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US Army Sargeant Volunteers Unit to be First Colonial Marines

Being a member of the US military in Afghanistan takes it's toll after a few years. So last week, Sergeant First Class William Ruth of the Army's 101st Airborne Division proposed an alternative mission for his soldiers: let them be the first humans to colonize another planet. In his letter (below) to an editor at LiveScience, Ruth says his unit's role as advanced scouts and reconnaissance soldiers makes them ideally suited to the rough, lonely life in the cold, barren wastes that await them on Mars, the Moon, or elsewhere. More »

9:40 AM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Michael Reilly
3,139 views, 50 comments

Latest by Nephus: Well, that's basically the point I logged in to make, but Brock beat me to it. No one is talking about sending armed soldiers, just people that are experienced with living in extreme conditions with none of the comforts we take more »

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The Future Of Space Exploration?

Black smoke belches out of a grinding old engine as it hauls Russia's latest Soyuz space capsule across a Kazakh wasteland, while armed guards keep watch. This mixture of high and low technology is probably the future of space exploration, as resources get scarcer and more small governments and independent operators get into the space game. More images of Soyuz in the wasteland, and its launch to the International Space Station, below. More »

4:00 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,412 views, 28 comments

Latest by MatthewT: Cool! Rocket-powered train! I wonder if they're going to use it to travel through time. more »

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How Should We Fund Space Exploration?

Even though NASA's budget actually increased in 2008, the government space agency faces an uncertain future as it transitions from the Space Shuttle to the Constellation Project, and it's been plagued for years by claims of inefficiency and lack of creativity. Is it time to look at a new way to pay for the exploration and exploitation of space? More »

11:30 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Ed Grabianowski
1,636 views, 31 comments