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Weezer wants to be the first band on Mars

by Hayley Hershman
Oct 27, 2017
But in the meantime the rock band takes the Marketplace Quiz.
Rivers Cuomo (second from right) said the most surprising thing about being a musician is the amount of time spent in front of a computer.
Photo courtesy of Jeremy Cowart
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The Source Code: Kim Stanley Robinson

by Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Oct 24, 2017
Colonizing Mars won't be a moneymaker, according to sci fi author Kim Stanley Robinson.
Kim Stanley Robinson.
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The economics of colonizing Mars

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Oct 24, 2017
Would it be profitable? One science fiction writer isn't so sure.
An artist's conception of the Phoenix Mars lander on the red planet.
NASA/JPL via Getty Images
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Should we fund the militarization of space?

by Molly Wood and Kimberly Adams
Oct 3, 2017
Congress is debating whether the U.S. should create a Space Corps.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on June 2017 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images
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NASA is testing supercomputers to send to Mars

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Aug 14, 2017
And no, scientists won't be able to use them to peruse Facebook.
The NASA logo on a protective box for a camera near the space shuttle Endeavour April 28, 2011 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Reaching Mars is a hard sell, but not impossible

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 13, 2017
The U.S. lacks a long-term plan for traveling to the red planet.
Space exploration comes with a huge price, but it also comes with the benefit of adding jobs, says science journalist Rebecca Boyle.
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If NASA’s mission is refocused, what will that do to climate research?

by Jed Kim
Feb 17, 2017
NASA is the government’s space agency, but not all of what NASA does is linked to space. A good portion of its work is more inward looking and has to do with our own planet — things like weather and climate change. Some Republicans are talking about rebalancing NASA’s priorities and moving away from that […]
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Why mud cracks on Mars matter

by Molly Wood
Jan 19, 2017
A scientist from the Curiosity team tells about the rover's latest find and what it's like to work on Martian time.
This view of a Martian rock slab called "Old Soaker," which has a network of cracks that may have originated in drying mud, comes from the mast camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
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What Trump's presidency could mean for U.S. strategies in space

by Kimberly Adams
Dec 30, 2016
There are concerns about how he could influence NASA's climate change research.
An artist's impression of the planetary system around the red dwarf Gliese 581. 
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The next frontier for the Next Frontier

by Sally Herships
Oct 11, 2016
Getting humans to Mars will take both government and private sector.
This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Mojave" site.
Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via Getty Images
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