My last post briefly discussed the anticipated radiation dose from Galactic Cosmic Rays. More specifically, NASA calculates that future...

We've spent almost all of the previous posts discussing potential opportunities for getting to Mars. Can we do it, how fast can we get...

My last post talked about Starship, the new spacecraft under development by SpaceX. If SpaceX can make it work, Starship will certainly...

My next-to-last post explored whether we could shorten the trip to Mars, and we found that things aren't looking very good on the...

As promised, here is my not-to-lengthy whine about our idiotic abandonment of nuclear-thermal fifty years ago and my hope that we get it...

My last few posts explored whether we are even capable of transporting people to Mars, and the answer is almost certainly yes. We can do...

My last post discussed when we can go to Mars (once every 780 days, all tickets non-refundable) given the realities of orbital mechanics,...

Our solar system is a very very big place. Happily, we had the good sense to evolve on one of the inner planets (the planets closer to...

To some people, that will sound like a silly question, but to others it won't. Right now I'm sitting on a perfectly acceptable planet,...

Maybe you're already familiar with my Early Mars E-Book series, or perhaps this is your first time here. Either way, thanks for stopping...