Recent content by John Andrew Karr

Doug and Bob went Black Sabbath? Hardcore. I was going to choose Jupiter by Holst for its more playful tones, but since they went Black Sabbath I'd suggest Holst's Mars View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmk5frp6-3Q

Very cool video.

They've got some communications trouble at the moment, between the capsule and the space station.

So, you’d be ready to pack your bags tomorrow, provided there was adequate funding? Nine months to get there at best, inadequate protection against radiation, inadequate failsafes on every system critical to survival, taking pretty good chances on a safe entry and landing, and then setting up...

Currently we're not ready for human existence on Mars. But we could be pushing technology to get us there (and back again) faster and safer, technologies for temporary shelters, and start some terra forming trials. Why not begin now? Contests for viability could be created. Award a few million...

Mars likely had viable cores to generate a magnetosphere and hold onto an atmosphere. Heat, water, maybe some form of air included.