“Passage to Mars” is a documentary about a bunch of guys who try to drive across a large frozen stretch of the Northwest Passage. They attempt this feat as an […]
Book, Film, Video Reviews
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Film Review: “The Martian”
The Martian is a really good movie. It would be a good movie even if it was not set in outer space. But it does happen in space and does […]
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Exploration, Science, and Art: A Book Review of Terra Antarctica and Driving to Mars
When it comes to exploration, there’s nothing like being there. Yet at some point, all explorers need to tell others what they have seen – as well as find a […]
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New Book Expands Biological Classifications to Account for Alien Life
What would you call an alien if you encountered it on the street tomorrow? What if that alien didn’t come from another world but rather was created in a laboratory […]
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Book: Intelligent Life In The Universe by I.S. Shklovskii and Carl Sagan
This book, first published in 1966, is a product of a unique international collaboration between a world famous Russian astronomer and a leading American space scientist, the first popular and […]