare. I progressi fatti in pochi decenni sono stati così eclatanti, che ci possiamo chiedere a buon diritto, cosa avverrà nel prossimo futuro…

Questo qui sotto è appena un modellino della sonda Mariner-C che sembra galleggiare nell’oscurità dello spazio siderale. La foto ci giunge dal lontano 1964, precisamente per la conferenza sulle nuove tecnologie al Glenn Research Center a Cleveland (USA).

Il modellino del Mariner-C (Crediti: NASA)

Siamo dunque all’inizio dei Sessanta, davvero agli albori dell’esplorazione planetaria. Il…

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Mario Martinez

Exosphere, 2020

Invisible Domain giclée print, Mario Martinez (aka MARS-1)

Mars one: one way journey to mars is ready to launch in 2030

NASA Mars one mission has serious intentions to send people to Mars by 2030. But for the implementation of the project, a lot of problems remain to be solved, including the high cost of such a space expedition. One of the solutions to this problem can be the immersion of the crew in deep sleep.

It is expected that the state of deep sleep, accompanied by appropriate medical procedures, can produce…

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Mars-1, Mars Molecule

Exhibition: Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose

Mars 1 was an automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars, with the intent of flying by the planet at a distance of about 11,000 km. It was designed to image the surface and send back data on cosmic radiation, micrometeoroid impacts and Mars’ magnetic field, radiation environment, atmospheric structure, and possible organic compounds.

After leaving Earth orbit, the spacecraft and the booster fourth stage separated and the solar panels were deployed. Early telemetry indicated that there was a leak in one of the gas valves in the orientation system so the spacecraft was transferred to gyroscopic stabilization. Sixty-one radio transmissions were held, initially at two day intervals and later at 5 days in which a large amount of interplanetary data were collected.

On 21 March 1963, when the spacecraft was at a distance of 106,760,000 km from Earth on its way to Mars communications ceased, probably due to failure of the spacecraft orientation system. Mars 1 closest approach to Mars occurred on 19 June 1963 at a distance of approximately 193,000 km, after which the spacecraft entered a heliocentric orbit.

Out of This World!

Images from the Hubble Telescope of the Horsehead Nebula & the Pleiades 

The Mars-1 project was being discussed this morning on the radio.

The call was put out for volunteers to be trained to go to Mars in 2024 and attempt to colonize the planet. It has been narrowed down and fifty-two Canadians are in the running for the mission.

Rendering of the Mars-1 settlement  www.mars-one.com

Now the…

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“Wormholes” by Mars-1

http://www.mars-1.com/

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“Wormholes Are More Common Than You Think”

Mars 1 x Brendan Monroe

My friend Amy, who is a NASA technician, is an aspirant for the Mars One project. Requests for five-star ratings may or may not help realize this, but… it’s fucking cool.

http://applicants.mars-one.com/profile/0307750e-c3c2-4d7b-bd25-d354a19eeb4a

Mars 1 always kills it.

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Everyone please rate my Mars One video! (Please, please!) So I can get a chance of being a real life astronaut and living on Mars!

Raise your hand if you want to be one of the four chosen to go on Mars 1!

*raises hand, thinks about it, lowers hand, thinks some more, raises hand again*

mars one wants 2 make it happen

1way trip 2 the red planet

Insane