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Astronomer Royal says Elon Musk’s Mars colony plan is a ‘dangerous illusion’

Lord Rees describes Elon Musk as ‘an extraordinary figure’ with ‘a rather strange personality’ – Telegraph’s Andrew Crowley/ Telegraph’s Andrew Crowley Astronomer Royal warned that Elon Musk harbors a “dangerous delusion” that a colony could be established on Mars. Prof Lord Martin Rees, who is also co-founder of the Center for the Study of Existential… Read More »

Rocket launch will include sending off remains of some ‘Star Trek’ cast members, others

As a teenager, Michael Clive remembers the long train ride he and his father took from their home in Maryland to Virginia to attend the first Mars Society meeting. Michael remembers watching his father talk excitedly to other space enthusiasts about the possibility of a future mission to Mars. His son, now 39 and a… Read More »