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Praise for John Carter
I just saw John Carter along with my father and son. We all loved it. The quality of the production is right there with Star Wars. The story line is excellent, and very close to Edgar Rice Burroughs’...
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Mudball Mars
A lot of people think of Mars as a desert planet, racked by dust storms, covered in dunes, and dry as a bone. These things are all true but only just barely. Lately, scientists have been gazing at Mars...
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The Curious Chlorides of Mars
To a story writer like me, the latest discoveries of the Mars rover Curiosity suggest a plot for an interplanetary murder mystery. And while I might prefer to set the mystery in a small cramped space...
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Diamonds Discovered on the Moon and Mars!
Hallelujah! Finally something worth going to Mars for. That intrepid little Mars rover, Curiosity, has reported back with a major discovery–DIAMONDS! Well, okay, one diamond. Maybe. If it’s not quartz....
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The volcanic landscape of Gale Crater, Mars
As the Mars rover Curiosity explores the landscape of Gale Crater, a 96 mile (154 km) wide hole in the planet with an imposing 3.4 mile (18 km) high central peak in its middle, a scientific conundrum...
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Now THAT’S how to get to Mars
The Planetary Society has just released its vision of how humans will first arrive at the Red Planet. And I am totally on board with them. As is always true of the Planetary Society, they have adopted...
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