Showing posts with label Mars One. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mars One. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Hopefully not followed the next day by a BBC segment on what it feels like to be going to Mars

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Two MIT students just schooled a company trying to send people to Mars Two MIT engineering students just faced off with a private com...
Friday, April 24, 2015

This is where I got my numbers on radiation shielding for Mars One

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CEO Bas Lansdorp writing for  Space.com : The Mars One habitat will be covered by a necessary layer of soil that provides shielding even a...

A VERY intelligent rover

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As mentioned before, two of the major issues in the Mars One involve the definition of "existing" technology and the way the proj...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

“Six Minutes of Terror” -- why Mars landings are so difficult

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In case you were wondering what a sky crane looked like. This is one of the many reasons why aerospace people roll their eyes whe...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

"Clutching at straws: the illusion of existing technology" -- more Mars One

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Still working on a Mars One article and passing off my notes as blog posts. From  Failure to launch: the technical, ethical, and legal ca...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

I realize we're entering dead horse territory here -- UPDATED

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... and, as promised in the last post, we are approaching the end of this thread, but I recently came across this article from 2013 and sin...
Monday, March 30, 2015

No part of this project is credible

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[Coming to the end of the Mars One mega - thread .] One of the aspects of the Mars One story that I allude to frequently but probably...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Against a stupid meme, the gods themselves contend in vain

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One of the most discouraging things about following the coverage of Mars One (and of science and technology reporting in general) is seeing ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

At this point, the only things Mars One is likely to get into orbit are the wheels coming off of the bus

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More background on the Mars One story. From CTV News : The Dutch non-profit group behind the project recently announced that it was push...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Rocket Boosters

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Still collecting notes on the big Mars One post (see here , here and here ). One aspect of the story that I probably haven't spent en...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Elmo Keep's other must-read on Mars One

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I don't have time today to do more than post a few quotes, but it's definitely something you should read if you've been followi...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Another Mars One update

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I'm chipping away at a longer piece on Mars One, which means I'll be recycling some of my notes... Mars One Suspends Work on Rob...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The Mars conversation I'd like to be having

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As a bit of an antidote for all the accumulated bile of the last few Mars One posts, I'd like to recommend this IEEE paper from Ian M...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

More Martian musings – – reality shows and diet pills

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Given all of the renewed attention to the Mars One project, this might be a good time for a quick little catch-up essay. Maybe it's j...
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Monday, March 9, 2015

More on Mars One -- I expect this from ABC News but Sheldon?

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There's been another wave of PR in support of the privately funded "Mars mission" Mars One (and yes, I do need to use quotatio...
Friday, December 5, 2014

Mars One -- libertarian ideology, ddulite fantasies and the decline in journalistic standards

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[Update: Before posting, I try to follow up on all relevant links. This time I missed at least one . My apologies to Ms. Keep.] There is a...
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