It makes more sense to spend money saving the Earth from climate change, ecological destruction and international conflicts ...

A book called "Mars Project" originated as a technical appendix to a science fiction novel, both of which were written by rocket science pioneer Wernher von Braun. The technical appendix was ...

And there's a good reason for that, according to a panel of award-winning science fiction writers at the recent Humans to Mars Summit in Washington, D.C.. "We try to inspire other people to dream ...

We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to reality, says NASA’s former chief scientist, Jim Green.

Here, Mars season producer Mark Burman picks twelve curious creatures from over a century of Martian fiction. Before HG Wells, most Martians looked essentially like us. After Wells, anything was ...

Harm Schoonhoven raises the concern that people in a Mars colony would never be able to return to Earth. This eventuality was covered by The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In essence, its ...

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