Rover Pictures Show Mars Crater “Like Mojave Desert” Images from the Mars Curiosity rover show a crater looking like the Mojave Desert, according to a NASA scientist. The rover’s cameras also reveal indentations on the pebbly surface, likely created by the spacecraft’s landing thruster jets.
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Lunar Space Elevator Ideas Rising Again
(Above is the LiftPort Group’s basic model for its proposed Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure, also known as LSEI or “Elsie.” LiftPort says the system can be constructed within eight years using commercial technology.) The space elevator concept has been touch and go — but this year, it looks as if the concept’s proponents are definitely […]