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more about #mars berkan: How about Google? more » jecorp: this decade isn't over for another year, yes? more » sghtxb001: That guy who got a Nobel prize thinks the center of the earth is several million degrees, several hundred times the temperature at the surface of the ... more » bobdobbs: Time to shut this boondoggle down and let private industry handle it. Richard Branson FTW. more » Jeremy Couch: Saying that those of us who do not support the violent funding of NASA must not support space exploration is like saying because I don't support gover... more » roflwaffles is part of a healthy breakfast: Or we could put nasa's budget on hold and put some of it to the debt. more » dragonfang18: You know what actually needs more money! Colleges! Especailly Stony Brook University! I wanna lower tuition than send more rokets into space damn it! ... more » aek8: I am supremely disappointed that the headline wasn't followed by 'everyone!' more » Kris Aubuchon: For being a tech-based blog there sure are way more people here who are closed-minded about the space program than I can stomach. more » ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD: I just really want to be thousands of years in the future so I can see how freaking amazing space is with my own eyes. And at the rate things are goin... more » Monty: Sorry, El President, but I would have told them to have a good old fashioned rocket cookie bake sale to get their money instead. Heaven forbid our sp... more » Jeremy Couch: Good News! The Government robbing you of more of your money to blow on bloated programs. more » fredcool: How is this good news? Money being almost literally thrown into space and wasted. You tell me how landing on mars will save lives, improve lives, or h... more » vladdybear: Oh, only 3Billion. That's just a laugh in their face. FAT CATS in DC gave out HUNDRED of Billions to Banks!!!!!!!!!!!!! more » talkingstove: Manned space exploration is a moneypit. Give monies to NASA, but for pete's sake spend it wisely. I don't want to spend a billion to send some guy to ... more » gr8wayn: I think it would be beneficial in the long run if NASA is forced to work more internationally. I don't think any worldwide peace and prosperity will ... more » njdevil: Would seeing a mission to Mars really be that important? people thought landing on the moon would be important, now nobody really cares. more » Nathan Obbards: Can we cut military spending and give it to NASA instead? more » Aurailious: Hopefully with the private industry picking up NASA can do much more. Space exploration should be getting much, much more than they do now. Maybe ca... more » Noobs-R-Us: Johnny-5 is not alive? more » -
#decadeinreview
Ten Science Stories That Changed Our Decade
There is no doubt that science has become more like science fiction in the past decade, with amazing innovations and discoveries that increased our understanding of the universe. We list ten of the biggest science stories from the past decade. More » -
#nasa
Good News! NASA Is (Probably) Getting More Money
NASA needs more money, because let's face it, rocket launches ain't cheap. The good news is, it looks like they'll be getting some. Not as much as they want, but some. More » -
#mars
Mars Spirit Rover Suffers Another Setback With Second Wheel Thought Broken
NASA's Spirit Rover just isn't having much luck, between sand storms and broken wheels, with a second wheel presumed broken and the threat of an icy-cold winter freezing the Spirit "to death" if it doesn't move on soon. More » -
#mars
Spirit Rover Ready to Take...Those Sunken Wheels...
...And learn to roll again, roll again so free. Sure, Spirit is stuck in sand and senile, but that doesn't mean he's down and out. NASA is ready to free Spirit from the sand and put him back to work. More » -
#landscapes
We're Not So Different, Earth and Mars
Here are two galleries for you, both of photos taken from space. One is of islands here on Earth, the other of landscapes on Mars. It's amazing, the similarities between the two places when you look from a certain distance. More » -
#space
New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander
Mars isn't exactly the warmest place during the winter transition, but as the first few rays of sunshine lick at the planet's surface we're able to make out the Phoenix lander shivering under a cover of dry-ice frost. More » -
#space
NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
We hadn't visited the NASA Mars rovers in a while here at Gizmodo, so I thought I'd take a look today and see what they're up to. Unfortunately, things could be better. More » -
#imagecache
What Is This?
At first I thought this image was a tattoo under a powerful microscope. One near some feminine naughty bits. But no, there are no tattoos as weird and wonderful as what this image really is. Not in this planet, anyway. More » -
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#space
Panel to Obama: Tell NASA to Skip the Moon and Head to Mars
An independent commission has advised the White House to have NASA ditch plans to go back to the moon, setting its sights on Mars and beyond instead. I can get behind these suggestions. More » -
#space
Volunteers Wanted For 520-Day Pretend Trip To Mars
The European Space Agency is looking for volunteers to spend 520 days isolated a Moscow facility where they'd simulate traveling to, living on, and coming back from Mars. Not bad, except the pretend travel lasts 250 days each way. More » -
#datavisualization
Missions to Mars Graphic Shows 52.4% Failure Rate
Mars. There have to be little green men with ACME weapons living there. Or we have some incredibly bad luck when it comes to sending spacecrafts to the Red Planet. Most of them fail, for one reason or the other. More » -
#space
Earth and Jupiter Captured In the Same Photograph Taken From Mars
This is a photo of the Earth and its moon and Jupiter and its moons. In the same frame. It's taken from Mars, and it's humbling and incredible. Be sure to click the picture to see its full scope. [Reddit] -
#space
Robotic Lunar Lander is Part of NASA's Next-Gen Space Exploration Plans
This amazing shot comes from recent tests at the Marshall Space Flight Center, where the robotic lunar test bed is helping NASA develop a new generation of multi-use landers to explore the moon, Mars and asteroids. More » -
#space
New Mars Surface Shots: A World Without Footprints
This close-up of the rough terrain near Mars' Zilair Crater was snapped by the High Resolution (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on August 3. It's one of several amazing new images that make for some beautiful desktop wallpaper. More » -
#space
A Beach On Mars
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE—High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment—camera has captured one of the most beautiful photographs of Mars to date: An oblique view—at 22 degrees east of straight down—of the Victoria Crater, in the Meridiani Planum region. More » -
#space
Russia Locks Up Volunteers in Mock Space Ship to Simulate Mars Trip
A group of 6 volunteers just finished a simulated 105-day mission to Mars. Completely stuck on the ground, the subjects were essentially locked in a room so that researchers could gauge the psychological impact of isolation. More » -
#space
Ion Engines Could Get Us to Mars in 39 Days
With current rocket technology, it would take six months for us to travel to Mars. But with nuclear-powered ion engine technology? Well, that'd take more like six weeks. More » -
#questionoftheday
Should We Skip The Moon And Head For Mars?
Speaking at a Washington lecture over the weekend, Apollo 11 crewmembers Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins expressed concern about NASA focusing too much on past accomplishments. That is to say, they believe we should focus our efforts on Mars. More » -
#imagecache
What Is This?
This panorama is so out of focus that at first I thought this was some kind of giant alien mothership descending upon a massive mountain. The truth is that this photo comes from another planet. More » -
#nasa
NASA Pays "Pillownauts" Well To Lie In Bed For Weeks On End
In order to study the long-term effects of micro-gravity on the human body, NASA is looking for a fewgoodlazy people to lie in bed all day sleeping, watching TV and playing video games. More »
